Seeing that the county guard ran in, Jiang Xun turned around, called Jing Wei, and asked, "Ah Wei, have you ever taken a word?" ”

"Forehead......" Jing Wei scratched his head, I don't know why Jiang Xun suddenly asked such a sentence, but he still replied: "Of course not, the family is poor, and Ah Weng has little study, so he will come over." "Jing Wei is two years younger than Shi A, and Jiang Hyun is one year older, only seventeen, and he has not yet reached the age of taking words, but Jing Wei really doesn't know about taking words at twenty, and he thinks that his family took them when he was born rich.

"Well," Jiang Xun nodded, and said: "Ah Wei has a merit in killing Wang Qiao, and he will meet the county monarch later, if he has no words, he may be despised." ”

"This ......" Jing Wei still didn't know what Jiang Xun wanted to say, "I'm waiting for Xiaomin, even if I look down on it, it's okay." "Although Jing Wei is brave and well-known in the township, he still feels that he is several levels shorter in front of a local magistrate like Wei Ju.

Shi Ah patted Jing Wei's shoulder with his left hand and said with a smile: "Ah Wei, Jiang Jun is going to give you the word, haven't you thanked me?" ”

"Huh? It's true? Jing Wei was overjoyed, although everyone can take words at the time, there are no restrictions, but the poor people are speechless, and words, to a certain extent, are a kind of identity.

Jiang Hyun smiled and said, "Haha, but as Zitai said, I have this intention." Last year, I was fifteen, and I got the word from my father, although you are now not as weak as the crown, but you are also sixteen, not too late. As he spoke, he pondered for a moment, as if he had an inspiration, and then said: "Read "Yi", Wei compiled three uniques, Wei Wei is connected, and it is your name." Ah Wei, from today onwards, you will be able to change your words. ”

"Yi Zhi, Jing Yi Zhi...... Hehe, thank you Jiang Jun. As he spoke, Jing Wei was about to bow down, and Jiang Xun hurriedly grabbed Jing Wei's arm. But Jing Wei is a good-hearted person, and he didn't have any other thoughts about kneeling down, he knelt down with his legs first, and was supported by Jiang Hyun, and he almost fell. Seeing Jing Wei's naïve state, Shi A laughed on the side. Jiang Hyun also teased: "Why do you need to be like this? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the county soldier who delivered the famous assassin trotted out: "The county magistrate has an order to summon Jiang Bopei into the temple." ”

Temple, governance, court, there is a law, where the court is located can be described as a temple. Later Han customs, above the county are commonly called the house, and the county is still called the temple. At the time of the Han Dynasty, Buddhism was not yet popular, and it was not afraid of confusion, and sometimes even it was a state and county, and sometimes it was also called a state temple or a county temple.

Jiang Xun asked Jing Wei to bring the wooden box on the horse, and the three of them followed the county guards and entered the county temple, and the carriages and horses were led by other county guards to settle down.

After the gate of the prefectural temple, there are two rooms, which are connected to the wall, and both have two gates, called the juku, which are used as resting places for officials to wait for the prefectural order to summon them. Jiang Hyun was invited in by Wei Ju, so naturally there was no need to wait here.

Passing through the aisle between the two jukus, there is a mud wall in front of you, the loess is smeared flat, there is no carving, there is no depiction, it is very clumsy.

Bypass the Xiao wall, turn into the courtyard, the courtyard is wide and deep, a lobby in the middle, the eaves fly corners, majestic and strong, here is the county order of the big county or the place where the county magistrate of the small county ascends to the hall to do things, commonly known as "the hearing hall". There are steps under the hall that lead to the courtyard.

Under the guidance of the county guard, Jiang Xun signaled Shi A and Jing Wei to stay outside the hall, took off his shoes, straightened his clothes, straightened his bamboo crown, and entered the listening hall. In the middle of the hall stood two rows of halberd-wielding county guards, and one of them was lying on the ground with his hair in a loose bun, his body was scarred, and his clothes were soaked with blood.

