Chapter Twenty-Five: All Pity the Palace

β€œβ€¦β€¦ He is separated, and he is real.

The line is vigorous, and the center is like choking.

Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who do not know me say that I want something.

Hello sky! Who is this? ”

On the second day after Liu Yan left Zhao Guo, it was also a few days after the start of school, in a classroom in the backyard of Handan Public School, after some recitation, Gongsun Xun, who was wearing a beam crown, put down the scroll in his hand, and looked at a group of students who were actually not much younger than himself, but he looked extremely sophisticated: "Today's talk about "Huang Li", this is "The Book of Songs. National style. Wang Feng" Part 1. Why the first article? It is because Wang style is the style of the capital of Zhou Tianzi, not only on geography, but also on politics. ”

"After the rebellion of King Youyou of Zhou, the Zhou (Western Zhou) perished, and the king of Ping moved eastward, that is, the so-called Eastern Zhou, the power of the Son of Heaven also declined, the princes fought, and the Spring and Autumn Warring States began. Then according to the preface of "Mao's Poems", this poem is the westward journey of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty doctor, passing through the hometown of Zongzhou (Western Zhou), and seeing Xiao Miao born in the former palace. In this case, it is just like the former King Wu after the war, the uncle of the King of Zhou, Jizi, was sealed in North Korea, passing by the former capital of the Shang Dynasty, and seeing that the former capital of the Shang Dynasty where he was born was full of millet seedlings. Therefore, the doctor took pity on the decline of Zong Zhou (Western Zhou), hesitated and was sad, and wrote a poem to mourn it...... Isn't it appropriate for a doctor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty who experienced the war of the princes to use the allusion of the fall of the Shang Dynasty to mourn the decline of the Zong Zhou Dynasty and rank first in Wang Feng? ”

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In the end, it is to put aside all the subtle words about the rise and fall of the recklessness just mentioned, and only in terms of poetry, this poem is enough to rank first in "Wang Feng". The meaning of the great sorrow in it...... Or like a person who climbs high and thinks about the ancients, he does not see the ancients before and does not see the comers, thinking about the world and the world, and crying alone; Or like Qu Yuan Linjiang, seeing the decline of the country and the despisis of meat, the whole world is turbid, I am alone, and everyone is drunk and I am sober...... Wei Zhongmao (Wei Changzi), do you have something to say? ”

The students in the audience were fascinated by what they heard, and when they suddenly stopped, they couldn't help but look angrily at Wei Chang, who was causing trouble.

"It's not that the students want to disturb, but they are just confused for a while, and they can't help but show it." Wei Chang, who provoked the anger of the public, quickly got up to apologize and explain. "Teacher Gongsun, the two allusions you just described are simply the end of the vast sorrow of this song "Huang Li", and I can't help listening to it. However, the allusion to the latter Qu Yuan throwing himself into the river is well known, and I also know that the saying 'the whole world is turbid, everyone is drunk' and Qu Zi's allusion to the river are both from "Chu Ci". 'Meat eaters are even more disdainful', but the former one ascended to nostalgia for the saying 'the ancients were not seen before'...... Why have I never heard of such a vast meaning? I don't know why? ”

When the students heard this, they were also puzzled and talked about it endlessly.

Gongsun Xun sat on the stage, just glanced down, and the commotion immediately subsided.

Then, he calmly explained to Wei Chang: "You think well, the previous words of ascending to the heights and thinking about the ancients are actually not allusions, but just two gossips that I felt when I first arrived in Zhao Kingdom a few months ago, climbed high and nostalgic on Mafu Mountain, and thought about the rise and fall of Handan City for six hundred years. ”

"Is it the teacher's own words?" Wei Chang was in a trance for a while, of course, he must have remembered the situation when he met this teacher for the first time, it should have been that time. "It's the student Meng Lang......"

"It doesn't matter." Gongsun Xun motioned for the other party to sit down, and then looked up at Lou Gui, who had been standing outside the classroom and listening for a while, but he didn't mean to continue. "In fact, the paper is finally shallow, and it is impossible to get it out of thin air, but fortunately, there are many historic sites near the left of Handan City, and it is still early today, you may as well travel together, each looking for historical sites to hang, write an article that feels the time, regardless of the number of words, and hand it in the next class...... And scattered! ”

After that, Gongsun Xun directly picked up the scroll, got up and left, and many students in the audience also hurriedly got up and saluted...... And then called friends, groups of three or five excitedly left the public school.

