Five hundred and seventieth chapters are completely different
The whole image is a soldier, able to uphold righteousness and uphold justice, and his children should be distinguished." [Three Kingdoms·Wei Zhi]
After the wine and dinner were over, and everyone was having fun, Zhou Yu neither returned to the city to return to his duties, nor lived elsewhere. Instead, he stayed in Sun Ce's military tent openly and slept with Sun Ce, just like they lived in Daonan many years ago.
It's the same as in a big house.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were lying on the bed side by side. The bed in the army was not big, so it seemed even more crowded with the two of them lying there. However, neither of them twisted their shoulders uncomfortably, as if everything was so natural. Night
The wind was slightly cool, and the fine snow was still falling gently and slowly outside. The two of them had woken up for most of their wine, and they were each looking at the empty tent roof, each thinking about their own thoughts.
"Gong Jin." Sun Ce's tone was very soft, as if he was afraid of shaking the snow from the tent roof: "I have never understood why Lu Bu had to die? Was it because Cao Cao couldn't tolerate him?"
He just heard Zhou Yu say a lot of things, and his narrow vision that was limited to a corner of Jiangdong immediately opened up a whole world. He understood how the Kansai scholars went from decline to dormancy, and how the Kanto scholars divided into different groups.
There are also those relatives of the Liu family, relatives, and cronies of the emperor. Each person and each force is not purely distinct and firm in their stance, but they make peace with each other and replace each other, just like different schools of fish mixed in a pond.
There is predation, competition and cooperation, which together form a complete ecological chain.
Zhou Yu told him these things just to make Sun Ce feel confident about the future, and Sun Ce only listened to them as interesting stories. There were many things that he didn't understand or were interested in, so he wanted to ask the same question just now.
"Gao Shun and Zhang Liao are both Lu Fengxian's old subordinates. Now they all have military power and are deeply favored by the Holy Spirit." Zhou Yu subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch Chijin at his waist and said with a calm expression: "If Lu Fengxian is still alive, he will serve the imperial court.
. Then how will Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others deal with themselves? What will the emperor think? Will he still use them with confidence in the future? Not to mention following Qin Yi and Wang Ling's side, and then contacting Bingzhou and Nanyang.
Situ used his fellow villagers' friendship to win over Lu Fengxian and planned to kill Dong. With Yin Jian at the forefront, who can rest assured?"
Sun Ce raised his eyebrows: "After all, Lu Bu killed the minister because of nostalgia and personal friendship. Isn't it all his fault?"
"This is the pitiful thing about him." Zhou Yu didn't know what he was thinking, and his tone suddenly stopped.
Sun Ce was silent for a long time. He thought that Lu Bu could be considered a hero, but he was tossed around like a lost dog being chased back and forth. Speaking of which, he should be more grateful to Zhou Yu beside him, if the other party hadn't pulled him away in the end.
After Yuan Shu's defeat, Xu Huang was about to go to Jiangdong. He couldn't help blurting out: "Fortunately, fortunately."
"Fortunately?" Zhou Yu moved on the bed, feeling that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and his tone was cold and unmodified: "Do you think you were in a better situation than Lu Bu at that time?"
After saying that, he went to sleep. When Sun Ce woke up the next day, Zhou Yu was nowhere to be seen. He hurriedly went out to look for him, but heard Lu Fan say: "Zhou Lang entered the city early in the morning. What did he say before leaving?"
The matter will be resolved in a few days."
Sun Ce had no choice but to suppress his temper and continue to wait. That afternoon Gan Ning, Huang Zu, Cai Mao and others arrived in Shouchun one after another. They did not have many soldiers and horses under their command, but because Gan Ning was a general of the imperial court, he received many
The treatment was slightly different from theirs, and he was summoned by Xu Huang not long after he arrived.
Xu Huang finally finished reorganizing Yuan Shu's surrendered soldiers and was about to find time to see him. This time, the person who came to take him into the city was not Zhou Yu or anyone else, but Liu Ye, an acquaintance of Sun Ce and others: "General Sun, I haven't seen you for a long time.
He is a hero."
"Zi Yang." Sun Ce enthusiastically entered the city with Liu Ye and said, "I didn't expect that we would see each other so soon after we said goodbye to Danyang."
"Times are unpredictable. It's safe to know the past and the present." Liu Ye said with a faint smile: "There have been a lot of things these days. It's really my fault that I haven't been able to see my old friend. Originally, someone should have invited the general into the city today, but I thought about the general.
Anyway, we are our first friends, and we are old friends. I will be heading north in the near future, and we will only see each other for a short time, so we might as well meet today to comfort our friendship."
Sun Ce seemed to have caught something from the other party's words, and asked: "Going north? So urgent?"
