Li Xuanleng paused and said, "Not in a hurry? Didn't you tell the Minister of State a few days ago that it was time to rectify the law and order in this county? Didn't the prime minister agree? In this case, Jun tried to kill one person in the county today, and nearly 1,000 officials were chased, so why not take this opportunity to summon the county lieutenant of the Yuan clan with this prestige, and rectify the law and order in the county with a thunderous momentum? But why don't you say you're in a hurry? ”

Wen Chou smiled: "In two days, I am going to go to the counties of the country, and I will talk about this matter when I return from the county."

"Do you want to go to the county?"

A lieutenant, like the prime minister, has the authority to travel to the county

Wen Chou nodded

Li Xuan followed him into the hall and said in his heart: "I was just assassinated on the street a few days ago, and I just reduced the county soldiers today. ......, yes! Suddenly realized, there were no outsiders left and right, and said in a low voice, "Wenjun, do you want to control the urban prevention and security of the five counties in the country in one fell swoop?" ”

Wen Chou was walking towards the main seat in the hall, when he heard Li Xuan's words, he looked back at him, smiled and walked into the hall with his entourage, Xun Yutian, Yuan Hao, Tian Chou, Zhao Yun and others said: "Uncle Ye is a thousand miles a day" praised Li Xuan's fast progress, but it was an admission that Li Xuan guessed his mind

Li Xuan was complimented, a little embarrassed, his face was slightly red, and when he saw Xun Yutian Yuan Hao Tian Chou Zhao Yunjun looking at him with a smile, he suddenly realized again and said: "It turns out that you have long known Wen Jun's intentions,...... patted his head, "But I am clumsy and dull, and I don't know until now!" ”

"It's not too late to know, ......, what about Gongzai?"

Lu Guanggang took up the post of infantry qu, did not come to the lieutenant's mansion with Wen Chou, went to the county barracks, Yuan Shirong came back with him, but he did not come to the hall at this time, and Tian Yuanhao replied: "He did not enter the mansion at the right time." There seems to be someone waiting for him outside the house."

"Oh? Who? ”

"I don't know that I only caught a glimpse when I entered the house, and the man was thirty years old, short and ugly, as if he had a seizure, with a huge nose and a sparse beard. I haven't seen it in Yuanshi County, I don't know who it is, maybe it's not from this county."

"Strike", the Han Dynasty called the person who was less than six feet two inches tall "Strike" six feet two inches of the Han Dynasty was converted into a conversion unit for later generations, about one meter four or three points, even if the average height was far less than the two Han Dynasty of later generations, such a size was also very low, a county with a population of 10,000 people may have twenty or thirty people who were dismissed and ugly, if it was a native of Yuan's own county, Tian Yuanhao had been in the county for half a month. I often go out, and if I see it, I will definitely be impressed

Tian Chou said: "Strike? Did you come to the Lord for this year's reckoning? Then he shook his head, denied his speculation, and said, "No, the main book is the main book of the lieutenant, not the main book of the prime minister's house, and it ignores civil affairs." Even for the purpose of reckoning the people, one should not come to the Lord's bookkeeper,......。 I want to come to the old knowledge of the main book."

In order to ensure that these policies can be accurately implemented on the people who have been recalled, and to prevent people from pretending to be repetitioners to escape the state's taxes and servitude, the local government has a very perfect and strict household registration management of the reclaimers

While talking. Yuan Shirong walked in from outside the courtyard in the twilight

Li Xuan's eyes were sharp, he saw it first, "Huh", and said, "Tian Jun, is that the person you are talking about?" ”

Everyone in the hall turned their eyes to look out of the hall. Behind Yuan Shirong followed a person, short and ugly, with a high crown, wearing black clothes, long clothes and swords, in the eyes of everyone, Yuan Shirong and this person walked up the steps to the front of the hall, took off their shoes at the door, and entered the hall

Wen Chou thought of a person, and said in his heart: "Yuan Shirong recommended two people to me the day before yesterday, one is Lu Guang and the other is Guo Jia, he brought this person into the room to see me, could it be this person?" Standing up to greet him, he asked with a smile, "Gongzai, who is this?" ”

"This person is Shi Yi Junjie, who was recommended to the lieutenant the day before yesterday, surnamed Cheng Mingjia, and the word Junchang"

This short, ugly man lifted his clothes, went down to worship in a dignified manner, and said in a loud voice: "Shiyi Guojia greets the lieutenant."