"The lord is really talented!" After meeting his father-in-law, Lou Gui also sighed repeatedly. "I don't see the ancients before and I don't see the comers, I think of the world and the world, and I cry alone...... It's a pity that I wasn't by my lord's side at the time! ”

"If you were by my side, I wouldn't have wept." Gongsun Xun held the scroll in his hand and said with a smile as he walked out. "Let's not talk about this, Uncle Zi is coming over now, I think it is because of the results of what I told you to do the day before yesterday?"

Lou Gui, who followed behind, immediately solemnized: "That's true, after receiving the orders of the prince a few days ago, I went to consult the royal Dao people, and asked someone to investigate carefully, and now I have roughly checked the Taiping Dao forces in Zhao State......

"How?"

"It's actually quite interesting." Lou Gui said bluntly. "From the perspective of the whole world, the Taiping Road is 36 square meters in size, which can be called a rainbow, but although it is extremely common in Hebei, the core place, it cannot be called flooded. Especially after Zhang Jiao's rebellion failed that day, on the contrary, it has always been Zhao Guo, there are three important places, one is naturally in Handan City, and the other two are in Xiangguo County, all of which belong directly to Zhang Jiao. ”

"It's weird." Gongsun Xun was inevitably puzzled when he heard this. "Although Xiangguo County is adjacent to Julu, it is only a small county after all, and it is not a traffic artery, and further west is Taihang Mountain...... Why is there a den here, and two dens at all? ”

"Return to my lordship." Lou Gui had been prepared. "We have already investigated carefully, but we say that Handan is a big city, which is listed separately here, and as for the Taiping Dao people in the other four counties in the country, they all belong directly to the two dens of Xiangguo, and then go to Julu...... As for why there are two places, it is just the word rich and poor. ”

Gongsun Xun suddenly stopped and looked back.

Seeing this, Lou Gui didn't dare to sell Guanzi again, so he hurriedly said: "In these two places in Xiangguo, one is the manor of the Julu Zhao family, which is said to be the property of a distant clan brother of Zhao Ping in Langzhong, and the Taiping Dao people here are in the name of the manor steward in Xiangguo and the powerful families in the four northern counties, and by the way, spread the Taiping Road among them; The other place is just an ordinary village outside the city of Xiangguo, and the person who presides over this place is a down-and-out local scholar, who has dozens of Taoists under him, but most of them are people from the market and poor people in Luzuo on weekdays...... These two places have already been watched, and others are also in Xiangguo. ”

"That's kind of interesting." Gongsun Xun was thoughtful.

"What does the lord mean?" Lou Gui also asked seriously. "I was sent to investigate the Taiping Road with Yigong before, but there was no action. Now, according to the plan, the people will be mobilized next month to renovate the Qilu River, which flows through Handan and Xiangguo and enters the Julu Continent...... At this time, he had an incident with Zhang Jiao, although he was not afraid of making trouble, but he was worried that he would miss the agricultural slack period, which would make it difficult to achieve water conservancy. ”

"I didn't want to make trouble before, but I did think about it." Facing Lou Gui, Gongsun Xun had nothing to hide. "But a few days ago, Liu Tingshi had a private conversation with me, saying that the princes of the court and the central government and he felt that the momentum of the Taiping Dao was a little too scary, but the Son of Heaven ignored it...... So I had to suggest that I do my duty and clean up one or two on Zhao Guo's side, just in case. ”

"I see." Lou Zibo's face was abrupt. "That ......"

"Including Handan, all three places have been taken." Gongsun Xun thought for a moment, and immediately made a decision. "Handan here let Shuzhi do it, and Zhao's manor let Yigong go. As for the other one...... Let Chu Yan come forward in the name of the county lieutenant of Xiangguo, and after taking it, all of them will be sent to Xiangguo County to be handed over to Dong Gongren for disposal. Then you and I will set off now, under the banner of you, the governor of the central region, and take your car to Xiangguo for a trip. ”

"The lord still wants to test that Dong Gongren?" Lou Gui couldn't help frowning. "Since this person came to Xiangguo, he can be regarded as cooperative, right? Before the lord asked Chu Yan to be the lieutenant of Xiangguo County, he didn't say a word, and I was the governor of the central part of the country, and I didn't see him have any careful thoughts...... Why does the lord repeat it again and again, and still don't want to believe him? ”

Gongsun Xun looked down at the "Mao Poems" annotated by Lu Zhi in his hand, but he did not answer unexpectedly.

Lou Gui didn't want to ask too much, so he hurried to arrange this matter.

In other words, although Xiangguo and Handan are Linxian counties, Handan City and Xiangguo City, the two county governing offices, are 100 miles apart, which is farther than the distance between Handan and Yecheng...... In fact, if we take into account the existence of the Qilu River in the middle of the two counties, purely from the perspective of economy and people's livelihood, Xiangguo is more closely related to Julu County and Gutao County in the east.

