Chapter 246 244, Nanyang Wenpin is actually guarding the door?
Chen Yuan and Deng Xilong are both making preparations to see who can be better.
The next day, Chen Yuan summoned Nanyang powerful men headed by Deng Xilong.
If it were the past, Deng Xilong and the others would never pay attention to Chen Yuan.
Just kidding, it's usually officials who come to visit them. How have they ever been so summoned by officials to come and go as soon as they are called?
However, today is different from the past.
The official position of Zhou Mu is really that of a local emperor, with terrifying power.
In the past, the prefect was considered to be the top of the local officials, but as he moved up he would move to the center.
Now, there is an additional state pastoral office between the central and local governments.
This is different.
Deng Xilong and others can be honest with the governor, but the governor's office cannot.
The strength of the Prefecture's Palace is much stronger than that of the Prefect's Palace.
The seven counties of Jingzhou governed millions of people and tens of thousands of people with armor. Deng Xilong did not want to offend him too much unless it was absolutely necessary.
Therefore, Deng Xilong and others said they would come as promised.
Chen Yuan did not summon them in any restaurant.
He just wanted to stay in the prefect's mansion without showing any mercy.
It's business-to-business, there's no personal relationship whatsoever.
Because if there is an affair, with Hao Qiang’s intricate and complex relationship, Nanyang Hao Qiang might be able to establish some kind of kinship with Chen Yuan.
Damn, don't think this is a joke.
You know, Chen Yuan is not only a descendant of the Chen family in Yingchuan, but also the son-in-law of Cai Yong.
Cai Yong himself also has a wife and a daughter, so by turning around in this way, he can probably get in touch with her.
At that time, wasn't it very embarrassing?
Therefore, Chen Yuan summoned them in the prefect's mansion, which directly eliminated the possibility of such a relationship.
Deng Xilong and the others did think of this and found the relevant person.
They originally wanted to suppress Chen Yuan in terms of seniority, but when they heard that Chen Yuan was summoned at the prefect's mansion, they knew that their move was of little use.
In government offices, as long as the officials are determined and selfless, there will be no personal relationships.
However, they didn't pay much attention to it.
This is nothing more than a casual move. If it can disgust Chen Yuan, it is better, but if it doesn't, it doesn't matter.
On this day, there were crowds of carriages and horses outside the prefect's mansion, and there was a bustling crowd, and all the families in Nanyang arrived as promised.
No one thought about not coming, after all, these people all have official positions.
If the superiors summoned them and did not come, Chen Yuan would have an excuse to remove them from their official positions.
Although this official position may not seem to have much effect on ordinary days, it is one of the fundamentals of a powerful family.
If a powerful family has no one who can become the governor of a county for three consecutive generations, then this powerful family will most likely decline and become a family of small and medium-sized landowners, which cannot be called a powerful family.
Because only when you become an official can you have the capital to divide the interests.
Without an official position, it is impossible to help the family and others seek more benefits.
In this way, people will gradually break away from the officialdom. If they break away from the officialdom, they will break away from the mainstream. Their decline is inevitable.
Because no one else will take you to play with you anymore.
Official position is the entrance ticket to the powerful playground. Without this entrance ticket, you will not be qualified to enter this world-ruling playground.
Therefore, powerful people still attach great importance to the status of officials and will never throw it away just because of a moment of anger.
Moreover, these powerful people are already cunning and cunning. Since Chen Yuan wants to summon them, they should give him a face and lift him up first to see how the momentum develops.
As long as Chen Yuan does not touch their interests, says some nice words and does some nice things, it will be free of charge.
Deng Xilong was the last one to arrive. It was not because Deng Xilong was showing off, nor did the Deng family need to use such low-end means to show their status. If they did, it would make the Deng family a little petty.
The reason why Deng Xilong came late was because he went to invite He Miao.
He Miao was originally unwilling to come. How could he, the dignified Henan Yin, take the initiative to go to Jingzhou to say goodbye?
Therefore, it took Deng Xilong a while to convince He Miao to come with him.
However, He Miao's face still didn't look very good. He got down from the carriage angrily and was about to rush into the prefect's mansion with his head held high.
Seeing He Miao being so reckless, Deng Xilong not only did not stop him, but instead watched him calmly.
I hope the guards at the Prefect's Mansion are tough enough to stop He Miao.
In this case, He Miao and Chen Yuan will have a conflict first, and then there will be a good show.
Deng Xilong was not disappointed. The guards of the Prefecture were all soldiers brought by Qin Jie.
Qin Jie had a tough temper, and these soldiers were taught by Qin Jie and were also extremely tough.
