readx;?“ After the Huang Gong family, he left the prosperous Luodu for the benefit of the county, and came to our remote place as a official, and he was deeply resentful of being the head of the local Qian, how could he not be respectful to the public? ”

"Haha......, Yang Gong, do you have something on your mind? What do I think of you?"

"This ......"

"If you have something to say, say it"

Yang Shen bowed down from the table and said: "Although Shen is old, he still can't hide his thoughts, and he is ashamed that he has been seen by Huang Gong, and Shen will not hide it."

"Say, 'What is the difficulty?' I'll call the shots for you."

"Yes...... Huang Gong, there is something, I don't know if the public knows?"

"What's the matter?"

"The lieutenant borrowed an order from the prime minister and wanted to collect food from the people of our county."

Wen Chou was invited in the morning, but Huang Ming didn't know about it, so he said "oh" and said, "The lieutenant wants to collect food from the people? ”

"Yes also"

"......, this is not surprising that after the rebellion of Montenegro, the county treasury was short of grain, and even the displaced people could not be relieved, and the imperial court was invited by the state to reduce the land rent of the state for one year, and the embarrassment of the lack of grain in the county was afraid that it would have to continue for at least one year, and the lieutenant entered Zhao for less than three months, and used soldiers to attack the thieves twice, and a lot of grain was consumed, and there was still a king who was not destroyed, in order to quell the thief rebellion, he could only borrow grain from the people."

"Yes, yes,......, that's what I said, but ,......, alas, the local people have no food."

Huang Ming is not stupid, although he doesn't know the specific content of the document of the minister of state invited by Wen Chou, he can also guess that Yang Shen's so-called "want to raise grain from the people of our county" must really mean that Wen Chou wants to raise grain from local wealthy and powerful families, and Wen Chou will never attack the poor family

He glanced at Yang Shen and said in his heart: "This must be the lieutenant who sent someone to his house to borrow food, but he refused to come out, so he came to me for help."

As mentioned above, Huang Ming is not an honest and capable official, but he is not an arrogant and domineering person, usually he just accepts bribes, does some favoritism, and does not take the initiative to harm the people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info [full text reading] He was quite in favor of Wen Chou's move to raise grain to fight thieves, he pondered for a moment, and said to Yang Shen with a smile: "Yang Gong wants to? ”

"Deeply courageous. For the sake of the people of our county, I want to invite Huang Gong to see Xiangjun and beg Xiangjun to take back this order."

Huang Ming said: "The Prime Minister's order has been issued, how can it be withdrawn? Even if I say it, it's useless to be afraid."

"But the disaster of Montenegro. The people of my county are indeed ......"

"That's right,......, Yang Gong, why don't I go to the lieutenant and ask him to waive some of the grain that your family should produce?"

Huang Ming had listened to Wen Chou's "On Thieves", and knew that the group of thieves in the mountains west of the county was indeed a big problem for Zhao County, and also knew that because of the lack of food among the people and the fact that there were many displaced people, I am afraid that there will be more robbers in the spring of next year, and if Wang Dang is not destroyed as soon as possible. The situation is bound to worsen, although he does not have the idea of "benefiting one party for the sake of the official", but after all, his conscience is not clear, and he can't sit idly by, let the thieves get worse and worse, and he has a good impression of Wen Chou, and he doesn't want to do this kind of thing that makes Wen Chou stumbling behind his back

Not to mention that if Huang Ming went to Wen Chou to intercede for Yang Shen, Wen Chou would not agree, only that Yang Shen was very unhappy when he heard Huang Ming's words, Yang Shen didn't want to give a grain of rice, but what Huang Ming said was to ask Wen Chou to "get rid of some rice that his family should provide"

Yang Shen knelt on the ground. Xin said: "If you just ask Yuzhou'er to exempt him from the grain he wants from my family, why should I look for you!" "Dissatisfied, his mouth became more and more respectful, and he said." Shen but not for my Yang family, do not hide from Huang Gong, Han and other families are also in the list of raised grain in Montenegro for several months, plundering the county, this Huang Gong saw it in person, and we and other people because of a small family. The disaster is particularly serious, there is indeed a little grain left, but the small people and other families have many clans, and this remaining little grain is not enough for their own use, how can they be handed over to the county government again? ”

He kowtowed and said: "'Xiangjun's order has been issued, how can it be withdrawn', Huang Gong said very much, it is Xiaomin's inconsiderate thinking or otherwise, Xiaomin is willing to write a document with the Han family and others to state the truth, only ask Huang Gong to help Xiaomin and others to submit it to Xiangjun, after this matter, no matter whether Xiangjun will retract the order, Xiaomin and others have to thank Huang Gong in front of the table"

