After returning from the next court, Liu Hong was not upset. There was a severe plague in February, followed by a severe drought in April. The various places were in chaos, and the court was also quarreling over which state should be rescued first. In his opinion, all the ministers
When he was planning for his hometown, there was no country at all in his eyes. He glanced at Zhao Zhong and saw Zhao Zhong squinting, and asked: "Gong Xiao, what are you looking at?"
Zhao Zhong pointed his hand diagonally at an officer and said: "Your Majesty, I saw Gai Ying, the same Gai Ying who once offered advice to exterminate locusts."
Liu Hongshun expected to go and said curiously: "Oh? He has become an official? Please call him over."
Hearing the emperor's call, Gai Jun's face suddenly changed. He was really afraid of what might happen. He had been idle for a long time, and it was rare that he would be caught out by the emperor when he was on duty.
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
"What a talented Gai Ying with both civil and military skills."
Liu Hong was twenty-seven or eight years old, and his appearance was considered good-looking in the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, his face was pale, even worse than that of Xu You. No wonder he died of illness in his thirties, and his body had long been hollowed out.
Liu Hong smiled and said: "My dear, get up and go. Follow me to the West Garden."
"West Garden?" Gai Jun muttered silently in his heart.
The imperial garden to the west of the North Palace is called Xiyuan, also known as Xiyuan, and is a place for the emperor to have fun. At the beginning of the first year of Guanghe (178), the West Residence was opened to sell officials. Those who wanted to be officials had to go to Xiyuan to discuss the price first.
, and then took office as an official. Emperor Liu Hong deposited the money earned from selling his official position in Xiyuan. He drove a donkey cart around Xiyuan, so that the ministers and ministers rushed to imitate him and bought donkeys as a quick thing, which made the donkey market boom.
Good luck, the price is the same as the price of a horse. You know, one horse is worth two million dollars today, and the Han Dynasty's treasury only earns enough to buy thousands of horses a year.
Liu Hong also liked to hear the sound of roosters, so he built a rooster hall. In order to win favor, the eunuchs imitated the crowing of roosters. When they got tired of hearing the crowing of roosters, they ordered the eunuchs to imitate the crowing of donkeys. Not only that, Liu Hong was lustful by nature. Last year, he
He actually let the palace maid mate with the dog for fun. Gai Jun was so angry that his nostrils were filled with smoke. Is this guy still a human being? He is worse than an animal.
"You are good at playing the qin, and the "Divine Comedy" was written in the capital. I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and I will definitely enjoy it today."
"Don't dare."
Liu Hongdao: "When the late emperor heard that Chen Liu and Cai Bojie were good at playing the harp, he wanted to recruit him into the palace, but Bojie refused to give in. He claimed to be ill and returned on the way. The late emperor then made the world laugh. I have learned my lesson and will not recruit you.
Enter the palace. Speaking of Bozhe, did you marry his eldest daughter?"
"yes."
"I love you so much, but I have proposed a strategy to kill the locusts, which has relieved the country's great worries. Now we are suffering from drought. Do you have any advice?"
"Drought is a natural disaster that cannot be cured."
Liu Hong changed several topics, but Gai Jun always looked tepid and boring. If he didn't want to listen to the "Divine Comedy", he would have dismissed him long ago.
When he arrived at the West Garden, Gai Jun, without squinting, knelt down in front of the piano and plucked the music with his ten fingers, playing "Goose Falling on the Flat Sand". He may have felt angry, and the music had a bit of a harsh flavor, but after all, it is a timeless masterpiece, although it has some detractors.
It was still a good song. Later, Gai Jun said he was ill and returned to the office.
A few days later, Liu Hong invited him to Xiyuan again. Because he really disliked this person, Gai Jun ran out of the palace and asked Yuan Shao for help. The specific reason was not given, but he just wanted to go to another place and the sooner the better.
Yuan Shao must have doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask and nodded in agreement.
At the end of July, three officials were selected to serve as local officials, and Gai Jun was among them. He was appointed as the governor of Beidi County in Liangzhou, with a rank of 600 shi. Ninety percent of the original land of Beidi County was occupied by the Qiang people. Currently, they live in Zuo Fengyi, which is small in area.
, with only six cities and a population of more than 3,000 households and 20,000, it was still not as good as his hometown of Dunhuang. What surprised him was that the prefect was the famous Huangfu Song. Whether Chang Shi had the power or not depended entirely on the attitude of the prefect, and Huangfu Song was not known.
Is it easy to get along with?
Before leaving Beijing, Gai Jun held a banquet at his home for all his old friends from Beijing, and invited everyone he knew.
