Xu Chu and his entourage continued to the southeast.

The wheel of history turned here, because how much he deviated from his arrival, Xu Chu did not know. So what will happen next, Xu Chu is already difficult to accurately judge.

The discussion of the internal situation of Yangzhou has been put on the agenda recently, and about Lujiang County, the first name that popped into Xu Chu's head at that time was Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu, a native of Shu County, Lujiang. The Zhou family of Shu County, which arose in the period of Emperor Zhang, the head of the Zhou family, Zhou Rong, entered Beijing to serve as Shangshu Ling, and later several county guards; Zhou Jing, the grandson of Zhou Rong, is even more because after the death of Emperor Huan, he decided to establish Emperor Ling to become a 'hero from the dragon', and served as the Sikong and Taiwei in the Three Dukes. Starting from Zhou Jing, the Zhou family officially became the first family in Lujiang, Jing has three sons, the eldest son is named Chong, the middle son is named Zhong, and the third son is different, because of the Yu Yin of his father Zhou Jing, all of whom are in prominent positions.

Zhou Yu is the grandson of Zhou Jing and the son of Zhou Yi.

The information here was told to Xu Chu by Guo Jia. Regarding the general situation of Lujiang, Guo Jia and Xi Zhong have already spent time understanding it before. The number one family in Lujiang County seems to be only Zhou Yu's family.

"Zhou Zhong and his son Zhou Hui are now in Luoyang, and Zhou Yi and his son Zhou Yu are at home."

Guo Jia introduced the situation of the Zhou clan to everyone like a few family treasures, and then looked ahead, clapped his hands and said: "It's finally at the border of Lujiang County!" ”

But seeing the county boundary, the officials of Lujiang County had been waiting for a long time.

From Shu County in the east of Lujiang County to near Tatexian County in the northwest of the county to greet Xu Chu, I have to say that the county officials are very lucky. Greet the chief, most afraid of missing the time. Therefore, these county officials must have come to Tatexian many days ago, and they did not dare to live in the county seat of Tate, so they could only wait in the countryside outside the county, and the county seat and the county border are more than ten miles, once they did not wait, all the previous efforts were in vain. So when Xu Chu and his party saw this group of county officials, although they had taken care of their appearance, they were still a little embarrassed.

The county officials were all dressed in black and crowned, and greeted each other with wisdom. 'Hui' means broom, and holding a broom to welcome the new governor is the current fashion.

Xu Chu did not dare to slack off, ordered the troops to stop, dismounted, and took the three literati of Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, and Fei Liang to meet these officials in Lujiang County.

I saw two people coming out of the crowd, obviously the head of the officials.

Regarding Lu Kang's appointment, the imperial court came out shortly after worshipping Xu Chu as the Taishou of Lujiang, that is, replacing Yuzhang Taishou Zhou Shu, who had been in poor health in recent years, as the new Yuzhang Taishou.

Yuzhang is just south of the Lujiang River, and Lujiang is one of the six counties of Yangzhou. This transfer can be regarded as more acceptable to Lu Kang, who is a native of Wu County, Yangzhou.

Xu Chu had previously learned that there were two people under Lu Kang who were most valued, one was Zhang Yun, the county master, and the other was Xie Zhen, the county master. It should be these two people who came out of the crowd.

A name, sure enough. Zhang Yun bowed to Xu Chu and said, "The subordinates have been waiting for the prince here for a long time, and fortunately they didn't miss it. ”

Xu Chu smiled: "Qing and others have worked hard. ”

The talents of Lujiang County are withering, and most of the right officials promoted by the county government are famous people in the state. Zhang Yun is from the Zhang family of Wu County, Wu County, and is the surname of Zhang of the four major families of Wu County, Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang.

Compared with Zhang Yun, Xie Zhen is not far behind. Xie Zhen is a Huiji person, Xie surname and Yu, Wei, Kong three surnames are called Huiji four surnames, there are many talented people in the clan in Yangzhou County.