Jiang Hyun knew that Wei Ju was trying the case, and the county order personally tried the case, which seemed to be a big case, but Wei Ju still summoned him at this time, but he didn't know what his intentions were. But the person had already entered the auditorium, and since he couldn't think of a reason, Jiang Hyun didn't think about it anymore, took a few steps forward, knelt down and said, "Late Jiang Hyun, I've seen Wei Jun." ”

Seeing Jiang Xun, Wei Ju's originally gloomy face improved slightly, he stood up and bypassed a few cases, and stepped forward to help Jiang Xun, "Hurry up, in the past, I had a lot of support for Jiang Gong, you and I have been talking about it, why bother with such a big gift?" As he spoke, his eyes were still wandering, and he kept looking at Jiang Hyun, seeing that Jiang Hyun was comfortable and handsome, and he did not lose his heroic spirit, he sighed secretly in his heart: "What a Jiang Bopei!" ”

Wei Ju was looking at Jiang Hyun, and Jiang Hyun also took the opportunity to get up and look at him. This Wei Ju is just past the age of standing, his face is fair and clear, his eyebrows are picturesque, his eyes are shining, his body is thin but very straight, like a sword out of the sheath, sharp and proud.

In order to avoid being rude, Jiang Hyun didn't keep staring at Wei Ju, so he said: "Wei Jun is dealing with official business, Hyun is white, and he is above this listening hall, so he should meet with a big courtesy." As Jiang Xun said, although Wei Ju is more than ten years older than Jiang Xun, Wei Ju was also a protégé of Jiang Xun's father Jiang Tong, and according to their generation, the two are also the same generation. But Jiang Hyun has not yet entered the office, Wei Ju is dressed in official clothes and summoned in the public court, Jiang Hyun's big gift is to worship the official with the people, but not to see the brother with the brother.

Wei Ju didn't mention the trial of the case anymore, but just took Jiang Xun's hand and asked, "I don't know how Jiang Gong is now?" "As Jiang Tong's protégé, when you see his son, you must greet Jiang Tong first.

Jiang Xun replied: "In the first month of last year, my father was dismissed for some reason in the assassination of Yuzhou, and he visited Lang again, and returned home after he was sick. Two months ago, I wrote from home, and my father is still recuperating at home, and his health is fine. ”

"Alas! I only hate eunuchs in power, and those who are capable can't show their ambitions! ”

From Guanghe three years ago to half a year ago, Wei Ju has been in Jiaozhou, but last year, that is, the fifth year of Guanghe, Wei Ju also knew about it. In the first month of last year, the Son of Heaven issued an edict and ordered the ministers of the central government to use folk songs and rumors to report the assassins, county guards, and county magistrates who harmed the people in various places. Taiwei Xu Yu and Sikong Zhang Ji colluded with the Ten Standing Servants to accept bribes, and did not dare to intervene in the children or guests of those eunuchs who served as assassins, county guards, and county magistrates, although they were corrupt and infamous, but baselessly reported 26 hostile eunuchs or officials with shallow backgrounds but who were honest and quite accomplished, and all 26 of them were questioned or dismissed. Jiang Tong was the assassin of Yuzhou at the time, and he was an honest and upright official, and was praised by Yuzhou. Yingchuan Zhang Rang's family was under his jurisdiction, and there was quite a conflict between them, so Jiang Tong was also among the twenty-six people, and was even sent to Beijing.

Under the deliberate arrangement and organization of Situ Chen Tan, the subordinates of these officials and the people under their rule went to the gate of the Luoyang Palace to appeal to them. Chen Tan took the opportunity to write: "The secretary of state led the party for his own personal gain, and the so-called release of owls and prisoners of Luan Feng. The Son of Heaven admonished, blamed Xu Yu and Zhang Ji for this, and appointed all the officials who were called up for questioning as councillors.