At the banquet, Cao Cao raised his glass and said: "What a pity that Ziying has to leave soon after entering Beijing!"
Gai Jun held the cup and responded: "My ambition is not in Beijing, but in the side."
"It's a good saying that one's ambitions are not in Beijing but in the country. A true man should be like this!" Gai Jun's words immediately won the applause of the whole house.
Zhou Ao said: "Ziying wants to go to the north, but there is one person who cannot be ignored."
"Oh? Who is it?"
"Ziying is confused. Could it be that he has forgotten Brother Fu?" Zhou Ao looked at Fu Xun and said to Gai Jun: "Brother Fu's family is the most famous surname in the north. There will definitely be people from the clan who will join the county as officials. Ziying is new here. Come on, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble if someone from Brother Fu's clan could help?"
Gai Jun slapped his forehead and said: "Look at my memory, damn it. Brother Fu, help me."
Fu Xun said with a smile: "Ziying will tell you even if he doesn't say anything. As a brother, I happen to have a clan brother who holds the post of postal supervisor - Ziying has a very high reputation in Liangzhou, so I'm afraid it will be unnecessary."
Postal Supervisor is a prestigious position among county officials. Together with meritorious officials, he is considered the highest position in the county. He is the right-hand man of the prefect. Gai Jun said solemnly: "Brother Fu's words are serious. This is a timely help."
Fu Xun said: "I know Mr. Huangfu and I know him as a person. Ziying will be put to good use when he leaves."
"Borrowing my brother's good words."
After Gai Jun finished speaking, he stood up and toasted one by one. When he arrived in front of Zang Hong, he heard his friend say sadly: "I am from Xuzhou, and I live mostly in the Central Plains. This time of separation, it will take many years to see each other again?"
Gai Jun clinked glasses with him and said: "There are close friends in the sea, and we are as close as our neighbors in the world."
Zang Hong's nose felt sore and he almost shed tears.
On this day, many people are bound to get drunk.
Yuan Shao's biological father passed away not long ago. He was inconvenient to get drunk. After drinking too much, he was about to leave. Gai Jun hurriedly got up to see him off. The two of them walked in the courtyard covered with green bamboos. Yuan Shao said slowly and calmly: "Ziying, I never asked you if you were in a hurry to leave the capital." Can you tell me the reason now?"
Gai Jun looked at him deeply and said, "I see that Your Majesty is not a master and I don't want to serve you."
Yuan Shao glanced at him sideways and didn't say another word until he got into the car.
The sun was already setting when the banquet was dismissed. Gai Jun saw off his friends and saw Bian Bing playfully playing with his maid. He couldn't help but shake his head, regretting that he had brought him out instead of leaving him in Dunhuang.
Entering the study, Cai Wan and Bian Wei happened to be immersed in practicing calligraphy. It goes without saying that the former was not qualified to judge her based on Gai Jun's level. Bian Wei, on the other hand, had practiced diligently for three years and had achieved some success in calligraphy. Cai Wan once said that he would not mention cursive writing. , just based on the official text, it is different from him, so he naturally denies it with all his strength.
Cai Wan looked at him with a rosy face and straight eyes, frowned and said, "How much did you drink?"
Gai Jun laughed dryly, rounded up the remainder, and replied: "One stone."
Cai Wan knew very well how much alcohol he had, so he didn't believe it.
Gai Jun felt guilty after being stared at by his wife, so he changed the subject and said, "It's time to leave tomorrow. Have everything been taken care of?"
"Okay, let's wait and leave."
Gai Jun thought about the two delicate and weak women who followed him back and forth between Kyoto and Dunhuang. The journey was more than ten thousand miles. Now they were about to leave again, and they couldn't settle down. He felt apologetic: "I just came to the capital not long ago, and I have to run around with you again... …”
Cai Wan said with a half-smile but not a smile: "Don't mention the "three cardinal principles" now?" Bian Wei's hand trembled and he almost couldn't hold the pen. The "three cardinal principles" are the secret affairs of the three people's boudoir, and there may be some differences between the beds. From then on, Gai Jun raised the banner of "Three Cardinal Guidelines" high. Bian Wei didn't know whether Cai Wan compromised or not, but he used it on her - it worked every time.
Gai Jun smiled sarcastically and said, "My dear wife, it's late at night and it's time to rest."
Bian Wei slammed the pen on the case and ran away quickly.
Cai Wan looked at Bian Wei, who was running away without a trace, and then at Gai Jun, thinking that he might not be doing well tonight, her face slowly turned red, and she was so charming.