Chapter 18: The Gentleman and the Villain
"Lord, someone asks to see him, claiming to be Qin Mi of Guanghan."
When Guo Jia listened to Zhen Yao's introduction to the Qin family in Yizhou, the guards outside the door entered the hall to report that someone had come to the door.
Guo Jia and Zhen Yao glanced at each other, and their expressions were a little surprised, this time when they had just captured Chengdu, the Qin family reacted so quickly?
"Qin Mi, a young leader of the Qin family's generation, knows astronomy and geography, three religions and nine streams, hundreds of schools, everything, ancient and modern, sages and sages, everything. When I was young, I came to Yizhou Guanghan with my father to visit the Qin family, Qin Mi was already a well-educated person at a young age, and he was very good at speaking, my lord, Qin Mi has been waiting for you in Chengdu for a long time. ”
Chengdu is under martial law recently, the city gate is closed and it is strictly forbidden to enter and exit, Qin Mi must have foreseen that Guo Jia would break through Chengdu and wait in the city in advance, but he didn't know what he meant by coming to see Guo Jia for the first time, Guo Jia is different from the princes, he is a thief, even if he is a Han Shi and has talent and learning, he is essentially no different from Zhang Jiao back then, that is to say, he is in a relative position with the Shi clan.
asked the guards to invite Qin Mi into the hall, Guo Jia knelt on the main seat and changed his expression to an indifferent expression, waiting for the guests.
Qin Mi is young, on par with Guo Jia, just after the crown ceremony, Tsing Yi Scarf, Yu Xuanang, stepping into the hall with a steady footstep, Guo Jia raised his eyes to look, Qin Mi is dignified, graceful, and has a detached and elegant temperament at a glance, and bowed in front of Guo Jia, seven points of humility and three points of humility, neither noisy nor servile, only the first impression of this moment, Guo Jia secretly praised this person.
Stretched out his hand to signal Qin Mi to take a seat, the other party did not call him did not make Guo Jia angry, in fact, Guo Jia didn't know how outsiders should call him, general? I'm sorry, the Han Dynasty didn't have a general named Guo Jia. Brother Tai, son, strong man...... Obviously not suitable.
After Qin Mi entered the door, he saw Zhen Yao with a kind smile on his face, and many unsolvable questions were finally answered.
Guo Jia has the support of the Zhen family behind his army, if there is no Zhen family, who is extremely rich in the world, I am afraid that Guo Jia will make a small fight at most, and after capturing Hanzhong, it will be the end of the strong crossbow, but now he can take Chengdu in one fell swoop, and he will hold all Yizhou in the palm of his hand.
It turned out to be the Zhen family, Guo Jia and the Zhen family had a good show two years ago.
"In Xia Qin Mi, the words are strong. Today, I came to visit to congratulate the king on his capture of Yizhou within a month. ”
Qin Mi said the word king lightly, which made Guo Jia dumbfounded, maybe the Liukou are all kings of the mountain, Guo Jia led the Taiping army into Yizhou, doesn't he have the heart to call the king a separatist?
No matter whether Guo Jia is called the king or the emperor, it always sounds awkward.
Guo Jia, who has read a lot of people, can't figure out at this time, what is Qin Mi's idea, who has no flaws on his face, as the most outstanding figure of the young generation of the Qin family in Yizhou, to congratulate Guo Jia?
No matter how you look at it, it smells like a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to a chicken.
With a slight self-deprecating smile, Guo Jia looked at Qin Mi and said, "When Liu Junlang entered Sichuan and Shu to receive the Yizhou pastor, he asked you to assist him three times and five times, why do you always excuse yourself from illness?" ”
Qin Mi's talent is well-known in Shuzhong, how could Liu Yan, as the overlord of one party, underestimate the Qin family? Recruiting Qin Mi is actually to make the Yizhou scholars work together, and Qin Mi is the example of the younger generation of the Yizhou scholars.
The diehards of the older generation, Liu Yan also knew that he couldn't win it, so he could only set his sights on the younger generation, and for the Qin family, the leader of the Yizhou Shi clan, such as Liu Yan's predecessor, did not dare to act rashly, Liu Yan led the Yizhou priest and kept beating the Yizhou Shi clan, but he was still afraid of the Qin family and did not dare to act rashly, for fear of causing turmoil in the whole territory of Yizhou.
Facing Guo Jia's question, Qin Mi said lightly: "At that time, before the age of the weak crown, how could He De become an official, his reputation was not enough to convince the public, and Enwei was impossible to talk about, so he could only refuse Liu Junlang's kindness." ”
Guo Jia pouted, the words spoken by the person in front of him were too modest, at this time, the career is to raise filial piety, that is, virtue to serve the public, Qin Mi took this as an excuse, but the clear-eyed people who don't know that the scholar clan controls the official career, and the way of raising filial piety has already become a tool for monopolizing power in the hands of the scholar clan, Qin Mi wants to be a leader, not to mention the territory of Yizhou, just want to go to Luoyang, by the side of the Son of Heaven, as long as the Qin family has a little bit up and down, it is not necessarily how difficult.
"Then you have come here to congratulate me on the capture of Chengdu, don't you have any other meaning?" Guo Jia crossed his hands on the table, his chin rested on the back of his hand, and looked at Qin Mi helplessly.
Roundabout verbal communication always makes him feel bored.
Qin Mi bowed his hand to Guo Jiayi with a calm face, and said with a serious expression: "On behalf of the Qin family, I am willing to assist the king in governing Yizhou and jointly benefit the common people." ”
The sworn expression was afraid that others would think that Qin Mi was here to serve, Guo Jia looked left and right for a long time, and saw that he didn't seem to be joking, and sighed inexplicably.
Now, Guo Jia understood what Qin Mi meant when he came to see him.