If it was just a document, Yang Shen himself could submit it to Minister Li Jin, but the reason why Huang Ming was asked to forward it was that he still wanted to borrow Huang Ming's background, and borrow Huang Ming's backer in the court to use the local momentum of Yang Han's family, so as to promote Li Jin to withdraw the order

Huang Ming was not stupid, he knew Yang Shen's meaning as soon as he heard it, and said in embarrassment: "This? Turning to Zhou Liang, he gestured with his eyes and asked him to open his mouth to relieve the siege

Huang Ming is looking for the wrong person, Zhou Liang has long been dissatisfied with Wen Chou's support for Li Cang's encroachment on his own power, and wants to take revenge on Wen Chou, and he has slandered Huang Ming before, but Huang Ming didn't listen

Just after listening to Yang Shen say that Wen Chou planned to raise grain from the strong sect in the county, Zhou Liang heard it in his ears, there was no change in the expression on his face, and his heart was already happy, and he thought: "Yuzhou'er doesn't know the height of the sky, and he thinks that he is the love of the state uncle, and he has some military merits, so he actually stretched out his hand to the county surname!" This is 'the evil of heaven, it is still violated, and the evil of oneself is not to be punished'! ”

He only didn't see Huang Ming's turn, frowned deeply, and sighed

Huang Mingqi said: "Why did Zhou Wei sigh for a long time? Is it for Yang Gong's business? ”

"Liang is not for Yang Gong's business, but for Huang Gong's worry"

"Worried about me? What do you mean by that? ”

"Huang Gong, I heard that Uncle He asked for my Yuan clan?"

"It's Ai, but yesterday it's gone."

"Huang Gong is a good and virtuous man, He Bo is well-known in the sea, since he has come to the Yuan family, presumably Huang Gong will have a good conversation with him?"

"It's a pity that after He Boqiu came to Yuan's family, although I visited him, I couldn't see him because he was busy, and I only saw him twice, once in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and once when he was in the Lieutenant's triumph, there were many people present at that time, and they couldn't talk to him in detail."

"But I've heard that he had a long conversation with the lieutenant in private?"

"On the night of the lieutenant's triumph, He Boqiu lived in the lieutenant's mansion, and He Boqiu and the lieutenant's family were old friends, so it is not surprising that the two of them talked freely."

"Huang Gong, Liang is worried about this"

"What's so worrying about that?"

"Dare to ask Huang Gong, who does Uncle ask for?"

"As Zhou Wei said: famous people at home"

"Dare to ask Huang Gong, who is the lieutenant?"

"The lieutenant was born in the Xun family, a son of a famous family, and he is a lieutenant of Zhao with merit, he is a good soldier, he is wise and capable, he is good at fighting, and he is also beautiful."

"I have heard that He Boqiu and Yuan Benchu are friends, and they are the remnants of the party, and the Xun family is also the remnants of the party!" Zhou Liang got up and bowed. raised his tone and said, "He Boqiu suddenly came to my Zhao County for no reason, and left after a secret conversation with the lieutenant. Huang Gong, don't you think this is weird? ”

"Weird?"

"Gongzhi's father is in the middle of the dynasty, and Lieutenant He Boqiu is the remnant of the party,...... Huang Gong"

Huang Mingleng paused, interrupting Zhou Liang's words. laughed loudly, pointed at him, and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Zhou, do you want to say that the lieutenant wants to harm me again?" ”

"Don't be careful"

Huang Ming shook his head again and again, and said: "The lieutenant is modest and elegant, he is definitely not the one who harms people behind his back, and I have not had a holiday with the lieutenant since I met, and I have a harmonious relationship, how can he harm me?" ”

"If Huang Gong doesn't believe it, he has a plan. Can test the lieutenant's mind"

"What's the plan?"

"The lieutenant broke Huang Hu and returned to the county with a big victory, Huang Gong can use this as an excuse to invite him to come to Fuzhong for a night banquet tomorrow night."

"Invite him to a feast?"

"However, if he is invited, then he is a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he thinks about him wrongly, but if he refuses to come?"

"So what?"