Therefore, if it weren't for Xu Chu's limelight, Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen would inevitably despise Xu Chu because of their opinions, and they would not have gone all the way to Lujiang County to welcome Xu Chu to take office.

Zhang Yun saw the endless army of men and horses behind Xu Chu, and couldn't help but sigh: "Duke Lu has been guarding the county in Lujiang for nearly 20 years, and the soldiers and horses under his rule are not as majestic as the princes and princes. ”

What, twenty years!

Xu Chu turned his face to look at Guo Jia, Guo Jia nodded, and answered: "During the Guanghe period, Huang Sui, a native of Lujiang, united with 'Jiangxia Man' and gathered 100,000 people to rebel against the imperial court, and the four counties of Lujiang County fell, so the first emperor worshiped Lu Jining to suppress the rebellion for Lujiang Taishou. ”

Lu Kang, the word Ji Ning, is over fifty years old. According to Guo Jia, Lu Kang came to Lujiang to be a taishou when he was less than forty years old, and he has been a taishou for nearly 20 years. Thinking about the reason, when Lu Kang has a way to control the chaos, and there are many robbers in the Lujiang area to disturb the people, ordinary officials can not quell the chaos, so they have been the Lujiang Taishou for so long.

Xu Chu nodded solemnly, twenty years is not a short time, and the officials in the county do not know how many batches have been replaced, which shows that Lu Kang's prestige in Lujiang must be quite large.

The place chosen by the imperial court is also interesting. A Taishou who has not changed for nearly 20 years, the advantage is that the rule is stable, Xu Chu only needs to follow the steps after he arrives, and there will be no big mistakes; The disadvantage is that Lu Kang is now Yuzhang Taishou, and his influence on Lujiang County is still there, which will inevitably make Xu Chu a little jealous.

While speaking, Xu Chu met with other county officials, and then Xi Zhong suggested that Xu Chu go to the horse to change vehicles, and invited Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen to sit in the same car. Xi Zhong said that the invitation to Xie and Zhang to take a car together, firstly, according to the practice of the imperial court, after the Taishou arrived in the county, he should pay attention to the 'prestige of Han officials', and he could not ride a horse but only take a car, and secondly, according to the system of this dynasty, the county guard traveled and arrived, and the subordinate officials were to guide the subordinates in the front, Xu Chu's move was to take the opportunity to show closeness to Zhang and Xie and bring the relationship between the two and himself closer; Third, I want to ask Zhang and Xie about the specific situation in Lujiang County.

In the Han Dynasty, the county officials were basically from the state, and some of them had served as court officials, such as county commanders, county magistrates, county lieutenants, and so on. Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen have both served as county positions in Wu County and Huiji County, so they have a relatively good understanding of the political ecology of Lujiang and the entire Yangzhou.

Xu Chu invited them to ride in the same car, although there is a suspicion of showmanship, but the current scholars are eating this set, both of them are heart-to-heart: once asked Nanyang He Boqiu praise and said, "Xu Zhongkang has a unique style of employing people, and the corporal is not an ordinary person", and when I see it today, although he is young, he talks and laughs freely, and his demeanor is clear, and what He Boqiu said is true.

So every time Xu Chu humbly asks for advice, the two of them know everything and say everything.

Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen are both of medium stature, and they don't look crowded when they sit together with three people. Outside the car window, the acres of fields, rivers and woods on both sides of the official road are scattered, and the scenery of Yangzhou is indeed more exquisite than that of Yuzhou.

Xu Chu was the first to take the lead, and first talked to Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen about the situation in the imperial court. Zhang and Xie have lived in Yangzhou for a long time, and they are not as close as Xu Chu and Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others, so they took the initiative to ask about what happened after Xu Chu entered Beijing.

Zhang Yun asked: "I heard that after Dong Zhuo, the pastor of the state, entered Beijing, he held the army into self-respect, became more and more domineering, and interfered with national politics. Can you tell us about the current situation in Kyoto? ”

Xu Chu replied: "Dong Zhuo is very arrogant, I saw it when I first arrived in Luoyang. It's a pity that the situation is stronger than others, and it finally allowed him to succeed in his murderous reputation. When he arrived at the border of Runan, he learned a few things from the old letters in Beijing, and Dong Zhuo's momentum, like Taifu, Si Li and others, was also difficult to suppress. ”

"What are the few things?"

