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Zhuge Liang is like this, so can Ding Chong.

Ding Chong was young and powerful, and he had a lot of prestige in the army. Once he went east, he would surely make meritorious deeds, and it was not impossible to be named a Marquis.Do something for him, and the rewards in the future will not be small.

Ding Chong obviously knew this too, so he spoke out.

Zhou Zhong considered for a long time and accepted Ding Chong's request.

He and Ding Chong have the same worry.The soldiers under Han Sui's command were all Xiliang soldiers who had not been educated for a long time. Once they left the customs, it was almost inevitable to kill innocent people indiscriminately.When Dong Zhuo was in power, Li Jue, Zhang Ji and others were in trouble.Now that it is going east again, not only the counties and counties close to Luoyang, such as Ruying and Nanyang, will be affected by the disaster, but it is likely that the entire Kanto, including Lujiang, will be affected.

No one would want their hometown to be massacred by Xiliang soldiers.

After seeing off Ding Chong, Zhou Zhong sat quietly in the tent, accompanied by Zhou Fang and Zhuge Liang.

Zhou Zhong thought for a long time, then let out a sigh of relief. "The Son of Heaven is far-sighted and far-sighted, and I am definitely not comparable to him. I only understand the profound meaning of his decision three years ago. The difference is far away."

"Aon, what you said is..."

"Before the battle of Huayin, the emperor ordered people to promote enlightenment in the army." Zhou Zhong sighed: "At that time, we all thought that in order to face Li Jue, we needed to boost morale and act in a hurry. Now it seems that the emperor The idea is not just to face Li Jue, he probably has already considered that the soldiers in Xiliang will not get rid of their ferocity and it will be difficult to take on important tasks, so he decided to promote enlightenment in the army."

Zhuge Liang murmured: "Duke Zhou means that the Son of Heaven promotes enlightenment and wants to change the teacher of tigers and wolves into the teacher of the king, the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and compete with Yuan Benchu ​​for the hearts of the people?"

Zhou Zhong nodded. "Kong Ming, your comprehension is very high. If you can train by the emperor's side for a few years, your achievements in the future will not be inferior to Ding Youyang and Huang Zimei, and you should be on par with Yang Dezu."

Chapter 572 Aim in the Quartet

With his hands behind his back, he walked into the atrium slowly with square steps and stopped.He looked up, then quickened his pace, stretched out his hands behind his back, and crossed them in front of him.

"Wen Ruo, why are you here?"

Xun Yu stood at the bottom of the steps, bowed to greet him with a smile on his face. "Young Fu, you should, you should. No matter your age, reputation, or official position, you are respected, and I should welcome you outside the door. It's just this official duty..."

"I understand, I understand." Fu Wan said with a smile: "I know you are busy, so I shouldn't bother you. There is really no other way, so I have to come here. I hope Wenruo is not to blame."

"Young Fu, this is a good thing." Xun Yu supported him and led him to the hall.

He knew the purpose of Fu Wan's coming to find him. The emperor and the queen decided to choose a marriage for Fu Ya, with one wife and two concubines.According to etiquette, to inform Fu Wan that he is a father, it is best to ask Fu Wan to be present to officiate the wedding for Fu Ya.

But Fu Wan was not happy when he heard that the other party was the Qu family of Linqiang, and he was even more unhappy when he heard that one of the two concubines was a Qiang.He wanted to object, but he didn't dare to resist the edict, so he had to come to him to discuss and see if he could refuse.

"Is this still... a good thing?" Fu Wan suddenly became unhappy.

"Of course it's a good thing." Xun Yu smiled brighter. "Young Fu devotes himself to studying, so he probably doesn't know the recent situation. Qu Yuntian (Qu Yi) has already left Yuan Benchu ​​and joined Gongda. With his ability, in the future, the emperor will go east and calm the world, and he will be able to make contributions. Furthermore, The Qu family was originally from the Qingzhou Plain, and was moved to Jincheng during Wang Mang's time, and it has been less than 200 years since then, and they are now a big family in Jincheng."

"The Qu family is from Pingyuan?" Fu Wan interrupted Xun Yu.

"Of course, Qu Tan, the ancestor of the Qu family, was appointed Minister of the Order during mourning." Xun Yu told the story of the ancestor of the Qu family, especially mentioning that Qu Tan was dismissed from office because of the case of Dongping Wang Liu Yun's "Standing Stones on Mount Hu".

After listening to it, he sighed. "It turned out to be the queen of Zhongliang, so that's fine. It's just that this Qiang girl is a concubine..."

"Shao Fu, this is for the stability of the frontier and the harmony between Han and Qiang. The emperor also has Qiang women as beauties by his side."

"Having said that, I still feel..." Fu Wan kept shaking his head to show his dissatisfaction, but his attitude relaxed a lot.