Yilang, the position of Qing Gui, many of these twenty-six people are from poor families, have no background, and it is likely that they will serve as county commanders in various places for the rest of their lives. can be worshiped now, and then serve as a local, even if there is no one to support, it is easy to start as a governor of the state and county. Moreover, being a councillor in Luoyang is also easy to be favored by the dignitaries of the court and the central government.

But for Jiang Tong, his family background is illustrious, although he is not as good as the first-class family such as Runan Yuan and Hongnong Yang, but there are many protégés and former officials in the central region, not to mention that he was the assassin of Yuzhou before. As far as Jiang Tong is concerned, it is better to be a local governor and do some practical things in the position of a noble person in the court.

In fact, as long as Jiang Tong is a little active, he can serve as a local again, but Jiang Xun is not optimistic about the future development of the DPRK situation, and after being worshipped, he directly said that he was sick and returned to his hometown. What happened after that was as Jiang Tong expected, in February, there was a sudden plague in Jizhou, and countless people died, and in March, the Son of Heaven used this as an excuse to remove Chen Tan because of the slander of the Ten Standing Servants, and Chen Tan was killed in prison. Compared with Xu Yu and Zhang Ji who took bribes on a large scale before, but only received a few words of punishment from the Son of Heaven for colluding with the Ten Standing Servants, Chen Tan did not suffer this catastrophe in vain, and the more than 20 councilors were also implicated.

After Jiang Tong went home, the first thing he did was to let Jiang Xun and Jiang Peng, who were quite literate, go to the Central Plains to study, and told them that if the court situation was unstable, they would not be able to enter Luoyang.

After leaving home, Jiang Xun took Jiang Fu to the western capital Chang'an, and in Chang'an, Jiang Xun and Jiang Peng were recommended by Zhao Qi (the word Suiqing), a master of scripture, Jingzhao Changling, and went to Beihai Gaomi in Qingzhou and entered Zheng Xuanmen. This Zhao Qi is Ma Rong's nephew, and Ma Rong is Zheng Xuande's mentor, because of this relationship, Jiang Xun and Jiang Peng were able to get started. After a year of study, Jiang Xun went to Luoyang to pay homage to Taixue Shijing according to his master's order, and Jiang Fu was young, but he still stayed by Zheng Xuan's side.

Wei Ju basically knew the reason for Jiang Tong's resignation due to illness, so after listening to Jiang Xun talk about Jiang Tong's resignation due to illness, he didn't ask Jiang Tong's body, but just lamented that the eunuch was in power.

After greeting Jiang Tong, Wei Ju pointed to the person kneeling in the hall and said: "This person is Wang Liu, the doorman of the county lieutenant Zhuang Xing, he has confessed, Wang Qiao's case, Zhuang Xing also participated, and was ordered by the Zhang family in Yingchuan to rob a group of military horses that were transported from Youzhou to Luoyang and passed through our county. I have heard of what Bo Pei did in Kuangcheng Township, and now I am about to arrest Zhuang Xing, and Bo Pei is interested in going with him. ”

"Yingchuan Zhang's family? But Zhang Rang's family? ”

"However, it is the Zhongchang servant Zhang Rang's family, is Bo Pei interested?"

Jiang Hyun didn't know Wei Ju's thoughts, but whether it was only for Wang Qiao and Zhuang Xing, or for the Zhang family, Jiang Hyun was interested, after all, from the moment he killed Wang Qiao, Jiang Hyun had already been involved. It's just that his identity is here, after all, he is an outsider, so he pretended to excuse himself and said: "Hyun is not talented, and it is the first time to come to Guixian, I am afraid it will be inconvenient." ”

"It's really inconvenient, but you are also a witness in Wang Qiao's case, and there may be places for you to testify and contribute to this case in the future." Speaking of this, Wei Ju's originally smiling face became serious and sad, "The calamity of eunuchs, we and other scholars are all heartbroken, and Jiang Gong is also deeply affected, Bo Pei can't stand by and watch!" "Actually, Wei Ju's idea is to use Jiang Xun to pull the entire Jiang family, or at least Jiang Xun, a prodigy who was eight years old and said to retire from the Xianbei army and became famous all over the world, comparable to Kong Wenju back then, to his boat.