There were multiple meanings in his question. Liu Ye laughed and simply replied: "I have just received the edict, so I have to pay homage to it."
Sun Ce immediately had several thoughts in his mind. He was actually happy when he heard the news. Liu Ye was transferred to the imperial court in Hebei. No matter what he did, he would no longer have the chance to involve matters in Huainan. This was an excellent opportunity for them.
And from another perspective, as Liu Ye goes north, a lot of forces from Huainan will be mobilized to go north, which shows that the war in Hebei may have reached a new stage.
Liu Ye seemed to have revealed this incident to him only. No matter how Sun Ce asked him, Liu Ye refused to give him a clear answer. Sun Ce sighed secretly. He was not stupid. He knew that Liu Ye had chosen this thing specially.
The relationship between the two of them was repaid by things, and they had nothing to do with each other from now on.
The meeting place was the official office of the governor of Yangzhou. Originally, Zhang Xiu, Xu Ding and other generals thought the official office was too small and urged Xu Huang to move to Yuan Shu's newly built residence to serve him. However, Xu Huang refused because of the large number of people in front of Yuan Shu's residence.
The two palaces were not accessible to ministers at will, even if they were demolished. There were still many illegal places inside. Sun Ce had been in and out of Yuan Shu's mansion more than once, but rarely came from the governor's office. As soon as he entered
, and found that the houses were indeed small and far less grand than Yuan Shu's mansion.
A group of people have already gathered in the official office. In addition to Liu Ai, Zhang Xiu, Li Tong and other people under Xu Huang's command, there are also Gan Ning, Cai Mao, Huang Zu and others who have come from afar. Gan Ning stands among them.
The first row saw Sun Ce entering with high spirits and looked at him with a half-smile.
Xu Huang asked them to gather together as if just to meet each other, and never mentioned the matter of disarmament. He fully affirmed the hard work of Gan Ning and other foreign troops who came all the way to help in the war, and praised Sun Ce's loyalty in determined to fight anyway. Huang Zu
The others also flattered Xu Huang for his skill in using troops. The group of people chatted with each other, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious. Xu Huang seemed to just want to improve the relationship between the generals, but also to stabilize the situation. He specifically said at the table: "The war here is over.
After all, it is not up to me to decide whether the princes will send the troops back or make other orders. Therefore, before the emperor's edict comes, I hope that the princes will restrain the troops and not disturb the head of Guizhou. If there are any unruly people,
Don’t blame me for being shameless.”
All the generals sang loudly.
December 25, the third year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty.
Jizhou, Ganling Kingdom.
A long sword lay quietly across the young man's noble lap. Even after cleaning, permanent scratches were inevitably left on the scabbard. It was originally made of the finest shark skin produced in the East China Sea.
Decorated with pearl jasper and embroidered with dragon patterns, it looks like the body of a snake. The white jade used as the sword grid has been chipped. The beauty is old and the sword is broken. Anyone who sees such a scene can't help but feel sad.
sigh.
The emperor was no exception. He gently pulled out an inch of the sword's blade. The sword's light was like moonlight and autumn water, pouring out from the sheath. Even if there were a few gaps on the sword's blade, it did not change the sharpness of the sword. He sighed: "It's true.
A good sword, but the craftsman who forged it is unknown and hard to find."
With that said, he put the scarred sword back into its sheath and threw it to Mu Shun.
"Huainan has won a great victory. The two Yuans have already defeated one of them. Qingzhou and Youzhou have made progress again and again. In the near future, good news will be spread frequently. The great achievements of the revival will be completed in one battle. I would like to congratulate your Majesty." Xun You, the servant, said respectfully.
"At this time, we cannot take it lightly." The emperor said expressionlessly: "At least we have to wait until news of the recovery of Yecheng and Qingzhou comes, and our army can advance eastward. Especially Yecheng, which is to the west of our army,
Once I attack Nanpi from the east, Yecheng will become a trouble in my back. If this nail is not removed, our army will not be able to attack Nanpi. Moreover, there are many Yuan Shao's tribes in Bohai and Qingzhou, which will not be convenient for our army.
It's hard to go west to Yecheng, let alone go north to capture Anping. Now we're stuck in Ganling, and we can't move."
"The key to this battle lies first in Yecheng." Xun You said softly: "The gain or loss of Yecheng must take into account the entire Jizhou, otherwise it will be difficult for Zhang Liao and more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to do it alone."
As Yuan Shao was defeated and fled, Liu Yu made great progress for a while. With the response of the local powerful, he easily regained Zhongshan, Boling, Zhao and other counties. Even Julu, Anping and other local officials and powerful officials were in front of the palace.
Under the persuasion of Yu Linlang and Lu Su, they all sent confession forms to the emperor. However, Jizhou was basically surrendered on the surface, but in fact the local area was still controlled by those powerful old officials. At this time, as long as the emperor issued a friendly attitude, the people of Jizhou were frightened.