Xun Yu was also a little helpless, and after a few words of persuasion, he asked Fu Wan when he was going to leave.The emperor was patrolling the West Sea and wanted to marry Fu Ya along the way.If Fu Wan wants to go, he must start now, and travel day and night, in order to catch up with the wedding.

"I won't go." Fu Wan said sullenly: "The emperor is in charge, so it doesn't make any difference whether I go or not. It is already a respect to give me some news. Wen Ruo, you too, I heard that your son Changqian went to the Western Regions and didn't discuss it with you beforehand?"

Xun Yu laughed. "Young Fu, I agree with my son Changqian's journey to the west. A good man has ambitions in all directions. If you don't travel a lot while you are young, do you want to wait until you are old to travel far? How can you covet comfort."

Fu Wan glanced at Xun Yu. "Okay, I'm old, I don't need you to remind me." Then he laughed again. "But your tone is just like my son Fude's. He not only agrees with the emperor's decision, but also envies Fu Ya. I really don't understand what you young people think, maybe it's because I'm old."

"Where, where." Xun Yu quickly comforted Fu Wan, and after confirming that Fu Wan did not want to go to Liangzhou, he immediately said something. "Shao Fu, there is something I want to ask Shao Fu to advise."

"What is it that I can help?" Fu Wan squinted at Xun Yu.

"Young Fu is really responsible for this matter." Xun Yu immediately took out a few pieces of paper and placed them in front of Fu Wan.

There are a few characters written on the paper, but they are not the common official script, but seal script, which is the tadpole script before Qin unified writing.Fu Wan glanced at it, and said with some uncertainty: "This is... "Shangshu"?"

"Is it the Book of History?"

"It should be." Fu Wan looked at it seriously for a while, stroked his beard, and frowned slightly. "But it is different from the ancient and modern texts in the world, especially this sentence, I have never seen it. Where did it come from?"

"Hanoi prefect Dong Zhaogang sent someone to deliver it." Xun Yu pushed the paper to Fu Wan. "There was a tomb robbery case in Jixian County, Hanoi. All the gold and silver inside were stolen, and some bamboo slips were left with such characters on them, and few people knew them. Dong Zhao sent someone to trace some and sent them over. , I want to see if anyone can recognize it. According to him, he copied several copies and sent them to well-known scholars, including Zheng Xuan."

Fu Wan suddenly became interested. "If there are all such characters, it seems that the tomb is very early. These bamboo slips are probably ancient books before Qin Shihuang burned the books. They are extremely precious. Wen Ruo, Dong Zhao should send all the bamboo slips to Hedong, and organize people Organize and identify."

"Is Shao Fu willing to preside over this matter?"

"Yes, yes." Fu Wan said enthusiastically.

As a young master, his job was to tutor the emperor to study, but the emperor patrolled the border, and after a few years, he was too idle to live.Now that there is something to do, it is natural to wish for it.

"Then you're not going to Liangzhou? It's the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker."

"With the Son of Heaven in charge, why should I worry?" Fu Wan waved his hand and said boldly, "If we can reconcile the Han and Qiang and serve the country, it's okay to let that kid stay in Liangzhou for a few years."

Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhuo County's tomb robbery case has been reported to him for a while, and he has no time to pay attention to it.Knowing that Fu Wan was coming, he suddenly remembered this matter, and thought it would be best to leave it to Fu Wan to deal with, at least for a few years so that he couldn't get away.

With this excuse, there are more reasons for not going to Liangzhou after Fu Wan, and it will not embarrass the emperor.

After seeing off Fu, it was getting late.When Xun Yu returned to the backyard, he saw Mrs. Tang, the concubine of Hongnong, there, so he couldn't help being curious.

Mrs. Tang stood up and said with a smile, "Okay, I'm done talking, I should go too."

Xun Yu asked suspiciously, "What's the matter? Why did you want to leave when you saw me?"

"You don't understand women's affairs." Xun Yu's wife Tang stared at him, then took Mrs. Tang's hand and said, "How can you leave? You have helped me so much that even a meal If you don’t eat, people think that the threshold of Hedong Yin Mansion is high and difficult to enter. Don’t leave, stay for dinner, and talk to me later.”

Mrs. Tang looked at Xun Yu, and Xun Yu smiled wryly, "You don't have to look at me, I didn't drive you away."

Mrs. Tang sat down again. "I'm avoiding suspicion. I don't know if the threshold of your Hedong Yin Mansion is high or not, but the threshold of my Wenxiu Bookstore has almost been stepped down. If people know that I can enter your Hedong Yin Mansion, I'm afraid that even the door frame will be smashed tomorrow."

"Why, did someone find you there?"