Wen Chou said in his heart, "The name of Guo Jia in Shiyi, I heard the old officials in the mansion say it long before Yuan Shirong recommended him, but I didn't expect it to be so amazing."

Not only is the appearance not amazing, it is indeed as Tian Yuanhao said: "The body is short and ugly"

Guo Jia not only has a huge nose, just now, Wen Chou saw that there was a little black mark on his nose, he had an inverted mustache, sparsely pulled, and the beard under his chin was also sparse, but although he was low, he was not so bad that he was about six feet five inches

Although he was ugly and short, Wen Chou was not a person who judged people by his appearance, so he came down from the hall very enthusiastically, walked in front of him, and wanted to help him up in person, and said with a smile: "I have heard Cheng Jun for a long time...... Daimyo, I have long wanted to see me from Gui County, and I am thirsty for virtue, because although I know that Jun Zhi is far away, after being recommended by the Gongzai, he still takes the liberty to spread Gui County, and he is under the Lieutenant's Mansion, and he still asks you not to be responsible."

Wen Chou was thoughtful, and originally wanted to say "I have heard Cheng Jun's high name for a long time" and "Zhijun has lofty ambitions", but when it came to his mouth, in order to avoid Guo Jia's thoughts, he changed the former to "Daimyo" and the latter to "Qingyuan"

Guo Jia was supported by him, but he refused to get up, fell to the ground, looked up at Wen Chou, and said: "Jia ugly and dirty people, how dare you call it 'Zhixing Qingyuan'?" Now by grace, for the lieutenant to use, there is no way to repay, willing to Zhao people first for Changshan country"

He knelt on the ground and refused to get up, and Wen Chou couldn't force him to pull him up

Guo Jia didn't know what he ate at noon, his mouth was full of bad breath when he spoke, Wen Chou was close to him, he smelled this smell, and he took two steps back, and said in his heart: "I just passed down the text to get rid of him the day before yesterday, and he came today, it can't be said that he is unhappy, but I don't want to retreat, hurt his intentions" endured and did not retreat, and asked with a smile, "For Zhao Ren He Changshan Kingdom?" What does this mean? ”

"Lieutenant Jiawen is trying to test the school today, his prestige is standing together, and the art of war is cloudy: 'Reward is like the sun and the moon, faith is like four hours, orders are like axes, systems are like cadres, and soldiers don't need to be killed, and those who don't hear of it are also 'Through today, the county pawn will definitely be able to be used by the lieutenant! Lieutenant general, county soldier warrior, with the wisdom of a lieutenant, so that the warrior fights the thief, why not break? If the thief is broken, the country will be safe! Therefore, Jia is Zhao Ren He Changshan country! ”

Xun Yutian, Yuanhao, Zhao Yun, Li Xuan, Tian Chou and others present looked at each other with different expressions when they heard this

Xun Yu smiled, Tian Yuanhao smiled, Tian Chou wanted to laugh, but he didn't laugh, and Li Xuan's account folded. Zhao Yun sneered, and said in his heart: "Not only is he ugly, but he is also a sycophant"

Wen Chou seemed to have a normal complexion, but he withdrew the hand that was supporting Guo Jia, took two steps back, and then smiled slowly: "There are many county guards who are useless. After today's trial of the sand, there are only more than 300 steps left, so as to fight the thief, although I will know, I am afraid that it is not enough! ”

"Why worry about this!"

"Oh? What is Cheng Jun's opinion? I want to hear it."

"Jia has two strategies for the lieutenant"

"What's the best of the two?"

"Jia Bucai, in the past, in the township, good to make friends with chivalrous, there are several thieves in the group of thieves in the valley of the West Black Valley, and Jia is an old acquaintance, and Jia is willing to recruit these people to surrender for the lieutenant. After a long time in the mountains, the lieutenant can know that the bandit is one of them."

"Second?"

"Montenegro is newly broken, the people are displaced, there are many homeless people in the Changshan country, these homeless people have no food and clothing, but there is rice for dousheng, they can be recruited, the lieutenant can send people to the counties, recruit them with grain, and choose their young and strong people to fill the county soldiers, and so on. It not only enriched the county soldiers, but also prevented them from surrendering to thieves under hunger and cold. It can be regarded as indirectly weakening the power of the thief, and the second is also."

