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Listening to Gao You's meaning, if you don't understand Mencius, how can you be a good official?It's really a scholar's opinion.

Chen Rong coughed and put away his smile. "To tell you the truth, Mr. Zang has been appointed by His Majesty as the prefect of Yanmen, and he must go to the post as soon as possible. I am afraid that he will not be able to study in Taiyuan."

Gao You listened, and immediately lost interest. "It turned out to be a martial artist, so that's all." After speaking, he shook his sleeves and went straight back to the house.

The corners of Zang Hong's mouth twitched, and anger flashed in his eyes.

Chapter 390

Leaving Yangqu County and entering Yuanping County is equivalent to leaving Taiyuan County and entering Yanmen County.

The relevant officials of Yanmen Taishou's Mansion received the news and rushed to the county to greet him.

Seeing those civil servants with dark complexions and strong martial arts, Zang Hong once again understood why Gao You called him a martial artist.

Yanmen is a border county, and the main function of the prefect is to guard the border. He is a veritable county general.

If you cross the Great Wall on Juzhu Mountain, you are considered to be out of the fortress.

In fact, the counties north of Juzhu Mountain have been abandoned and left unmanaged.At the beginning of the year, the Son of Heaven defeated Xianbei, and the people of Xianbei fled away after hearing the news. Only then did Yanmen County regain some vitality. As the magistrates of various counties took office one after another, the jurisdiction of Yanmen County also recovered.

It was summer, and the vegetation on Juzhu Mountain was deep and deep, which made Zang Hong's anxious mood gradually calm down.

After meeting the officials, Zang Hong didn't stop much, and went straight to Meiji.

In early July, Zang Hong arrived at Hequ.

Standing at Jinkou, seeing Dahe goodbye, Chen Rong was very excited.It was here that he met Chen Gong, and then returned to Jizhou with Chen Gong.

There are several boats on the river, which are turning from the big river to the Nanshui.The boatmen chanted chant, worked together, and went upstream.

"Is that the grain sent to Meiji?" Zang Hong asked curiously.

The boatman on the ferry held the penny, squatted on the bow of the boat, gnawed on the dry food, and said, "Not only food, but also vegetables and cloth, which come from the east of the river. I get used to it every few days. "

"From east?" Zang Hong frowned. "It's a waste of manpower and material resources to go upstream for thousands of miles."

Shaogong turned his head and glanced at Zang Hong, and laughed out loud. "The gentleman is from Kanto, right?"

Zang Hong cupped his hands. "I'm from Guangling, Xuzhou."

"Xuzhou?" The boatman was a little dazed, obviously not sure where Xuzhou was, let alone how far Guangling was.But he quickly got back to business. "Since you're from Kanto, it's no surprise. Do you really think those people are in business at a loss?"

"Is not it?"

"Of course not." The boatman licked the crumbs off his hands, stood up, picked up the penny, and punted the boat into the river. "It's really not cost-effective if we only count the goods they transport. If we count the return journey, it will be different. A ship of vegetables is exchanged for a ship of leather goods, and the price will increase several times when transported to the east of the river. If it is transported cloth, Then it will be more valuable, and this business can last for a year."

"Is the cloth so valuable?"

"Of course, especially in this summer, it's so hot to wear a leather jacket." The boatman laughed and pulled the half-worn cloth shirt on his body. "Last time, a nobleman from the Huns took a ferry here. He took a fancy to my cloth shirt and insisted on exchanging it with me for a small leather jacket. Hehe, I thought he was pitiful, so I exchanged the cloth shirt I wore just once last year. He died. The little leather jacket was brought to the east of the river by someone, and the family of three has all the clothes for the New Year."

Zang Hong is dubious. "To tell you the truth, I just came from Hedong, but I haven't heard that there are so many businesses."

"Then I don't know." Shaogong said with a chuckle, "I haven't been to Hedong either. In a few years, when I have saved enough coffin books, I can hand this boat over to my youngest son. Maybe I can follow the boat to Hedong. Take a look. After all, it’s also the emperor’s capital, isn’t it?”

Zang Hong and Chen Rong exchanged a look and laughed silently.

What kind of capital city is Hedong?

After crossing the river, Zang Hong remounted his horse and went up along the Nanshui River Valley.Along the way, he saw ships coming and going, all loaded with cargo.The grasslands on both sides of the bank are shaded, but you can’t see too many cattle and sheep. On the contrary, you can often see groups of cattle and sheep on the hillside in the distance.

Zang Hong was curious, so he asked passers-by who came across him when he was resting on the side of the road.

Passers-by listened and looked at Zang Hong with disdain.

"Are you from Kanto?"

After hearing this, Zang Hong couldn't help being puzzled.He had heard similar words more than once, and the people here seemed to have a natural hostility towards the Kanto people.

"Why do you say that?"