"Well, there are all kinds of outrageous things, only you can't think of, there is nothing they can't do." Mrs. Tang sneered: "They think highly of me too. I open a paper shop and a book shop just to make ends meet. Care about their lives."

"What's the matter?" Xun Yu asked.

"I don't know where they heard it. It said that Liangzhou has settled down and the emperor is about to go east. There are [-] elite soldiers in Bingliang, and it's easy to pacify Guandong. They want to follow suit and get promoted in the future. "

Chapter 573

Xun Yu's eyes flashed. "Hedong clan?"

Mrs. Tang made no secret of her contempt for the Hedong people. "When the emperor couldn't even eat, they pretended to be deaf and dumb. ZTE was about to come, and they all came up to them with shame, saying that they wanted to serve the country. I don't know how they grew up with such thick skins."

Xun Yu rubbed his fingers, remained silent, and did not answer Mrs. Tang's topic.

Mrs. Tang turned her head to look at Xun Yu, her words were teasing. "Why, are you tempted? It's true. Although Hedong is improving now, it is still difficult to supply the army for conquest. If someone volunteers to contribute, it will indeed make you a lot easier. In the past few years, Hedong has been peaceful, and there are a lot of Huns, When Xianbei entered the country, their family was full of servants and food warehouses. When the Silk Road opens, the treasury will probably have to be expanded."

Xun Yu smiled silently. "Among the rich clan in Hedong and the soldiers in Xiliang, which one do you hate more?"

"I hate both of them." Mrs. Tang said without thinking.

"If you can only choose one?" Xun Yu raised his eyelids slightly, staring at Mrs. Tang's well-maintained face.

The rosiness on Mrs. Tang's face gradually disappeared, and the fear hidden deep in her heart slowly emerged in her eyes.She was silent for a long time, lowered her head, and fiddled with the handkerchief. "One is a beast, and the other is a dressed-up beast. They are on par. What is there to choose?"

Xun Yu sighed. "Then what kind of beasts are the big Kanto clans that support Yuan Shao?"

Mrs. Tang raised her head, looked at Xun Yu for a moment, and suddenly got up. "I'm a girl, and I don't have a heart like yours, so I can't forgive them." She saluted, turned and left, walked to the door, stopped again, and said word by word: "I won't forgive any of them."

Tang got up quickly, trying to hold Mrs. Tang, but was stopped by Xun Yu.

Xun Yu watched Mrs. Tang get off the stage, her tall and straight figure disappeared outside the door, and let out a heavy breath.

"Husband, why are you bothering?" Tang complained. "You clearly know that she is in a difficult situation, why did you ask her to choose?"

Xun Yu smiled wryly, and said after a while: "Ma'am, it's not me who makes things difficult for her, but the emperor who makes things difficult for me. She is the only one who can help me persuade the emperor. But you don't have to worry, she won't forgive the Hedong clan, those under her command People have no conflicts with the Hedong clan. In contrast, the relatives in the hometown are more important, and no one wants to be wiped out."

Tang sighed softly. "That's right, once the soldiers from Xiliang go east, Ruying will bear the brunt. Seven years ago, when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Xiliang soldiers plundered Chenliu and Yingchuan. How many innocent people died, even Mr. Li was cooked. If it happens again..."

She closed her mouth and didn't dare to say any more.

Xun Yu picked up the topic. "If it happens again, the emperor will lead beasts to eat people, so what's the point of ZTE?"

Tang looked at Xun Yu worriedly. "Then what do you want to do?"

"I want to write a letter to Wen Qian, hoping that she can find an opportunity to persuade the emperor. The matter of calming down the world should not be rushed, and things will change if you are anxious."

"Then you speak carefully, and the emperor must not let the emperor think that we Kanto people form a party."

Xun Yu responded. "I know it."

-

After dinner, Xun Yu wandered alone in the study.

There are pens and paper on the table, and a large map is hung on the wall. The direction of march is marked with cinnabar on the map.A red line starts from Liangzhou, passes through Guanzhong, passes through Tongguan, passes through Hangu and Luoyang, and then divides into several branches, one of which passes through Yingchuan and points to Runan.

In Xun Yu's eyes, the red line was particularly dazzling, and the cinnabar was like blood, gradually becoming dizzy.

"Your Majesty." An old servant in Tsing Yi appeared at the door, cupped his hands and said, "Liu Lingzi is here for the first time."

Xun Yu glanced back, feeling surprised.Liu Ba knew him very well, so he didn't need to report his visit, why was he so polite today. "Who else?"

"A young man whose name is unknown."

Suddenly, Xun Yu turned around and left the study, ordered the old servant to prepare food, and came to the vestibule by himself.

