Xiaoqi

At first, the reason for their quarrel was just their political differences, and then many conflicts arose due to their differences in political views, which made the conflicts more intense, and they could no longer live under the same roof.

So Zhang Song moved out of the mansion in a fit of anger, and built a larger mansion opposite his brother Zhang Su's mansion.

It is obvious that Zhang Song's move is to show anger with Zhang Su.His original intention was to declare that his political views were correct, so that he could be valued and given generously by Liu Zhang; while his brother Zhang Su was too pedantic and conservative, so that he had been stagnant for many years and could not make any progress.

However, Zhang Su didn't think so, let alone what his younger brother Zhang Song did.Especially every time when he returned to the mansion, Zhang Su couldn't help getting angry when he saw people coming and going in front of the magnificent Zhang Song's mansion, and seeing how no one cared about him, and repeatedly slammed the door and died. go.

Over time, although the two Zhang brothers lived door to door, they seldom interacted with each other. The brotherhood gradually dropped to a freezing point, and it seemed that they had turned against each other.

The sound of "thump thump" horseshoes came from far and near, and stopped in front of the mansion after turning a corner.Following the driver's skillful opening of the car door, he saw a middle-aged man with a short stature and unusual appearance coming out of the car, but the brocade robe on his body was sewn with the best Shu brocade.Exquisite workmanship and bright colors make people feel extravagant when they see it from a distance.It is an extremely rare and high-quality work, and those who can match this gorgeous dress must be rich and powerful.

This person is Zhang Song, whose name is Ziqiao (Yongnian in Romance of the Three Kingdoms), who is currently Yizhou Biejia, and is a close confidant and close minister of Yizhou Mu Liuzhang.

Zhang Song is short in stature, his appearance is different from ordinary people, he behaves perversely and dissolutely.But he is extremely intelligent, witty and eloquent, and quite talented.This may be the so-called gifted people must have something special.

In the early years when Liu Yanti led Yizhou.Zhang Song had already become an official, but at that time he was only engaged in the post of director. Even so, it was because he was born in the Zhang family in Shu County.Only then did he win an official position.During Liu Yan's tenure as state shepherd.Zhang Song was not appreciated by Liu Yan because of his different appearance. He had been an official for many years, but he had been a petty official, unable to join the "court".The reason for this is that the Eastern Han Dynasty had an old bad habit in the process of selecting talents, but it was accepted by most dignitaries: "judging people by their appearance".

In a nutshell.Compared with mediocre people, it is easier to win the appreciation of superiors with majestic appearance.Therefore, those who became officials in the early years and obtained high positions are all "burly and handsome, with a good-looking talent" without exception.For example: Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Lu Bu of Wenhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, etc.; these prefecture shepherds and generals who obtained high positions in the early years were "heroes among men" A handsome man recognized by all classes.

In comparison, Cao Cao who assassinated Dong alone, Liu Bei with big ears and shoulders, and Yuan Shu with thin brows and small eyes, pale in comparison and are far from each other in appearance.Therefore, if they want to gain the appreciation of the officials in the court and the respect of the emperor, so as to obtain high positions, they must work several times harder than the handsome people, and even after many twists and turns, they are still not as good as others in the end.

This is by no means alarmist talk, nor is it taken out of context, but a real fact.As a result, even in the open era thousands of years later, people with outstanding looks still occupy a great advantage. In the process of competition in the same industry, the same unit, or the same position, under the circumstances that there is little difference in qualifications, abilities, and backgrounds, people with outstanding looks still have great advantages. People always have the upper hand and have an inherent advantage.This is because everyone has a desire for beauty, and people's pursuit and yearning for beautiful things remain unchanged. Apart from other hidden factors, most people's choices are consistent in the choice of appearance alone.

Therefore, Zhang Song and his elder brother Zhang Su were both officials under Liu Yan's tent, and they had the same family background. They had the same mother and compatriots, and they were all children of the Zhang family in Shu County. The circumstances were quite different.After becoming an official, Zhang Su was well appreciated by Liu Yan, and soon after he worked there he was promoted to Bie Jia, while Zhang Song was a small official under the chief bookkeeper of the state government.Two brothers born to the same mother received two completely different treatments just because of the huge difference in appearance. itself on top of the master book.