"As Huang Gong said, since the lieutenant came to our county, the public has treated him with enthusiasm, and the public has treated him with enthusiasm. And he refused to go to the feast, isn't that telling? He must have a plan for the public! ”

Huang Ming hesitated and said, "Isn't this okay? ”

Yang Shen was on the side, listened to Zhou Liang's words for a long time, and secretly cocked his thumb. Xin said: "Yuzhou'er is a child of the Shi family, Lang Zhongling is a child of a eunuch, these two are not allowed I heard that Yuzhou'er's clansmen were also imprisoned in the past, whether it was for his own reputation in Shilin, or because of the pressure of the elders in the clan, Lang Zhongling's invitation to this night banquet." Yuzhou'er will not accept it if he wants to come to the top ten! Zhou Liang's plan is wonderful! Hurriedly spoke up, helped Zhou Liang beat the side drum, and said, "What's wrong with this?" The lieutenant returned to the county with a great victory, Huang Gong is a county official, it is reasonable to give him a celebration banquet, if he comes, then the relationship between the prince and him will be more harmonious and beautiful, if he does not come, but he can just see what kind of person he is! ”

Huang Ming hesitated again and again, but was finally moved by Zhou Liang and Yang Shen and agreed

Huang Ming's invitation card was placed on the desk, Wen Chou stroked the short mustache under his chin, and said to Tian Yuanhao with a smile: "Wen Ruo, you said that Yang Shen went to pay homage to Lieutenant Lang again?" ”

"Yes"

"As soon as he left Lang Zhongling's official temple with his front foot, Lang Zhongling's back foot sent this invitation, saying that he wanted to celebrate me,......, after I killed the left whisker last time, did Lang Zhongling say to celebrate me?"

"Nope"

Xun Yu said with a smile: "This must be because Yang Shen is unwilling to give food, so he went to beg Lang Zhongling, and Lang Zhongling therefore set up a banquet to invite the lieutenant, thinking that it is nothing more than Yu interceding for Yang Shen at the banquet."

Wen Chou knew that Yang Shen was deeply dissatisfied with him, and in private, he connected with the big and small heroes in the county, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the grain collection, of course, he would not send a few people to secretly monitor all the actions of the Yang family and the Yang family today, including Yang Shen's sons separately to invite the heroes and heroes in the county to his house for a banquet in the evening, and Yang Shen went into the city to find Huang Ming, all of which were in his ears and eyes

After defeating Zuo Xu last time, Huang Ming did not give Wen Chou a wine to ask for merit, but this time he sent an invitation to break Huang Beard, and it was at the sensitive moment of "raising grain", and it was an invitation sent after Yang Shen met him

Tian Yuanhao and Xun Yu are both smart people, and they can see at a glance that there must be a mystery in this, but although the two of them are smart, they are not "wise and close to demons", and they failed to guess the real purpose of Huang Ming's invitation to Wen Chou to the banquet

But it doesn't matter, as long as you guess that it is related to Yang Shen, this is enough

Tian Yuanhao asked Wen Chou: "Lang Zhongling's celebration banquet, will the lieutenant go?" ”

"Lang Zhongling is kind enough to celebrate my achievements, how can I not go? Of course I'm going! ”

Xun Yu said: "But ,......"

"But what?"

"But the lieutenant just agreed to He Boqiu, and he wants to join forces with Yuan Benchu to destroy the eunuch Lang Zhongling, who is the subordinate of Zhongcheng Duan Qi, if the lieutenant goes to his banquet, if the news comes out and He Boqiu and others learn about it, will he think that the lieutenant is the first rat?"

"Haha, Wen Ruo, if you think too much, don't you say that I and Lang Zhongling are officials in the same county, and it is normal to have some dealings with each other, just say that in addition to the eunuchs, Qingbo reads the art of war, don't you hear that Sun Ziyun 'soldiers, treacherous ways, so you can show it if you can't, and you can't show it if you can't use it'?" The more you want to get rid of the eunuchs, the more you need to perfunctory them, and the more you can't expose our true thoughts in advance.

"The lieutenant is right, I was overthinking"

In "Soldiers. "In this regard, Tian Yuanhao had the same idea as Wen Chou, and he didn't think too much about whether to go to Huang Ming's banquet, he thought more about Yang Shen. He lowered his face and said, "Last time, the lieutenant Sha Taijun soldiers, the Yang family jumped up and down, connecting everywhere, and this time the lieutenant raised food. It is the first lieutenant of the Yang family to jump out as a hindrance, this Yang family lives in the Yuan family, the clan is strong, there are many relatives and friends, and many strong clans take his family as the head of the horse, if he is determined to resist the order, I am afraid it will be a big trouble."

Tian Yuanhao was worried that if the Yang family did not obey the order, other powerful surnames would follow his family's example and refuse to give food

"I have entrusted the matter of raising grain to the public to handle it with full authority, and I believe that the public can do it. It will not make such a thing happen."

"What if that's the case?"