You can calm down immediately.
"I have recruited many scholars from Jizhou, but most of them are against the system of official administration and are unwilling to submit to the imperial edicts." The emperor said with some displeasure: "Since the establishment of the official administration department, this has been the case for recommending scholars.
It has become a fixed rule. The scholars who pass the policy examination every year have outstanding political achievements, whether they govern the people or deal with troubles. They are far better than the original officials who just heard about the reputation of the virtuous and just gave them to an official. How come there are no people now?
Do you understand this? Do you only care about your own dignity?"
The reason why the Civil Affairs Department was established was to familiarize the scholars who were recommended and recruited from Guandong with the various new policies of the Guanzhong court so that they could adapt in advance so that they would not be at a loss when they were appointed officials. Moreover, during the teaching process of the Civil Affairs Department, the emperor
You can also exert your own influence in this way, and use the final assessment to determine whether these scholars can accept your new policy. This is also a kind of screening.
However, as the prestige of the imperial court grew, more and more states and counties were returned to its rule, and a large number of scholars and celebrities were recruited into the imperial court in various ways.
The number is still considerable. After all, the Department of Civil Affairs is only a small institution and cannot afford large-scale make-up classes. Wang Bin is not energetic enough. For other reasons, he will not be suitable for this position sooner or later. There are no famous scholars to teach, and there are not enough
If a prestigious person is in charge, if a famous scholar comes in the future, will he still be allowed to "study"?
The problems of the Civil Service Department were gradually exposed, and there were quite a lot of criticism in the past. This time when they arrived in Jizhou, local scholars expressed their resistance. If things go on like this, it will be difficult for people not only in Jizhou, but also in other parts of the world to calm down.
"Wei."
It’s hard to understand. But as Xun Pushe said, given that in the past, some scholars were recommended to the dynasty, but they did not know the folk customs and did not understand government affairs. Once they were appointed to guard orders in a different place, how can we govern the people like this? The administration of officials in this dynasty has been corrupted.
Long."
When it comes to managing civil affairs, the newly appointed minister Xun Yu has more insight than Xun You. As soon as he arrived at the minister's desk, he indexed and read the documents of the past five years and understood the situation of the court in a short period of time.
Not only did Yu Xin quickly gain a foothold in the ministerial office, but he also put forward many revision opinions and personal opinions on the new policies implemented by the emperor. Although some of them were from the standpoint of powerful families, there were also some useful suggestions.
Among them are suggestions for the Department of Official Affairs.
"I have read Xun Wenruo's memorial. I also said at the time that with this memorial, he could firmly sit on the center stage and convince both people inside and outside." The emperor waved to the two of them and walked out together into the garden at the back of the palace.
: "I have kept that memorial with me, and will read it when I have time. I will have a long talk with him when this war is over. He said in the memorial that although the officials were well-intentioned, they taught too many people.
It also seems to be a duplication of Hedong County’s system of parallel recommendations, policies and trials, which is a bit like overlapping buildings, but I think it makes some sense.”
At this time, in order to show that the emperor really valued Xun Yu's memorial, Mu Shun took it out of the box within a moment, ran after him, and presented it to Jia Xu and others under the emperor's instruction.
Jia Xu glanced at it carefully. This memorial was not so much Xun Yu's personal opinion on the New Deal as it was the opinion of the Guandong scholars behind him on the New Deal. This was actually a compromise with obscure intentions.
The plan took care of the interests of the powerful family to the greatest extent without letting the emperor's hard work go to waste. But based on Jia Xu's understanding of the emperor, the other party would never choose to take this middle route.
He was walking in a hurry on the verandah, and could not finish the short memorial of a thousand words. Jia Xu was not in a hurry, and calmly passed the memorial to others, saying to himself: "Your Majesty once said that everything is absolutely not the same."
Nothing remains the same. Politicians cannot stick to the past and adapt to the local situation and the times in order to make a long-term strategy. When the official administration department was first established, it had significant effects. Now that the times have changed, its disadvantages are gradually exposed, far outweighing the benefits, so why not
Why can’t we change it?”
However, not everyone has the courage to correct the policies and political achievements they implement by themselves. Throughout the ages, there have been too many reformers who believed that their policies were perfect and therefore remained complacent, while few people continued to innovate themselves.
The Administration of Civil Service was one of the emperor's most proud political achievements, and its status in his heart was almost as high as that of Imperial College. Based on Xun You's thoughts, it would be difficult for the emperor to deny it personally.
Looking at the emperor's slightly frowning brows, he couldn't help but wonder if Xun Yu's rashness in proposing this memorial might have revealed his talent earlier.