"Sikong Liu Hong was deposed, and Dong Zhuo made himself Sikong; The subordinates of Ding Yuan, Lu Bu, a native of Wuyuan, was rebelled by Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu turned his back on the enemy and surrendered to the enemy, Jin Wu was already dead, and the trilogy was swallowed by Dong Zhuo; Zhang Mengzhuo was listed as Chen Liutaishou, and Huang Yuzhou was ordered to return to Beijing. ”

Not long after several incidents, Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen still can't know. After hearing this, both of them changed color.

Xie Zhen was surprised: "Ding Jianyang was killed?!" ”

Zhang Yun sighed, "In this way, the big thing will go." ”

Xu Chu looked at the expressions of the two of them, and said in his heart: These two gentlemen really have some knowledge. Among the several things Xu Chu said, the two of them attached great importance to Ding Yuan's death, and it was obvious that seeing through this matter was the most critical and most affecting the overall situation.

Xie Zhenfu said again: "When Ding Jianyang was a county official in the past, he was always at the forefront of chasing prisoners and encountering thieves, and even we had heard of his use of force. Therefore, the imperial court later promoted him to the rank of martial arts lieutenant in order to show his martial bravery. How could he be killed by a mere tent official? ”

The little official under the tent is talking about Lu Bu.

It's no wonder that compared to the world-famous Ding Yuan, Lu Bu is really less meaningful. Xu Chu explained: "Lu Buqi has always been valued by Ding Yuan, so he did not prevent his rebellion, which caused a tragedy. ”

After Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen heard this, they reacted similarly to Gan Ning, and gritted their teeth and said: "How different are people who are unkind and unrighteous from pigs and dogs!" ”

To be honest, Xu Chu himself didn't have such a big dislike for Lu Bu, probably because of the 'hero complex' brought by his previous life, the peerless warrior who rode on the red rabbit horse and held Fang Tian's halberd was too dazzling and unforgettable.

All the way, all the way. Xu Chu occasionally looked out the window, and his biggest impression of Lujiang County should be that it is sparsely populated. Of course, this person is sparsely populated, which is compared with Yingchuan, Chenliu and even Yin Zhudi in Henan that he has visited.

The area of the Lujiang River seems to be twice the size of Yingchuan. However, the counties in the county are not only less than Yingchuan, but also farther apart than Yingchuan. After walking for two days, I came across the second county in addition to Tateshi County, Anfeng County.

And as soon as he arrived at the Anfeng realm, Xu Chu saw something interesting.

Passing through the townships and pavilions along the way, most of the people avoided when they saw the mighty people, but when they arrived at a pavilion around Anfeng, there were hundreds of people who did not avoid it, and gathered together to make a lot of noise.

After Xu Chu entered Lujiang County, he changed to the former army to walk, and Dian Wei and Le Jin were next to his car. Xu Chu ordered the car to stop and let Le go in to see what was going on over there.

Le Jin didn't move, and replied first: "Junhou, I have asked people to ask." ”

"Huh?"

"It's the officials sent by the state government who are recruiting troops and collecting food."

Xu Chu turned back to Zhang and Xie and said, "Does the state government have to gather so many people to collect grain?" ”

Zhang Yun shook his head, sighed in his heart, and replied cautiously: "It was the third time this month that the grain was collected, and it was probably the autumn harvest that had just ended, so I was in a hurry." ”

"What about recruitment? The state capital is governed in Liyang, and Liyang is in Jiujiang County. If you don't use local materials, why do you reach out to Lujiang instead? ”

Zhang Yun looked at Xie Zhen as if asking for help, Xie Zhen pondered it, and said carefully: "There are Jiangxia barbarians in the west, and there are mountains and mountains in the east." The state government also had to do it as a last resort, which was really helpless. ”

Xu Chu frowned and didn't answer, and his heart was faintly cold.