Everyone present listened to Guo Jia say these two strategies, Xun Yutian Yuan Haotian nodded slightly, and Li Xuanxin said: "How many thieves in the mountains does he know?" This man looks ugly and short on the surface, but he is also a hero."

Xuntian Li Xuan and the four of them have changed their views on Guo Jia, only Zhao Yun still scorns Zhao Yun at the corners of his mouth, and he is not very informal. can accept anyone, but I don't have a good impression of people who are good sycophants, and I think this kind of person stinks

Guo Jia continued: "With the wisdom and resourcefulness of the lieutenant as the leader, the head of the thief canal as the internal response, and the expanded county soldiers as the precursor. Then use the lieutenant's family soldiers as a pressure formation, so as to fight the thief, and it will be able to break it."

Wen Chou was overjoyed, took two steps forward, helped him up, and said, "Do you know the head of the thief in the mountain? ”

Guo Jia stood up this time with Wen Chou's support and replied, "Exactly"

"Will you surrender for me?"

"Exactly"

"Not afraid of being left in the mountains by thieves?"

"The lieutenant doesn't use it for being ugly, and treats him for a high position under the door, and it's not enough to repay the lieutenant's love, let alone go into the mountains to recruit thieves?"

"Good!"

Wen Chou patted Guo Jia's arms affectionately, lowered his head and smiled at him, and said in his heart: "It's not surprising that the strategy of recruiting homeless people as county guards is not surprising, but he actually knows a few bandits and is willing to surrender for me?" This is really good" Dian Wei Li Dian Wei and others, who were guarding outside the hall, "serve soup for Cheng Jun's case"

Guo Jia saw Wen Chou smiling, and also laughed happily, and said to Wen Chou with a smile: "Jia will go to recruit those thieves for the lieutenant tomorrow, and after seeing them, Jia De will give them a salute first, thank them, thank them"

"Thank you, thank them? But why? ”

"If there were no such people, there would be no strategy for Jia to summon the head of the thief for the lieutenant, and if there was no such strategy, Jia would have been expelled from the lieutenant by this time! Where can you get the treatment of drinking soup at the table! ”

What he said is right, Zhao Yun hates sycophants, and Wen Chou also doesn't like it, the previous sentence "The county guard only saved more than 300 horses, in order to fight the thief, I am afraid that it will not be enough" This sentence is to test Guo Jia's talent, if Guo Jia's answer does not satisfy him, in order to take care of Yuan Shirong's face, he will not expel him on the spot, but he will also "stay away" to Guo Jia, a person who "can only be sycophant", and now Guo Jia is willing to recruit the head of the thief for him, so although Guo Jia is sycophant, he is also worthy of respect

Wen Chou was told by Guo Jia, without any embarrassment, laughed, laughed at Gu Yuan's Rong, and said: "Gongzai, I heard that the people who make friends with wise people are often also smart people, Jun is a smart person, Jun You is really talented, and he is witty and humorous."

1. Strike

In addition to people who are six feet two inches tall, people with congenital or acquired disabilities such as hunchback, lameness, and trauma are also known as "strikes" such as Chen Tang, and his arms cannot be bent and extended, so he claims to himself: "The prime ministers and nine kings are all virtuous and bright, and the junior ministers are not enough to plan big things"

In the Han Dynasty, there were many preferential policies for those who were dismissed, just like the preferential policies for the disabled in today's Bifa, such as the dismissal of the person who did not need to serve in the military according to his disability, or only half of the forced labor, and the person who served half of the compulsory service and only engaged in light labor, and for example, the person who was dismissed did not need to pay oral contributions, and from time to time the imperial court issued an edict to give the person who was dismissed corn and cloth, and for example, the parents of the person who were allowed to be separated from their son, and for example, if the single child lived with the parents of the boycott. Then the only child would not have to participate in the labor of transporting grain from home

Because there are all kinds of preferential treatment policies for those who have been dismissed, the household registration management of the people who have been dismissed by the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty is also very perfect and strict, and each county has a special "book of recall", which not only ensures that the people who can be recalled, but also prevents people from pretending to be repelled and evading the state's taxes and labor

Guo Jia is 31 years old at Chinese New Year's Eve. The age is not young, Cheng is a big surname in Shiyi, he himself is a good guest, has a plan, many years ago he was famous in the county, known to the county people, it is said that he should have been out of the county as a magistrate a long time ago, but he has not been able to enter the office before Wen Chou got rid of him, not for other reasons. Just because he is the tallest and the most good-looking