"Only Kanto people would ask such a question." A passer-by pointed. "The local people know that grazing in summer has to go to the mountains and return to the plains in winter, so that the livestock can have grass to eat all year round. If you are greedy for convenience, the grass here will be eaten up in summer, and there will be no forage in winter, and the livestock will die." Going to starve to death."

Zang Hong was stunned.

The passer-by got up and shook his head. "These Kanto people don't know anything, and they don't know what they're doing here. Are they wasting food?"

Zang Hong and Chen Rong looked at each other.

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After traveling up the Nanshui River for two days, Zang Hong arrived at the Imperial Camp of the Son of Heaven.

Looking at the dozens of sparse tents in front of him, Zang Hong wondered if he had been fooled and went the wrong way.

With just such a few people, will it be where the emperor's imperial camp is located?

His questions were quickly answered.

A young knight riding a tall horse, holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand, galloped towards him, and shot an arrow into the river.A girl rode her horse into the river, and the horse's hooves kicked up the snow-white spray.The girl did not get off the horse, but bent over and stretched her arms on the horse's back, and picked up the arrow. On the arrow, there was a big fish flicking its tail vigorously, and water droplets splashed everywhere.

"Your Majesty is good at archery, hit with one arrow." The young knight rode back to the shore and said with a big laugh.

Zang Hong was startled, the young knight in front of him was actually the emperor?

Liu Xie also saw Zang Hong, turned his horse's head, and walked over slowly.

Zang Hong and Chen Rong quickly stepped forward to salute and reported their names.

Liu Xie looked at Zang Hong and nodded. "Have you seen the history of Yanmen County?"

"I have seen."

"Have you been to the Prefect's Mansion?"

"Not yet." Zang Hong said.

Yanmen Taishou's Mansion is in Yinguan County in the northeast of Jushan. He didn't go there, but went west to Hequ directly.

"Then there's no need to go, I plan to transfer Yanmen County to Pingcheng." Liu Xie got off his horse, glanced at Zang Hong, and said with a smile: "As expected of a general, very powerful, but I don't know how good martial arts are."

When he was sitting on horseback, he could look down at Zang Hong from a height.After getting off the horse, it was Zang Hong who was half his head tall.

Zang Hong frowned.He didn't like the name Jiang Menzi.

"Your Majesty, in governing the country, virtue should be the second priority, followed by punishment."

Liu Xieyang raised his eyebrows, and just as he was about to speak, Ma Yunlu came over, just hearing Zang Hong's words, and couldn't help chuckling with a little disdain.

Zang Hong frowned even tighter.

The emperor has no dignity, and the people around the emperor have no rules.

Liu Xie saw it clearly, but didn't say anything, and said indifferently: "Do you know why I moved Yanmen County to Pingcheng?"

"I'm stupid."

"Back then, Emperor Gao was besieging the Xiongnu when he was besieged in Pingcheng by Maodun. I moved Yanmen County to Pingcheng to not forget the shame of our ancestors and to take revenge." He paused, and then said: "Just as I appointed you The prefect of Yanmen wants to give you a chance to avenge your father."

Zang Hong suddenly felt blood rushing up, and his face was flushed.

His father Zang Min sent troops from Yanmen when he attacked Xianbei, but he lost badly that time, almost completely annihilated.Zang Min himself was imprisoned because of this, so that he would not be a commoner, and his official career was interrupted.

"Is it lack of revenge, or lack of strength?" Liu Xie looked at Zang Hong quietly. "If it is forced, I can change someone."

Chapter 391

Zang Hong has imagined the scene of meeting the emperor countless times, and also thought about how to advise the emperor, to persuade the emperor to emphasize morality, not to leave the court and veterans aside, and blindly rely on force, but he never thought that he would be defeated by the emperor as soon as he met. General one army.

He was able to turn against Yuan Shao for the old idea, so naturally he would not dare to avenge his biological father Zang Min.

He asked himself to have such ability.

But he didn't want to be a pure warrior.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Xianbei is just a disease of scabies, and the restlessness in the Guandong is the world's worry. Your Majesty should move to the east of the river, overlook Luoyang, move back to the old capital as soon as possible, and reorganize the government..."

Liu Xie raised his eyelids. "You mean the Yuan brothers?"

Zang Hong choked.The emperor spoke too directly, and he was very uncomfortable.

"I actually think that they are the scabies disease. Although they are not fatal, they always make you uneasy. So I think, instead of scratching the itch, it is better to let them rot to the end and let the world see their true colors."

Liu Xie got on his horse. "Go back to Yanmen and have a look. There are still a few counties left in the former Yanmen County, and then think about whether Xianbei is suffering from scabies. It has only been 20 years since your father was defeated, and you have forgotten it so completely. To be honest, I Very surprised."

After finishing speaking, Liu Xie turned his horse's head and galloped away.