Because of this, brothers Zhang Song and Zhang Su had long-standing conflicts, but they were born of the same mother but their appearances were completely different, which invisibly made the brothers treat each other in two ways since childhood.Zhang Su is the eldest son, born with a handsome appearance, while Zhang Song is the second son, with a more casual appearance; it is conceivable that the growth experiences of the two brothers must be two completely different environments.This long-standing gap may gradually disappear with the growth of age and experience, but there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the discriminated against have a strong ability to adjust their mentality, amazing comprehension, and need to Open-minded, the most important thing is not to be stimulated anymore.

Apparently, the fact is that things backfired. Liu Yan treated the situation of the Zhang brothers differently, and Zhang Song was hit hard again. This also made his character more withdrawn and weird, acting perversely and unruly, and also made the relationship between the brothers more difficult. The contradictions between them are getting deeper and deeper, laying hidden dangers for the future.

In history, Zhang Su reported Zhang Song to Liu Zhang because he learned that Zhang Song had conspired against him, and he was afraid of hurting himself, resulting in Zhang Song being executed.From this, it is not difficult to see that the conflicts between the Zhang brothers were by no means a result of overnight efforts, but the result of accumulation over time.It should be noted that it has been said since ancient times: brothers who fight tigers, father and son soldiers who fight tigers.However, because of his younger brother's rebellion, Zhang Su raised his secrets early because he was afraid that he would be implicated, so that his brothers were slaughtered; this phenomenon of ignoring family affection must have an unknown deep-seated reason, and it is an indisputable fact that there have been conflicts between brothers.Otherwise, who would personally send his brother to the guillotine?

Don't drive in Yizhou, Zhang Song's mansion.

As soon as he walked into the gate of the mansion, the guard at the gate ran up to Zhang Song and said respectfully, "My lord, there are guests at the mansion." The master is called "lord" to show respect; while the maidservant or brothel singer calls him "official family or son", and the son is a prince or noble from a famous family. High seniority, high morals and high prestige; or a family of merchants, who take care of other people's jobs and have to be managed by others, the rich are the masters!)

"guest?"

Hearing this, Zhang Song was surprised, his small eyes that kept turning around were flickering with doubts, he couldn't help stroking his beard, and said suspiciously: "Recently, the situation in the state capital has been tense, and many colleagues have lived in secluded places after finishing their discussions, and they don't easily go out for a walk. The same is true for my Zhang residence, no one has visited for nearly half a month, why is there a visitor today? Who is the visitor, whose name is it, is there a famous assassin?" Indeed, Zhang Song's words are true.

More than half a month ago, in the counties and counties of Dongchuan under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, aristocratic families and county officials successively exposed Yizhou Governor Shi, Zhengdong Zhonglang General Zhao Wei for forming a party for personal gain, secretly contacting major families and gentry, plotting wrongdoing, suspected of supporting soldiers , wanting to conspire and rebel.

For this reason, a group of bureaucrats in the state government discussed a lot, and they each insisted on their own words. Some defended Zhao Wei, some exposed Zhao Wei for accepting bribes, and wantonly promoted his cronies.At the same time, the people in Chengdu were in a state of panic. All the big families and gentry and gentry were silent and closed their doors.

On this issue, Zhang Song's attitude was very clear, and Huo Ran stood in the camp of exposing Zhao Wei's conspiracy and rebellion.Although he did not have any real evidence of Zhao Wei's conspiracy, he still had an attitude of believing it or not, thinking that the long history Zhao Wei was too powerful and had many former officials. Once a rebellion was launched, these people would It is the henchmen who follow him to rebel and directly shake the foundation of Yizhou, which will cause great harm and must be guarded against.

Of course, this is just superficial rhetoric. In fact, Zhang Song has deeper intentions.That is, he is now Yizhou Biejia, the road to promotion has been blocked, and it is the long history Zhao Wei who stands in front of him.In addition, since he became an official, he has not been in the same camp as Zhao Wei. He represents the interests of local aristocratic families and gentry in Yizhou, while Zhao Wei is an outsider, and he seems to be the "leader" of foreign forces.