"The husband is good, and the people are good" The Han people thought: "Rong, use, and the use of affairs" Cai Yong once wrote to the Son of Heaven today, saying: "The prince's official subordinates also search for Lingde, how can there be a person who takes the mound and tomb fiercely and ugly?" It is ominous, and it is not great." Regard the ugly person as ominous, compared to the beautiful and magnificent person, the ugly person is difficult to enter. Even if it is majestic, it will be laughed at, such as Liang Ji, the general of the first emperor of this dynasty, has used this as a means to hit his brother Liang Budo, he is jealous of Liang Budo's prestige, so he makes people recommend Liang Yin, the son of no doubt, as Henan Yin, Yin's nickname Hu Gou. The appearance is very ugly, not the crown, "those who see the road, don't sneer" Liang Ji used Liang Yin's ugly appearance to attack and degrade Liang Budo's reputation, which shows that the Han people attach great importance to appearance

Guo Jia is ugly. And he is short, Han Fa: the person who strikes the leprosy is not allowed to be an official, he is only a few inches taller than the "recall", and it is not surprising that he has not yet entered the office

If this is an ordinary chief official, after seeing Guo Jia's ugly appearance, he may change his mind and no longer use him as an official, but Wen Chou has no scruples about this, that is, according to what is said in the book, Guo Jia is removed as the lieutenant's mansion and the lieutenant's mansion is generally two, there are many Cao, Gong Cao and Cao, etc., so Guo Jia is used as the discussion of Cao Peng

First set up Yuan Shi Rong as the lieutenant bookkeeper, and then set up Guo Jia as the lieutenant Cao Peng, Wen Chou successively appointed these two Changshan country natives are some flaws and are not used by the state minister and the former lieutenant, this is not only Wen Chou's eclectic use of talents, but also has to be like this, the state minister Li Jin has been in Changshan country for a long time, Changshan country has only five counties, there are people with good names and can be used, he has long been eliminated, Wen Chou can not reach out to the prime minister's mansion to rob him of people, so he can only choose available people from these people who are not useful to Li Jin

Having said that, Yuan Shirong and Guo Jia are also a pair of difficult brothers, one has a bad reputation, the other is short and ugly, if they don't meet the ugliness, I'm afraid that even if they are eager to enter the office, it is no wonder that they are good friends

The two of them are friendly because of the same illness and sympathy, and the other is because of the same temper: both of them are hearty people Guo Jia is short and ugly, quite arrogant, saying that the next ri went to recruit thieves for Wen Chou, and when the next ri got up in the morning, he came to say goodbye to Wen Chou and wanted to go to the mountains

At this time, the sky was bright, Wen Chou had just gotten up, was washing in the courtyard, saw him come to leave, dropped the toothbrush made of willow branches, spit out the salt water, wiped his mouth with a towel, pointed to the morning sky, and said with a smile: "The sky is not yet bright, you are about to resign from the mountains, how early!" ”

"Serving Mingjun, it's not enough to wear the stars and the moon, but the rooster has already crowed?"

The beard of the Han people is divided into two categories, one is the beard under the chin, which is the beard of the scholar, and the other is the beard on the lips or the inverted beard, which is the beard of the lower-level officials or samurai

Guo Jia took great pains to grow his beard, and he deliberately behaved boldly everywhere in his words and demeanor

He shook his head at Wen Chou, and said boldly: "Jia is done!" Lieutenant, please wait in the house, at least three or two ri, more than four or five ri, Jia will bring those people to meet the lieutenant"

"There are many thieves on the mountain road, is it feasible for you to go alone? Do you want me to send a few people from Juntong? It's good to protect the safety of the king."

"Not necessarily! Jia's Yuan family came yesterday, but he didn't come alone, and he brought four or five strong men from Shiyi, and it was enough to have these people! ”

"Good! I'm just waiting for the good news of the king in the house."