It is probably precisely because of this that the tentacles of Taiping Road infiltrating Zhao Guo are used here as nodes.

"What is Dong Gongren's reaction?" Outside the county temple in Xiangguo County, Gongsun Xun was still dressed up in Liang Guan in the public school before, and he didn't even bring a seal ribbon, as if he was a scholar from a wealthy family, but as soon as he got off the bus of the post superintendent, he asked the person who came, how could he hide the momentum.

"Returning to the king," Han Dang, who came to greet him, crossed over to Chu Yan and replied directly. "Yesterday, we took down the people and sent them to the county, but the county magistrate Dong just put the people in prison, so he didn't ask any more questions, saying that he would wait for the superintendent to come and deal with them. And today, when he heard that Zibo's honor guard was coming, he only ordered the prisoner to be brought to the court, but he didn't mean to come out to greet him. ”

Lou Gui shook his head again and again: "This is a bit angry, but he probably didn't expect that Jun Hou had already arrived." ”

"Do you two have anything to say when you take people?" Gongsun Xun didn't pay attention to this, and just asked about Taiping Dao. "Is there someone there to clamor for confrontation, or is it just a matter of being caught?"

"Jun Hou is really a Mingjian!" When Han Dang heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chu Feiyan, who was half a position behind him. "It's normal when I go to the manor to get people, the steward panicked when he saw the white horse, and he didn't even dare to defend himself, so he was taken by me in a daze, but it was the county lieutenant Chu who ......"

"Wait for you." Chu Yan hurriedly replied. "There were indeed a lot of forks in the lower side, and when the locals saw me go to get the Taiping Daoist, there were many onlookers, and some people even clamored for grievances. However, the leader of the Taiping Dao people is admirable, he actually spoke out to appease him personally, and then tied his hands and arrested ......"

Gongsun Xun was expressionless and did not see joy or anger, but continued to ask: "Chu Yan, when you were in the mountains, did Taiping Dao have any contact with you?" ”

Chu Yan shook her head again and again when she heard this, and even looked confused...... Of course, to tell the truth, with the current situation of Taiping Dao in Zhao State, it seems that it has not reached the point of contacting the bandits.

"Forget it, let's go!" Gongsun Xun thought for a moment, then grabbed the "Mao Poems" he had been carrying from the car, and went to the county temple proudly.

Everyone didn't dare to slack off, and immediately the stars hugged him like the moon, and walked inside.

In the hall of the county temple, there were only five or six people, the slightly short and fat Dong Zhao sat in the first place, and a tall and thin cloth-clothed Taoist stood upright under the hall, all expressionless. On the other hand, another old man who was shorter and fatter than the county magistrate of Dong, dressed in silk and satin like a rich man, knelt in front of the hall at this time, constantly looking left and right, and could not settle down for a moment...... Other than that, it's just two county pawns.

Of course, when Gongsun Xun led a group of people into this place proudly, the short and fat Dong Gongren stood up as if he had seen a ghost.

"See ......"

"I heard that County Magistrate Dong arrested two people from Taiping Dao." Gongsun Xun took his hand and directly interrupted the other party's greetings. "The contemptible people are really curious about the responsibility of these two people, so they took the liberty to come here with the frame of Lou Dupost, and hoped that the county magistrate Dong would not see it outside and still deal with it impartially!"

Dong Zhao stiffened for a while, and could only order the county guard to show Gongsun Xun and Lou Gui, while Han Dang, who had the name of the county lieutenant of Handan, and Chu Yan, who was the county lieutenant of Xiangguo, had to stand in front of the door.

"Forgive the contemptible presumptuous," just after Gongsun Xun sat down, the extremely short and fat old man suddenly knelt forward, and then said with a sneer. "The noble man is from Handan, can you recognize Lord Lang Zhongling Zhao?"

"Lord Lang Zhongling Zhao?" Gongsun Xun put the scroll in his hand on the side of a few cases, but his face remained unchanged. "What you mean by Lord Zhao is the nephew of Zhao Chang, the eunuch of the Yellow Gate in the court?"

"Just as the noble man said!" The short and fat old man was overjoyed when he saw this. "I knew that Lord Zhao would not abandon me."

"I am the in-law of Lord Zhao as you say." Gongsun Xun smiled slightly after sitting down. "My wife is also surnamed Zhao, and he is a brother and sister who have not come out of five suits."

"I see!" The stocky old man walked forward on his knees again, and his words were even more unbearable. "My lord, my daughter is married to a capable steward of Lord Julu Zhao, you are the brother-in-law of Lord Zhao of Handan, so naturally you are also the brother-in-law of Lord Julu Zhao, and you are naturally my family...... The little old horse is fat, in the past, in the countryside of Julu, people called the husband of the horse...... This time, thank you for coming to the rescue! ”

Saying that, the husband of the horse actually kowtowed to Gongsun Xun in front of the hall to thank him.