When they see someone, they rush to the prefect's house without telling him their name. How can these two people tolerate him?
However, these two people were also taught by Qin Jie on weekdays and were not reckless or rude people.
I saw two people stopping He Miao, then bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, no matter how noble your status is, it is rude to enter without signing up. Do you think that such a noble person as you should do rude things?"
He Miao was choked immediately.
What the guard said was reasonable and his attitude was very respectful, which actually helped him to stand up.
Today, there was a lot of excitement outside the gate of the Prefect's Mansion, and there were many people. If I still barged in regardless, my reputation for being rude would spread.
We have already said before how much importance is placed on reputation in this era.
If He Miao really carries a reputation of being rude, even if he is Queen He's younger brother, he will inevitably be in trouble in the future.
What's more, He Miao still has great ambitions in his heart. He wants to replace He Jin as a general. Dare I ask if there is a rude general in the world?
But if he had revealed his name, gossip about Henan Yin's visit to Military Master Chen would have spread after today.
In this way, this is not what made Chen Yuan famous.
He Miao now regretted his recklessness.
He should not have entered directly, but should have followed Deng Xilong into the prefect's mansion. There was a big twist in this.
For a time, He Miao was in a dilemma.
When Deng Xilong saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
However, he couldn't let He Miao be embarrassed for too long. Over time, He Miao would inevitably become angry with him.
Because it was he who urged He Miao to come, if he were watching the show at this time, He Miao would definitely be angry with him.
Therefore, Deng Xilong stood up and said to the guard: "This is Henan Yin He Miao He Gong. This time he returned to his hometown to visit his grave. I heard that Chen Biejia came to Nanyang and came here to meet him. Please let him go as soon as possible!"
As the Cheng of Nanyang County, Deng Xilong was naturally known to the guards of the Prefecture.
When the guard heard what Deng Xilong said, he bowed and said, "Please forgive me, Mr. He. I'm sorry that I am ignorant and don't recognize Mr. He in person. Mr. He, please come quickly."
As he said this, the man moved his body aside.
He Miao snorted coldly, said nothing, and went to the prefect's mansion first.
Deng Xilong looked at the guard with a smile: "Your Excellency speaks in a moderate manner, neither humble nor overbearing. May I ask your name?"
Deng Xilong, as the head of the Deng family in Nanyang and the most powerful person in Nanyang, is naturally not an incompetent person.
At this time, he could already see how extraordinary this guard was.
Not only does he speak neither condescendingly nor arrogantly, but he also behaves calmly and appropriately.
Looking at his tall stature and sharp eyes, he is definitely not an ordinary person.
Deng Xilong couldn't help but develop a love for talents.
Logically speaking, as the county magistrate, Deng Xilong naturally had to come to the prefect's mansion to do business.
Naturally, he should have an image of the gatekeeper of the Prefect's Mansion.
But the guard in front of him made him feel very unfamiliar.
The guard was still respectful and polite and said to Deng Xilong: "The county magistrate has given me a reward. I am hiring Wen Zhongye in Nanyang, but I am just a small soldier."
Good guy, good guy!
The Wenpin whom Chen Yuan couldn't find is actually here, guarding the gate of the Prefect's Mansion.
It's no wonder that Chen Yuan couldn't find him, because there are almost no records of the first half of Wenpin's life.
As soon as Wenpin appeared on the scene, he guarded Jingbei for Liu Biao, that is, the Xinye area of Nanyang.
As for Wenpin's previous resume, there are no detailed records.
Therefore, it is normal that Chen Yuan cannot find him.
Originally, Chen Yuan went to look for Wenpin with the idea that a great talent like Wenpin would have a good reputation in the local area, but he couldn't find him when he arrived here. Many people had never heard of Wenpin.
This moment made Chen Yuan wonder if Wenpin had traveled around the world when he was young.
If Chen Yuan knew that Wenpin was guarding the prefect's mansion, he would definitely take Wenpin away from Qin Jie without saying a word.
There is a candidate for Jiangxia Prefect or Jiangxia County Lieutenant.
The current prefects and county captains of Jiangxia are Lu Kang and Huang Gai.
These two people are not bad either. Since they went to Jiangxia, the Huang family of Jiangxia has restrained itself a lot.
However, in comparison, Wenpin is reassuring.
Wenpin in history was able to guard Jiangbei for decades, and he was definitely the kind of person who was both civil and military.
The Huang family in Jiangxia would not have anything to worry about if such a person was placed in Jiangxia.