Guo Jia pressed his head, laughed, said goodbye to Wen Chou, and turned to leave

Wen Choumu sent him out of the hospital, and turned to Dian Wei Li Xuan and said: "Cheng Jun is generous, and Guo Xie has the chivalrous spirit of Guo Jie, I will appoint him as a lieutenant to discuss Cao Peng, and you must not despise him because of his shortness" Guo Jie, a former Han hero, is also not tall, short and fierce

Dian Wei Li announced the promise

…… Wen Chou can control the people in the house, and they are not allowed to despise Guo Jia, but they can't control the people in the county

Just as there are many people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so there are no secrets, and the Lieutenant's Mansion is also full of people and secrets

Wen Chou's old subordinates, such as Li Xuandianwei and others, knew that he had strict military law and would not spread the news of the affairs in the house, but the old officials and old slaves left by the former lieutenants in the palace did not know the power of his military law, and the news spread that he had appointed Guo Jia as the lieutenant to discuss Cao Peng last night

Hearing that he used Guo Jia as a lieutenant to discuss Cao Peng, the big names in the county laughed at him

Wei Song, the parent of the Wei family of the Yuan clan, smiled in surprise, and said to his family: "A few days ago, Wei Chang said to me: The lieutenant 'his ambition is not small', I watched the lieutenant try the sand soldiers in the school yesterday, he was brave and heroic, and the rewards and punishments were trustworthy, and it seemed that his ambition was indeed 'not small', but after the test, he actually set up a small sword to discuss Cao Peng? The Xun family is a famous family in Yuzhou, well-known in the world, but the lieutenant is a little unwise! ”

"筇倯" is a curse word, which means a small and hateful person

Wei Song's father is the late Jiuqing, he himself is the late 2,000 stones, his son is now 2,000 stones, the family is more than 2,000 stones, in Changshan is a heavyweight existence, because of its weight, so it is not as important as the Yuan family Le Yang and other family members of the powerful in the county, and because Jing Wen Chou is the son of Huangfu Song's love general Xun, so two days ago, after getting Wei Chang's persuasion, he recalled all the slaves of his family in the county soldiers

Wei Song was better, but he "regretted it slightly", and only said that Wen Chou was "a little unwise", but after hearing this, the head of the Yang family, the biggest powerful man of the Yuan family, spat on the ground fiercely, and he sneered and said: "Although several ministers of state before and after know Guo Jia's name, they don't use it, and the lieutenant uses this ugly as the lieutenant to discuss Cao Peng, is this despising me from Zhao County?" I'll see how long he can be proud! ”

Among the five big surnames of the Yuan family, the Wei family is consciously noble and does not fight with Wen Chou, so as not to lose his identity; The Yuan clan took refuge in Wen Chou; Le's Le Biao banquet invited Wen Chou, which can be regarded as a good gesture; Han's power is the most unqualified, and he is not qualified to lead the fight with Wen Chou; Now the one who is most dissatisfied with Wen Chou, and the one who has the most potential to compete with Wen Chou, is the Yang family

The Yang family and Wen Chou have a grudge, and the grudge began yesterday

Yesterday, when they were all trying, the tun chief who was killed by Wen Chou's marching method was a guest of the Yang family, and many of the military officials who were expelled were members of the Yang family, and the Yang family was not a Confucian family that passed down the scriptures, and the children of the family did not serve in the county government, and because of this, they attached great importance to their power in the county soldiers, but unexpectedly, Wen Chou did not talk about it at all, and almost all the slaves of their family in the county soldiers were emptied, and only one person was retained, and this person was demoted from the team rate to the chief

Of course, they were deeply dissatisfied with this, so they had a grudge against Wen Chou

Last night, the parents of the Yang family were furious and broke several dishes, just because Wen Chou was not only Huangfu Song's favorite general, but also had just won a battle, and he was in a prosperous situation, so he forced himself to suppress his anger

The Yang family has two sons, the second son is cunning, and he gave advice to his father, saying: "The lieutenant tried yesterday, and almost drove away the children and slaves of Le Han and other families and my family, and there have been many complaints in the county, but because the Wei family gave in early and took the lead, so he had to endure it, and now he uses the 'frozen pear' for the lieutenant to discuss Cao Peng, so perverse, will make the county people more and more disappointed."

"Frozen pear", which means that there are spots on the skin, such as frozen pear sè Guo Jia has a black head on his nose and spots on his skin, so the county people made two ballads for him, singing it: "Cheng Junchang, frozen pear"

The second son of the Yang family continued to say: "Ah Weng, the people in the county are full of grievances, and the reason why they accumulate but not develop is because of the lack of a person to take the lead, since the Wei family refuses to take the lead, then the heavy responsibility of this leader must be Ah Weng, it is better to set up a banquet tonight, invite the heads of Le Han and other families, Ah Weng can slightly show his prison on the banquet, in order to lure the meaning of the families."

"To lure the families?" (To be continued.) )