"What rescue is not rescued?" Gongsun Xun was in a trance for a while when he heard this, because this name seemed to have been heard somewhere, but it was not obvious on his face, and he just followed the other party and smirked twice. "I'm not from Xiangguo County, I'm just here to be a bystander and witness, your case still depends on the meaning of County Magistrate Dong. However, the county magistrate Dong ......"

"It's just a matter of words." Dong Zhao responded suddenly.

"I don't mean anything else." Gongsun Xun said disapprerovitically. "It's just that the case is undecided, this husband Ma is an elderly person, there is no need for him to kneel on the ground all the time, what if he takes a futon for him to rest?"

"Just according to what you say." Dong Zhao had no choice but to wave his hand and signal the county guard to fetch the futon, of course, he inevitably explained a little more. "It's not that the county made him kneel, but that as soon as he came to the court, he called himself Hongnong Ma Shi Yunyun, and said that his son-in-law was a cronie of the Zhao family, I couldn't reprimand him twice, and he knelt down and kowtowed......"

No matter how the county magistrate Dong explained, Ma Feima's husband at this time was already overjoyed...... Because in his opinion, this time is already worry-free.

"County Magistrate Dong doesn't need to say much about these details." Gongsun Xun stroked the case with his hand and urged softly, as if the prisoner was really arrested by the county magistrate Dong. "You just have to close this case quickly...... The arrest of these two Taiping Dao people by the county magistrate Dong caused the township to shake, but what crime did they commit, and asked the county to show their names? ”

Dong Zhao was also quite speechless, and only then did he ask rhetorically: "Do you feel ...... Is it feasible to gather a crowd for obscenity? ”

Lewdness does not refer to sexual lewdness, but refers to intemperance and excessive indulgence. And obscenity, as the name suggests, is to excessively organize sacrificial behaviors under the banner of sacrifice, wasting manpower and material resources. At the same time, due to excessive superstition, obscenity is often accompanied by excessive respect for some religious spokesmen by foolish people, so that these sorcerers and witches have become alternative local tyrants by virtue of religious power...... These are some things that the government cannot tolerate.

In the Han Dynasty, the magistrates who had made a difference generally cracked down on irregular sacrificial activities and Wu families under their rule to liberate manpower and material resources.

In fact, there is a vague saying about Cao E, the famous filial daughter of Huiji County decades ago. It is said that Cao E's family has been a Huiji witch clan for generations, and his father died under the blow of the local magistrate, but after the death of this person, the local people not only did not cut off obscenity, but became more and more rampant, and the power of the Cao family was as always. In order to appease and suppress the matter, the later magistrate turned to publicize Cao E's filial piety...... This is some kind of alternative submission of the government.

And when he returned to the present, Dong Zhao thought of this crime, in fact, it was also out of a guess about Gongsun Xun's sudden response to Taiping Dao...... Could it be that this Hou Ye felt that the widespread existence of Taiping Dao had affected his control over Zhao State? Afraid that when the water conservancy is built in the future, these people will jump out of the obstacle, so they will strike first?

Or else? ...... for no reason

"In my opinion." Gongsun Xun also sighed when he heard this, and then he didn't pay attention to the horse husband, just stared at the tall and thin Taiping Dao leader and said. "Taiping Dao is not only guilty of obscenity, but has five major sins...... One is obscenity; Second, it is said to be a fallacy; Third, it is said to confuse the public; Fourth, it is said to collude with the inner servants; Fifth, it is called rebellion and rebellion...... What does County Magistrate Dong think of these five articles? ”

Ma's husband sat on the futon, looking dazed, as if he hadn't reacted.

However, the tall and thin Taoist who had been standing upright under the hall with his head held high finally curled his eyebrows slightly at this time, and looked at Gongsun Xun angrily: "The prince wants to exclude dissidents, why do you need to give us such an unbearable charge?!" ”

Gongsun Xun smiled slightly, not impressed: "You are allowed to defend yourself!" ”

β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”I'm the dividing line that gives you a chanceβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

"At the beginning, Julu Zhang Jiao claimed to be a great sage and good teacher, serving 'Huang Lao Dao and raising disciples'. Bow down; Fu Shuima said that to cure the disease, the sick were very healed, and the people believed in it. Horn sent eight disciples to the Quartet, with good Taoism to educate the world, turn to bewilder, more than ten years, hundreds of thousands of disciples, connecting the county, since Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, Yu into the state of the people are all responding. β€”The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note