Ma Yunlu also got on the horse and chased after the emperor.Did not say goodbye to Zang Hong, did not even look at him.

With the fish in his hand, Lu Xiaohuan, whose clothes were half wet, was at a loss. While riding his horse to catch up, he asked Ma Yunlu, "Sister, who is this?"

"A self-righteous Kanto native." Ma Yunlu's voice came from a distance and dissipated in the wind.

Zang Hong's face was red.

He really wanted to turn around and leave, anyway, he hadn't received the seal ribbon yet, so he wasn't officially in office.But the emperor's words echoed in his heart, hitting his dignity again and again until his proud belief was smashed to pieces.

After thinking about it, Zang Hong decided to meet Xun You.

When Zang Hong saw Xun You, Xun You was swimming by the river.

Seeing Xun You's naked body, wearing only a cow-nosed coat, waving his arms, chopping the waves in the clear river, Zang Hong's faith finally fell apart and shattered to the ground.

It is true that if you are close to vermilion, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black.There is no decent person around the emperor, and even Xun You has become so hard to look directly at.

Seeing Zang Hong, Xun You swam back to the shore, and his followers caught up with him, presenting him with a light cloak.

Xun You walked up to Zang Hong, seeing Zang Hong's troubled expression like constipation, he couldn't help laughing. "Ziyuan is new here, so he is not used to the barbarian style in northern Xinjiang, is he?"

"So you know it's a barbarian style?" Zang Hong couldn't help mocking.

"In the future, you will understand that when dealing with barbarians, it is not enough to just sit and talk. If you want to defeat barbarians and educate barbarians, you must have a stronger body than barbarians."

"You mean to convince people with force?"

"Yes, convince people with strength and teach with virtue." Xun You said calmly, "You came at the right time, and the emperor is waiting for you. After seeing you, he will set off westward."

"The Son of Heaven... wait for me?"

"Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are both generals that the emperor is familiar with. He is very relieved, but he has never met you. I don't know if you are up to the important task of Yanmen prefect, so I want to see you with my own eyes. You have worked hard from afar, rest first Come on, I will find a chance as soon as possible..."

"Gongda, I...I have met the Son of Heaven."

"Have you seen it?" Xun You sized Zang Hong up again, and understood a little bit. "Not going well?"

Zang Hong nodded in embarrassment, and told the story of meeting the emperor.

Xun You pondered for a moment, then said, "What is your plan? Are you accepting the appointment, or do you have other plans?"

Zang Hong heard what Xun You meant. "I do intend, I'm afraid the emperor is not satisfied with me."

Xun You laughed. "It's true that I'm not satisfied, but it's not enough to dismiss you. I always want to give you a chance to prove yourself. Ziyuan, as an old friend, I need to remind you that it's not easy to be the prefect of Yanmen, especially in a field battle with the Xianbei people. Defending the city is not enough."

Zang Hong blushed again, but he couldn't refute.

His father Zang Min is the most direct example.He repeatedly made military exploits in the suppression of the rebellion in Yangzhou, but he suffered a crushing defeat when he arrived on the grassland.

Seeing Zang Hong's hesitation, Xun You persuaded him: "Ziyuan, I know you are not a person who quits in spite of difficulties, try it. There are not many such opportunities, let the world see that Guandong is not only a good place, but also a good place." General, it’s just that virtue is more important than punishment.”

Zang Hong's heart skipped a beat.

Whether you are willing to be a general and whether you can be a general are two different concepts.

Facing the disdain of the Kansai people, the best way is to become a famous general, and a famous general and Confucian general who is tolerant of both culture and martial arts.

What can a scholar like Gao You do besides chewing on words?

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At Xun You's request, Liu Xie summoned Zang Hong again during lunch.

Cao Ang, the newly recruited Sanqi servant, happened to be on duty, and stood aside, looking at Zang Hong with some uneasiness.

Zang Hong didn't look at Cao Ang from the beginning to the end, pretending that he didn't exist.

"The number of households in Yanmen has increased recently, and barbarians are the majority. Management will be very complicated. Virtue alone is not enough." Liu Xie said while drinking fish soup: "I will not give you specific arrangements, you Think about it, you can use virtue or punishment, I only look at the result. Gongda is the supervisor of the army, you can discuss it. In Kanto and Kansai, there is no need for verbal disputes, let the actual political achievements speak for themselves."

"Wei." Although Zang Hong didn't like the tone of the emperor's words, he still bowed to accept the order.

If you want to express your opinion, you must first have results.He has just arrived and has no actual achievements, and no one cares about him no matter how nicely he speaks.

Xun You has made it very clear that both Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are generals with military exploits.Compared with his record of defending Dongwuyang, the results of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Xianbei's field battles are undoubtedly more convincing.

This is not only his personal gain or loss, but also related to the Kanto people's right to speak in the court.