Wen Chou did not answer Tian Yuanhao immediately

He picked up the invitation, handed it to Li Xuan, who was standing on the side of the desk, put it away, got up from the table, walked slowly to the door of the hall, and looked at the flowers and trees in the courtyard, and looked at the high blue sky, white clouds, blue sky like washing Tian Yuan Hao Xun Yu Li Xuan sat or stood on his knees, looked at his tall back, and heard him chant a poem leisurely: "Fly Huang Teng step." Where is Gu Toad? ”

…… I don't know when Wen Chou often likes to look at the sky, but he doesn't look at the sky to seek peace of mind, every time he looks at the blue and vast sky. He would always see an eagle soaring by with its wings flapping

After many years of hard work, how many nights of personal work, how many times of personal danger, finally have the status of today's ri, nearly 10,000 steps under his command, left and right good materials. The rank is more than 2,000 stones, and he is famous in several states, and now he is among Yuan Shao's party, seeing that in a few years, the heroes of Kanto will rise together, and at this critical moment, he will ruthlessly sweep away any personnel who stand in the way

…… That night, Wen Chou went to Huang Ming's banquet, laughed and drank, had fun, got drunk with Huang Ming, and returned in the middle of the night

At noon the next day, Huang Ming woke up with a hangover and a headache

Although his head hurt, he was in a good mood, so he summoned Zhou Liang and said, "The lieutenant not only went to my banquet, but also drank until midnight, and if I was drunk with him, if the lieutenant harmed my heart, how could it be like this?" Zhou Qing, don't slander the lieutenant in the future! ”

Huang Ming's tone of words turned stern in the second half of the paragraph, on a cold day, cold sweat broke out on Zhou Liang's forehead, he could only answer his words, he could only kneel on the ground, only promised to leave Huang Ming's house, he looked at the lieutenant's mansion in the west of the city, and thought dejectedly: "Yuzhou'er has called me several times, and his joy and anger are not in the form of sè, I know that his city is deep, but I didn't expect his mind to be so deep!" How could He have come to see him for some reason? They must have come to him to discuss the suspicion of being an enemy of the eunuchs! It's just a pity that he can make a sound without revealing it, but it's a pity that Lang Zhongling can't see it."

Although he is unwilling, since he can't move Huang Ming, even if he hates Wen Chou no matter how much he hates Wen Chou, he can do it

A carriage sparkled across the street, and one of Zhou Liang's servants said, "Hey, isn't this the car of Xiangfu Gong Cao Weijun?" Where is he going? ”

The wagon came from the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion and headed north

The servant suddenly realized, and then said: "Yes, Wei's parents are in front of Wei Jun This must be strange to visit his parents, but I don't know what is going to happen at this time?" ”

"Why else? Today is not Wei Jun's Xiu Muzhiri, he is not in the Prime Minister's Mansion to serve Xiangjun, but he went to meet his parents, in addition to 'raising food', why else? ”

Although Zhou Liang is a villain, he also has his strengths, he is in his fifties, he has been a prostitute in officialdom for decades, in the words of later generations, he has long been an "old oilman", and he can guess people's psychology

With this casual remark, he guessed the reason why Wei Chang went to meet Wei's parents

Wei Chang was weak, he was sick a while ago, his illness was repeated, sometimes good and sometimes bad, until he was recently considered to be a great improvement, he was the Xiangfu Gongcao, and the big and small orders in the Xiangfu could not avoid him, Wen Chou went to ask Li Jin to order the collection of grain, he knew about it, and he wanted to go back to the clan to give some advice to the patriarch, but he was too busy at the time, and he couldn't spare time, and he couldn't come out until today

Sitting in the car, he didn't see Zhou Liang on the side of the road, he knelt in the car upright, and was recalling the scene after Li Wenchou invited him to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he once again persuaded Li Jin to beware of Wen Chou's encroachment on the Prime Minister's power

He said: "The lieutenant won the battle in succession, the military power was greatly boosted, the corporal was reopened, and the poor and lowly were respected, and Guo Jiacen and Xu Rong were used one after another, and the county people called it 'frozen pear clothes', short and ugly, and the successive county magistrates did not use it, and the lieutenant used Cen Zhu alone. His mother has a long reputation for a long time, and Zhu is also well-known in the county, and because the family is poor, the county cannot be reused, and the lieutenant is the only one who uses Xu Rong. The township pavilion fights for food, Luancheng ordered Li Fen not to promote it, and the lieutenant used it alone

"In the battle of Huang Beard, Guo Jia and Xu Rong all contributed to these three people, who were either ugly or poor or did not understand the scriptures. There are shortcomings, and the lieutenant can only use his talents, such as the lieutenant, it can be said that he knows people and makes good use of them, and looking at the appointment of lieutenants, it can also be seen that his ambitions are high, both high ambitions, and military prestige, and promote talents. Yu hit the bandits, and when he succeeded, he ,......, Xiangjun, the power of Zhao Jun, I am afraid that he will be exhausted in the lieutenant's mansion, and Xiangjun will just be in reserve."