Take refuge and dream!
Self-preservation is true.
Xuan Jian is a Yizhou pastor, and Liu Yan is also a Yizhou pastor, whether he is afraid of the Qin family or wants to recruit the Qin family, he will always take into account the opinions of others, and moving the Qin family is equivalent to setting an example for the corporal clan in the world, so Liu Yan does not dare to act rashly against the Qin family.
But Guo Jia is different, his identity, status, and position may take the Qin family.
Qin Mi naturally saw this, so he came to meet Guo Jia, Guo Jia is no longer the scholar who chanted a few sour poems in Yingchuan, but an authentic warlord wielding a butcher's knife.
If you look at Guo Jia from the previous perspective, you will definitely suffer. Liu Yan will be afraid of the reaction of the scholars, will Guo Jia be afraid of it? Qin Mi didn't know the bottom in his heart, so he had to come forward, as for the disdainful attitude of the elders in the clan towards Guo Jia, Qin Mi felt deeply wrong.
Guo Jia knows that Qin Mi wants to keep the Qin family's power in Yizhou, which is not the same as the Qin family is afraid of Guo Jia, but the battle will lose both, the Qin family is certainly in danger of destruction, but Guo Jia may not be able to win, if he ends up with Sun Wentai when he goes out of Jingzhou, if the Shi clan in Yizhou counterattacks, it is really difficult to say whether Guo Jia can keep his surname.
What if it's a peace talk? Will the Qin family assist Guo Jia in stabilizing the situation in Yizhou as Qin Mi said? Guo Jia also has no bottom in his heart, the key is that the Qin family is the leader of the Yizhou Shi clan, if Guo Jia is appeased, it will be equivalent to giving up local power and handing over the Yizhou Shi clan to govern the place for him, Guo Jia can't tolerate this, because this is a hidden danger, not only a cancer under the rule, but also one of the factors that cause the outbreak of danger.
"Qin Mi, I heard that you have been smart since you were a child, well-read, knowledgeable, and sensible, if I ask the following question, you can give me a satisfactory answer, then what is the Qin family like in Yizhou, and what will it be like in the future."
Guo Jia's gaze looked directly at Qin Mi, and Qin Mi also looked at Guo Jia, nodding solemnly with a solemn expression.
"Can the Qin family really help me govern my territory?"
A very simple and direct question, but it made Qin Mi's face dignified, Guo Jia praised him before for being sensible and knowledgeable, so don't pretend to be confused, whether the Qin family can be governed properly, whether it can really benefit the common people, is a very simple but very heavy and complex question.
Qin Mi lowered his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "The gentleman works hard, the villain works, the hard worker governs the man, and the hard man governs the man, this is the legacy of the sages, don't dare to disobey." The Qin family cultivates both civil and military, strives for self-improvement with the words of a sage, treats people with generosity, benevolence and kindness, and has the Qin family, the king does not have to worry. ”
Hehehehehe
Guo Jia's shoulders trembled, chuckling, Zhen Yao on the side looked inexplicable, and said secretly: Qin Mi is reasonable, why is the lord laughing?
Guo Jia is a person who laughs at Qin Mi and is worthy of being able to speak well, and secretly changing concepts can be called sophistry.
Guo Jia also admits that wise people should indeed be planning and commanders, and those without wisdom can only be practical actors.
This is the gentleman's hard work and the villain's hard work in Qin Mi's mouth.
Guo Jia agreed, very much agreed.
However, Guo Jia asked whether the Qin family could govern the place well, not whether the Qin family was qualified to govern the place.
Guo Jia asked if the Qin family could be sympathetic to the people and benefit the people, but Qin Mi's answer was that the Qin family should govern the local area.
If you don't listen carefully and think about it, maybe you will really be persuaded by Qin Mi.
"A gentleman governs and a villain is powerful, Qin Mi, I don't object to this, dare to ask, what is a gentleman? Can the Qin family be called a gentleman? ”
Facing Guo Jia, who put away his smile, Qin Mi sighed silently, the Yingchuan ghost talent who had been admired for a long time in the past was not an easy person.
Qin Mi was silent, not that he didn't know the answer, but in this verbal confrontation, Guo Jia won with clumsiness.
"Erudite knowledge and strong knowledge, good deeds without slackness, called a gentleman. Qin Mi, you can speak well and speak well, and your tongue blooms with lotus flowers, but if you have half a conscience, please don't insult the word gentleman, the Qin family can do the way of a gentleman, and I will treat him as a national soldier and help the world together. But if the Qin family can't do it, what will happen? Anti-me? I waited for that day to come. ”
After Guo Jia finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and Qin Mi saw his appearance of sending off guests, shook his head slightly, and then bowed and exited the hall.
As soon as Qin Mi left, Zhen Yao said in a deep voice: "Lord, the Qin family's power in Yizhou cannot be underestimated, if the lord has made a decision, I hope to make plans as soon as possible." ”
Guo Jia also knows that this is a sensitive moment, but the Yizhou scholars are still in the wait-and-see stage, Guo Jia is a thief, but the Yizhou scholars have no soldiers, and there is nowhere to ask for foreign power, Dong Zhuo in the north is a national thief, it is more difficult to conspire than Guo Jia, Jingzhou in the east is in turmoil, and the Yizhou scholars want to invite foreign aid to plot against Guo Jia, no way.
"You and Qin Mi had a young friendship, it is better to probe his tone, see what the attitude of the Qin family is, and stabilize the Qin family through Qin Mi as much as possible, before I completely take Yizhou, the surrounding area of Shu County must be stabilized."
Guo Jia can be regarded as a helpless move, he entered Yizhou, the most unstable time, is the moment, if the Shi clan and the Wang clan make trouble, it is difficult to predict whether he can gain a firm foothold in Yizhou.