Liu Ba was talking to a young man, when he saw Xun Yu coming out, he got up to greet him, and said with a smile, "Xun Yin, I'm here to introduce a great talent. This is Liu Ye from Jiujiang, named Ziyang, queen of King Fuling. "

Xun Yu's eyes lit up, and then he smiled. "Could it be Liu Ziyang who killed Zheng Bao?"

Liu Ye smiled slightly, and bowed his hands in salute. "Unexpectedly, Xun Yin still remembers me, so I'm ashamed."

"You...know each other?" Liu Ba was surprised, looking at Xun Yu and then at Liu Ye.

"I haven't met, but I've heard about it." Xun Yu held Liu Ye with one hand and Liu Ba with the other. "It's a good time to come. I have something to discuss with you. Zi Yang, it's a good time for you to come. This matter must be yours."

"Don't dare, Xun Yin has an order, so don't dare to disobey." Liu Ye's tone was very modest, but there was indescribable confidence.

Liu Ba pointed at Liu Ye. "You Liu Ziyang, you obviously have a relationship with Xun Yin, but you still want me to introduce you. Did you deliberately test me?"

Liu Ye laughed. "Don't dare. As soon as I entered Hedong, I heard that Liu Jun was a close friend of Xun Yin, and I had admired him for a long time, so I didn't see Xun Yin, so I went to ask to see Liu Jun first. I didn't want Liu Jun to be so enthusiastic, and as soon as I saw him, I would recommend me to Xun Yin .”

"Hey." Liu Ba clapped his hands. "I wanted to keep you in the county, but with your ability, it's too wronged to be a county official. At least you have to be the magistrate of Anyi. For such a big matter, it is natural to ask Xun Yin to be the master."

"Where do you want to go?" Xun Yu turned to look at Liu Ba.

Liu Ba smiled. "I've been in Anyi for so long, and my performance is pretty good. It's time for a promotion. How about I go to Jingzhao to be the prefect?"

Xun Yu thought for a while, then shook his head. "It's not good." He looked back at Liu Ye. "Zi Yang is more suitable than you."

"Oh?"

"Zichu, you probably don't know that Ziyang is not only outstanding in resourcefulness, but also in martial arts. As I said just now, he once beheaded Zheng Bao, but you don't know the circumstances under which he beheaded Zheng Bao. Sit comfortably in the room, drink a glass of wine, moisturize your throat, and listen to me slowly."

"Okay." Liu Ba clapped his hands excitedly. "Fortunately, I didn't dare to keep him as an official in the county. Otherwise, I would have been rejected by him. On the contrary, I don't know people well, and I am arrogant."

"How dare, how dare." Liu Ye hastily said a few words modestly.

When they came to the study, Xun Yu invited Liu Ba and Liu Ye to take their seats, but neither of them sat down. They walked to the map at the same time, looked at the red arrow on the map, glanced at each other, and laughed loudly.

"Heroes see the same thing."

"The reason why you are so anxious to come to see me is because of Han Sui's upcoming departure?"

"Exactly." Liu Ba nodded. "I heard that Han Sui will be stationed in Guanzhong to prepare for the war, and I am worried that the Guandong will be slaughtered again. It happened that Liu Ziyang came. When I mentioned this matter, I made an appointment to meet you and talk together. Xun Yin, when the tiger comes out, the turtle and jade will be destroyed. You I can’t give up on any of it.”

"It's just in time." Xun Yu invited them to sit down again. "Talk about your opinions and how to avoid repeating the same mistakes."

Liu Ba stroked his beard and said unhurriedly: "It's easy to say, let Xiliang people check and balance Xiliang people."

Chapter 574

Although Liu Ba is only an order of Anyi, he has a good understanding of the whole Hedong situation.

Hussar general Zhang Ji, former general Duan Yan, and later general Yang Ding were all from Xiliang.They have been loyal to the emperor for a longer time, and they have been in the army for a longer time to promote enlightenment, so they are more suitable for going east than Han Sui.

Especially Zhang Ji and Duan Yan, one of them is in Nanyang and the other is in Shangdang. They are both on the front line bordering the Kanto and can send troops at any time.

The more favorable condition is that they are all at odds with Han Sui, and they are unwilling to watch Han Sui come from behind and become the main general of the Eastern Expedition, but they have to obey Han Sui's command.

Even Xie Guang and Xia Yu, Guo Bang's former troops stationed in Guanzhong, would rather go north to reinforce Xun You than cooperate with Han Sui in fighting.

If the generals can be encouraged to compete with Han Sui for the command of the Eastern Expedition, Han Sui has no obvious chance of winning. In order to get this opportunity to make contributions, the generals will try their best to win their support and do more to restrain the soldiers. much effort.

After listening to Liu Ba's opinion, Xun Yu did not express his opinion in a hurry, but looked at Liu Ye.