The conflict between these two forces is extremely deep and involves fundamental interests, so neither side will make concessions, and there is no way out; once a collision occurs, it will be a life-and-death fierce battle until one side is completely defeated.

However, judging from the current situation, the situation is not optimistic.

Zhao Wei has been operating in Yizhou for many years, and all counties and counties have their party members, and they have close contacts with major families and noble families, and their influence is very powerful.The most important thing is that Zhao Wei was the first senior official to follow Liu Yan into Shu, and it was he who strongly recommended Liu Zhang to succeed Yizhou as the shepherd, and then made great contributions in the process of Liu Zhang's promotion of Yizhou.

It is no exaggeration to say that without Zhao Wei's full help, the position of Yizhou Mu would definitely not fall on Liu Zhang's head.

Therefore, Zhao Wei's position in Yizhou is very detached, and he has won the trust of Liu Zhang, and he relies heavily on him in everything.

Just when Zhang Song was dazed and distracted, the janitor handed over a famous card respectfully, Nai He put it in front of Zhang Song for a while, but he did not see him reaching out to take it and look it over.

When the boy's hands were sore, he had no choice but to remind softly: "My lord, this is the famous assassin of the guest in the mansion. He claimed to be the old friend of the lord, and he came here specially to pay a visit. The villain did not dare to be negligent, and after reporting the matter to the master, he was welcomed into the second hall to rest for a while, and it has been half an hour now."

Chapter 126

"My lord, this is the famous assassin of the guest in the mansion. He claimed to be the lord's old friend. He came to pay a special visit this time, so the villain dared not neglect him. After telling the lord, he was welcomed into the second hall for a rest. It's been half an hour."

Zhang Song's thoughts were interrupted abruptly by the janitor boy, which made him very displeased.Immediately, he glared at the young servant angrily, and took the famous thorn, but he was not in a hurry to look through it, but walked slowly to the main hall of the front yard with a heavy heart.

At this moment, his thoughts are still immersed in the current disputes in the state capital, and what lingers in his mind is still the scheming long history Zhao Wei.

The long history Zhao Wei has assisted Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son for two generations successively. He has seniority, high prestige, high position and weight.

In recent years, Zhao Wei has successively quelled the rebellion in Dongzhou and led his army to resist Liu Biao's westward advance to Ba County in Jingzhou.

Because of this, a group of bureaucrats in the state government jointly impeached Zhao Wei, and most of them were those who had prejudices against Zhao Wei.They are envious of Zhao Wei's power today, but they didn't grasp Zhao Wei's handle.

Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of, Zhang Song resolutely chose to join the Yizhou local forces who impeached Zhao Wei after carefully weighing the pros and cons.For this reason, he remonstrated with Liu Zhang, advocating to prevent problems before they happen. No matter whether the long history Zhao Wei is plotting against the law or not, his military power should be weakened and suppressed appropriately, so as not to cause troubles sooner or later.

I have to admit that Zhang Song's claim is not wrong.On the contrary, it is the best strategy for the old to seek the country.It's a pity that he lacks evidence in his hand, which makes his claim greatly discounted.Without persuasion, Liu Zhang could not make up his mind early.Since then, all the state councils in the past two weeks have been debated endlessly, and the result of the debate has always been the same: no result.

Controversy has been sidelined time and time again and has never been resolved.As a result, the controversy escalated sharply and became out of control.But the result still did not change. Liu Zhang still couldn't make up his mind and was still hesitating.Indecisive.

"Uh! Fa Xiaozhi?"

Absently walked to the main hall and sat down, Zhang Song casually took the teacup handed to him by the maid, only to see that he was still holding a famous badge in his hand, and there was a long-awaited "guest" in the second hall on the west side of the main hall. .then.He held the tea cover in his left hand and gently stirred the hot air.The right hand held the famous thorn in front of him for a closer look.

In an instant, the name on the extremely conspicuous position on the name thorn suddenly came into view, Zhang Song was shocked when he saw it, and cried out.At the same time as he exclaimed in astonishment, he raised his left hand and knocked down the steaming teacup by mistake, causing the teacup to fall to the ground.