Although Jiang Hyun is only white, his reputation is better than Wei Ju. Wei Ju had a different mind in his heart, and when he saw Jiang Hyun's resignation, he misunderstood his humble remarks as Jiang Hyun wanting to stay out of the matter and stand by.

Jiang Hyun originally had a good impression of Wei Ju, but at this time, he also saw Wei Ju's thoughts, although he also intended to take the initiative to attack the power of the eunuchs, but Wei Ju's methods were not very fair and honest in any case, and his evaluation of Wei Ju in his heart was discounted, but he didn't show it, and he still happily promised: "Hyun obeys the king's orders!" ”

"Good! All right! Sure enough, he is a child of the Jiang family in Hanyang, and he is worthy of his family style! ”

Jiang Hyun guessed that Wei Ju wanted to win over and use him, but he didn't guess Wei Ju's overall plan. After all, he was young, and his views on the situation and officialdom in the court were not as thorough as Wei Ju and his father, and his guess was that after Chen Tan was killed, the sergeant had already begun to fight back against the eunuchs, and Wei Ju was this pawn.

But the actual situation is that because Jiang Tong has temporarily retired, and the Wei family is not a high-ranking official in the court now, so Wei Ju almost does not have any backers, even if Jiang Tong has not retired, it is only a 600 stone thorn history, otherwise Wei Ju would not have wandered in a wild place like Jiaozhou for several years. Wei Ju has been in the office for ten years, initially under Jiang Tong as an official, and later Jiang Tong recommended to the imperial court, and could have easily obtained a Central Plains Meixian as a chief official, but because he did not pay to buy officials, he still saw that the family and Jiang Tong's face was not dismissed, so he was directly sent to Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou is full of miasma, vast and sparsely populated, and far away from the Central Plains, even if it makes any achievements, it is difficult to show its reputation. But the emperor lived up to his wishes, and finally waited for the vacancy of the Sujube County Order, and this vacancy happened to fall on his head. The sour jujube is in the west of Yanzhou, close to Sili, and if you make some achievements here and even do some big things, it is easy to become famous in the world.

Young people are inevitably anxious for quick success, and Wei Ju is the same, the most precious youth is wasted in a place like Jiaozhou, and all negative emotions such as unwillingness, grievance, depression, and resentment have been brewing in the chest for many years, so when he returns to the Central Plains, he thinks that he has a place to use, and he is inevitably radical and impulsive. So this matter is completely his own opinion, and his target is Zhang Rang, but he does not seek success, but only fame.

On the way to the sour jujube, Wei Ju had already thought about it, because of the implication of the eunuch suppression and the disaster of the party, there was no high-ranking official in the family with more than 2,000 stones, if he wanted to climb up, it would not work only by his political achievements, and there were only two ways to choose: the first choice was to take refuge in the eunuch, with his ability, he would soon be able to rise to prominence, but once this happened, Jingzhao Weishi was afraid that he would be punctured by the world's corporals and the backbone of the party, and it would be even more intolerable to the party; The second option is to take risks and completely surrender to the party, and go all out to attack the eunuch forces that are naturally opposed to the scholars, and the means must be fierce. After that, if you can win the favor of the senior officials of the court, you can prevent the retaliation of the eunuchs, and your career in the future will be smooth. If you can't get the support of the nobles, then you will die in the rivers and lakes, which can be regarded as submitting a petition to the party, and if the party members take power again in the future, they will definitely reactivate themselves, and then the internal government will be a noble and important position, and the outer state and county magistrates.

Therefore, in Wei Ju's view, Zhang Rang, who is one of the core of the Ten Standing Servants, is low-cost and high-return, regardless of success or failure.