As for Lu Kang, the old man had better get back to the academy to teach as soon as possible.
Huang Gai also has other uses.
Deng Xilong nodded: "I see that you have extraordinary bearing and behave politely. Being a janitor is too humiliating. Do you need me to recommend you to the master? With your ability, you can at least be a school captain."
This is Deng Xilong bragging, and he is also trying to win over Wenpin.
In the current Nanyang military affairs, Deng Xilong has no say at all.
Qin Jie and Wei Yan managed Nanyang's five thousand county soldiers like an iron barrel, and Nanyang's powerful men could not get in at all.
The reason is very simple. The soldiers Qin Jie recruited at the beginning were recruited from poor families, which was different from the previous imperial recruitment.
In the past, when the imperial court recruited soldiers, they were always selected from the good families.
What is a good family?
It refers to the children of those who are not among the seven disciplines who have joined the army, or who are not doctors, witches, merchants, or workers, and are the sons of good families.
The latter part is easy to understand, so what does it mean to be relegated to the seven subjects?
Like the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty also had "relegation".
The most famous one is the so-called "Seven Subjects Relegation", that is, the centralized recruitment of criminal officials who are regarded as untouchables by social customs, fugitives, sons-in-law who came to the girl's family, and merchants. Those who originally had city registration (merchant household registration) will be punished
Children and grandchildren of the registrant.
Apart from these people, there are good people.
Dong Zhuo was born into a good family.
Many of the soldiers recruited by Qin Jie were not from good families, and many of them were from lowly backgrounds.
The reason is also very simple, because many people from good families in Nanyang do not want to join the army, and many of them are attached to powerful families in Nanyang.
Qin Jie had no choice but to recruit some lowly people.
Facts have proved that after Qin Jie gave them the promise that these people with humble backgrounds would be converted into good ones once they had achieved military exploits, their combat effectiveness was very high.
Before Liu Bei came to his aid, he successfully withstood the attack of hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans from Nanyang.
This also resulted in the fact that Nanyang's powerful powers had almost no influence on these people.
Because Deng Xilong could not fulfill the promise given by Qin Jie.
The reason why Deng Xilong won over Wenpin was that he saw that Wenpin was not an ordinary person and would definitely achieve great things in the future.
Another one is to see if you can insert a nail into the prefect's mansion or Nanyang County soldiers and pry open the iron barrel of Nanyang County soldiers.
The five thousand Nanyang County soldiers have always been a sword over the heads of Nanyang's powerful men, making them extremely uncomfortable.
What makes them uncomfortable is not the five thousand county soldiers, but what makes them uncomfortable is that they have no influence on the five thousand county soldiers.
This is what makes them most uncomfortable.
How could such a situation have happened in the past?
Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were no county soldiers in Nanyang.
Not only Nanyang does not have any, but most counties in the world do not have any county soldiers or county soldiers.
In addition to the tens of thousands of central troops in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, the rest was a standing army in the border areas.
The great thing about other counties is that they have some police officers to maintain law and order, but there is no military force.
This situation also gives the local powerful the convenience to do whatever they want.
The local government does not have enough military power, and powerful families have their own affairs.
Therefore, local governments sometimes have to rely on powerful people to do some things. The use is not in vain, but there are benefits in exchange.
However, this situation changed after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and local counties began to recruit a large number of troops.
In fact, this situation is very beneficial to the local powerful, because they can take this opportunity to blatantly form military forces.
But Nanyang is a bit special.
Because Qin Jie was a bit too capable, and with Liu Bei's support later, although Nanyang Haoqiang took this opportunity to expand his army, the Nanyang Prefect's Mansion grew faster than them.
By the time the Yellow Turban Rebellion was over, if it weren't for the lack of food and grass, Nanyang County would even be able to have 30,000 county soldiers with good combat capabilities.
Such a military force is enough to suppress the entire Nanyang.
Fortunately, Deng Xilong and others hindered him in various ways, and finally the food in the prefecture was insufficient, so Qin Jie had to disband most of the county soldiers, allowing Nanyang Haoqiang to eat 10,000 county soldiers in one go, strengthening his own strength.
It's not that they can't eat the remaining 10,000, but they feel that their current strength is enough, and any more would be a waste.
But despite this, Deng Xilong and the others still wanted to control these five thousand Nanyang County soldiers.
After all, this is a regular military force, different from their troops.
Regarding Deng Xilong's win over, Wenpin was unfazed: "Thank you very much for your kindness, but I still feel that relying on military merit is the most practical way to get to the top. Therefore, I have let down my kindness, and I ask your forgiveness."