With a crisp sound of "bang", the tea cup fell to pieces.The tea in the cup then splashed in all directions, and half of it fell on the hem of Zhang Song's lower body.He was so frightened that he hurriedly got up, fearing that the hot tea would splash on his face, and he would lose his image, so he was in a panic.

"Slaves deserve to die, officials forgive me!" The maid standing not far behind Zhang Song watched this scene happen before her eyes, even if she wanted to stop it, she was powerless.Immediately, seeing Zhang Song's angry look, the maids trembled with fright, and rushed forward to apologize.

"Trash! The tea is so hot, do you want to scald me to death? I can't do such trivial things as serving tea, what use is it for me to wait?"

Under the great loss of face, Zhang Song was furious, and sternly reprimanded the four maids who were kneeling in front of him, so frightened that they pressed their faces to the floor, held their breath tremblingly, and did not dare to breathe out.

However, when Zhang Song was angry, he didn't care about the tea stains on his shirt, but stretched out his hand to touch his smooth cheeks, from the left cheek to the right cheek, and then to his forehead, until he confirmed that there was no tea splash on his face. He let out a long breath of relief.Obviously,.Although this unattractive face looks somewhat unsatisfactory, he attaches great importance to it, even more than his body.

Fortunately, the cases were not high, and it was spring at this time, and he was wearing thick clothes, so he was not burned, but his image was damaged, and he was quite embarrassed.

If you were an ordinary person, you would definitely not lose your temper because of such a trivial matter. After all, it is nothing to soil the brocade robe, just change it again.However, Yizhou officials are very different from those in the Central Plains states. They have always paid attention to appearance and appearance, and they are well-dressed and well-dressed no matter when and where.

And this phenomenon itself is not bad, on the contrary, it is a very good habit, but it is a bit of a maverick nowadays, and it is the most in the Han states.After all, it is a troubled time nowadays, most people are still struggling in the flames of war, survival has become a problem, how can they care about their image.However, half of the counties and counties in Yizhou have not suffered from the flames of war. Over the years, even if there were wars, they were local wars and did not affect the whole of Yizhou. Therefore, most people lived a relatively peaceful and stable life for a long time.

As the saying goes: if the granary is real, you know the etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you know the honor and disgrace.

For the common people who have been in a stable life for a long time, as long as they are not lazy, they can basically have enough food and clothing without suffering from homelessness. Over time, they will pay attention to their external image, pay attention to clothing, and pay attention to etiquette.If this is the case for ordinary people, it is undoubtedly even more so for the children of aristocratic families like Zhang Song and dignitaries who hold official positions. They have extremely high requirements and standards that ordinary people can't imagine in terms of dressing and dressing, and they look glamorous wherever they go , is eye-catching.

And this is also the external difference between the current Yizhou officials and the officials of the states in the Central Plains. It is completely clear at a glance and very eye-catching.

After groping his face for a while, Zhang Song shook the hem of his brocade robe that was stained with tea stains, and snorted coldly, still angry: "Hmph! Why are you kneeling here? Why don't you get up quickly and wipe it clean , I will entertain distinguished guests later! Remember, when entertaining guests later, if you are so negligent and disrespectful to others, I will drive you out of the house and sell them all Go to the West Lane to be a prostitute!" After speaking, Zhang Song flung his sleeves and walked straight into the backyard, presumably to change clothes.

Half an hour later, a newly dressed Zhang Song appeared in the main hall again.

However, this time he didn't take the upper seat, but sat in the lower hall, casually sitting on the ground, and opposite him sat a young man with a confident smile on his face.In terms of age, Zhang Song is much older, and he looks more "anxious", so he looks at least ten years older than the young people, and they seem to be two generations.

but it is not the truth.In fact, he is only six years older than the young man across from him. The two of them used to go to school together.

"Brother Yu is very pleased after the years, and the demeanor of filial piety is even better than before. Brother Yu, please." Amidst the pleasantries, Zhang Song held up a cup to invite him to drink.His smiling face, although not pretty, is very sincere and touching.