Wei Chang didn't know Wen Chou's evaluation of him: Although he was wise, he didn't know Wen Chou's ambition From Wen Chou's point of view, Wei Chang was worried that he would encroach on Li Jin's power It was ridiculous, but in Wei Chang's opinion. Wen Chou's reputation in the county is reasonable, but it is reasonable for Lu to worry that he will encroach on the power of the prime minister - it can only be said that Wei Chang and Wen Chou are standing at different heights, so they see different things

It's just that Wei Chang is loyal to Li Jin. Li Jin still didn't listen to his advice like last time, not only did he not listen, but he still praised Wen Chou's military exploits, saying: "Before the lieutenant came, the Yuan family lost a few times, and the lieutenant is here today." The thief didn't dare to go out of the mountain" in turn persuaded Wei Chang, "The lieutenant attacked the thief in order to stabilize the situation, Qing Zhao is also a person, and his family name is Zhao Jun's hope, why is it difficult to fight with the lieutenant?" ”

Wei Chang had no choice but to give up

——From this incident, two things can be seen: first, it is natural that Wen Chou's reputation in Zhao County is getting higher and higher, and the second is that Wen Chou does have his strengths in interpersonal communication, he has always been very respectful to Li Jin, always abides by the duties of a lieutenant, and does not exceed his authority at all, and his Xun family's elegant speech and demeanor have won Li Jin's trust

After Wen Chou dismissed the county soldiers last time, Wei Chang went to visit Wei's parents, and told Wei's parents in advance that Wen Chou would definitely recruit grain and conscription in the future, but this time he went again, but he was worried that Wei's parents would offend Wen Chou because of the pity for grain

When he arrived at the home of Wei Song, the head of the Wei family, he got straight to the point and said: "For the sake of Anzhao County, Xiangjun is based on the lieutenant lieutenant although he is humble and strong inside, in the past when he was a rank-ranked man in Yingyin Xixiang, he had cut off the third clan of Haoqiang in the township, and there are quite a few people in Yingchuan County who regard him as a cool official, and now he is a thief, this is indeed a matter of benefiting the people of Lijun, since Xiangjun is from the lieutenant, then my family is the crown of the Yuan clan, the surname of Zhao County, and I can only obey in this matter, and the clan father please hand over the recruited grain to the lieutenant's mansion as soon as possible."

Wen Chou is strong inside, Li Jin will not come forward to oppose him to raise grain, and it is indeed a good thing for the people of Lijun to fight thieves, raising grain is not a chaotic life, several aspects are added together, even if the Wei family is not willing to give food, they can only accept it

…… On the third day of Yuan's Rong's order to raise grain, Yuan's Wei successively received all the grain

The Yuan clan is because of the Yuan clan's glory, and the Wei clan is because of Wei Chang's persuasion, and other scholars are not so easy to produce food

Yuan's Rong waited for another two days, during which only a few big surnames who were good friends with the Yuan's Wei family handed over the grain, but none of the powerful families such as the Yang family and the Han family came to pay

Li Xuan was worried, rubbing his hands and turning around in the hall

Wen Chou was reviewing the military documents handed over by Zhao Yun, and the contents of the military documents were twofold, one was that He Yi and those seriously injured were getting better, and the other was that he had lost some armor and swords in the last time, and he needed to replenish them

It is a good thing that the injuries of He Yi and other seriously injured people are getting better, and such serious injuries have actually been healed by Li Dangzhi, which makes Wen Chou strengthen the idea of recruiting Li Dangzhi to his command It is not difficult to replenish the armor and sword, the county government has a treasury, and it is written that the official document presented to Li Jin is Wen Chou instructed Tian Chou, who was sitting on the side, to be responsible for drafting the official document to Li Jin, raised his head, and saw Li Xuan turning around

He smiled and asked, "Shuye, why are you worried?" ”

"Wenjun, it's been five days since the order to raise grain has been down, but few families have come to pay for it."

"Didn't the Yuan clan and the Wei clan have already handed over the grain?"

"Although the Yuan clan and the Wei clan are the crown clan of the Yuan clan, they don't have much land at home, far less than the Yang clan and the Han clan, and the little grain they handed over is not enough for three thousand people to eat in a month, so what's the use?" (To be continued.) )