Tang Yingzi tiptoed to the window, tilted her head, squinted her eyes, and looked in through the gap, and after a while, she quietly retreated, pinched her throat and said to Guo Jia who was standing behind the pillar: "They are still talking, let's go, let's tell the eldest princess to go." ”

Guo Jia followed her all the way trotting, Tang Yingzi rushed to the door, and said loudly to the eldest princess: "Eldest princess, the general's brother is still talking to my brother, you better sleep by yourself." If one person is afraid, I will sleep well with you, and the general's brother is probably not coming back tonight. ”

The eldest princess was talking to the Li family, and was amused by Tang Yingzi's words: "They are still talking, what are they talking about?" ”

Tang Yingzi's eyes rolled, "Well, I only saw them talking, what they were talking about, but I didn't hear it." ”

"They first talked about Yingchuan Academy, then about the imperial court's desire to crack down on Haoqiang, and now they are talking about Wushisan. The general said that it was not good for his health to be dissipated, and he advised Xun Wenruo to quit. ”

Tang Yingzi turned her head in surprise: "Hey, how do you know?" ”

Guo Jia smiled embarrassedly: "The sound of their speech is not small, as long as you listen carefully, you can hear it when you stand at the door." ”

Tang Yingzi rolled his eyes, walked over and touched Guo Jia's head: "I can't see that you are quite smart, no wonder the general's brother likes you." ”

Guo Jia hung his head shyly, and the eldest princess and Li glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing. The eldest princess said: "Although Yingzi and the general are not related by blood, they are as close as brothers and sisters. ”

Although the Li family is from the Li Ying family, after all, now that she is under the fence, facing the eldest princess, she does not dare to be rude, and hurriedly bows and says: "The eldest princess is serious. The general is benevolent and righteous, and the Yingzi girl is also a natural surname, and it is a blessing for my son to be able to get the military weapon, and to be accompanied by the Yingzi girl, which is the good luck that cannot be sought. ”

The eldest princess smiled, glanced at the brightly lit room opposite, and glanced at the leaky pot in the corner of the room, estimating that Liu Xiu was probably going to talk to Xun Yu very late today, so she no longer hesitated, and asked someone to send Liu Xiu a supper, and then went to sleep by herself.

Liu Xiu really didn't come back, the two talked speculatively, and then Xun Yu didn't go back at all, and talked to Liu Xiu for most of the night, and finally slept in the same bed and slept until dawn. Maybe it's because I slept too late, I'm too sleepy, both of them are a little scattered, your legs are resting on my stomach, my arms are around your waist, the next day Xun Yu woke up, and found that he was shrinking in Liu Xiu's arms like a child, startled, looked around weakly, and hurriedly pulled out, and didn't wake up Liu Xiu, who was sleeping soundly, and went out to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and said, please tell the general, I'll go back and freshen up and come back, and left in a hurry.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other, and Zhang Fei shook his head enviously: "Mr. just has the means, and he has the means to get a celebrity." ”

"What a celebrity." Guan Yu pursed his lips and flicked his beard: "This surnamed Xun's body is fragrant, like a woman, I can't see what's good." ”

"Woman, I said Brother Yun, who don't look like a woman now?" Zhang Feiqiang couldn't help but smile: "If you want to bring the Du family's sister-in-law, you just won't want to, and now you can't think about it." ”

"Mouthy." Guan Yu was annoyed and angry by what he said, but fortunately, his face was already red, but he couldn't see anything. "I protect the general for Zhongkang, how can I take my family with me, in case something happens, do I take care of her or the general?"

"So, sister-in-law is more important than the general?" Zhang Fei squinted his eyes and laughed.

Guan Yu realized that there was something wrong with his words, Feng widened, turned around and left.

…… Luoyang, Bishan Jinglu.

Zhang Jiao sat cross-legged on a large rock that protruded in the air, looking at Mrs. Lu who was standing against a tree, Mrs. Lu had a cold face, and her eyes fell on the vast mountain shadow in the distance, like a silent stone.

"Senior sister, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask, since Tanshi Huai is a tiger roar, how did you kill him." Zhang Jiao licked his lips, lowered his voice, and said slowly: "I just think this thing is a little strange, Tanshihuai is a Xianbei person, and he can speak fluent Chinese, how can he know the Taoism of my Han people, and the realm is still so high." I remember that Master Venerable didn't make it to the Tiger Roar ...... back then."

"How do I know, you ask me?" Mrs. Lu interrupted him, "You really want to know, you should ask the Xianbei people, I don't know what is going on like you." ”

"You ......," Zhang Jiao let out a long sigh, "don't you think this is a bit strange?" ”

"What's so weird? You don't know too much about the world, or where are the gods and ghosts. Mrs. Lu glared at him disdainfully: "Great sage and good teacher, you are not an ordinary Taoist now, you are now the Taishou of Runan, bearing the hope of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and you don't work in the mansion, come here to ask this, is it a bit unprofessional?" ”

Zhang Jiao was very embarrassed by her robbery, he lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and raised his head again: "Okay, I won't ask, I'll only ask the last question." You answer me, I'll leave right away. ”

Mrs. Lu squinted at him, her eyes cold and a little sneering.

Zhang Jiao met her gaze and said word by word: "Liu Xiu killed Tanshi Huai, is it because of the practice of the middle technique?" Without waiting for Mrs. Lu to speak, he raised his hand, "Don't talk about the wind and snow, I can see that the wind and snow didn't help much in the room." ”

Mrs. Lu's face suddenly turned red, and she sneered: "Does this have anything to do with you?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Jiao said: "This is related to whether Liu Xiu and I can maintain this tacit understanding and work together for Your Majesty." ”

"It's ridiculous." Mrs. Lu turned her voice and left, and her voice came from afar: "You can think whatever you like, just ask you not to bother me again in the future." ”

Zhang Jiao bit his lip, his eyes showed irrepressible sadness, he sat alone for a long time, and then slowly stood up, dragging heavy steps down the mountain.

"Great sage and good teacher, let's go back to the post house first?" Bu, who was about thirty years old, saw that Zhang Jiao's face was wrong, and asked in a low voice.

"No, please see you when you enter the palace." Zhang Jiao's eyes slowly became fierce, and his steps became faster and faster, he suddenly took a deep breath, pursed his lips and whistled, the whistling sound drifted in the mountains, and it took a while before an echo came.

"Great sage and good teacher, you are about to step into the roar of the tiger." Bu already exclaimed happily.

"What's the use." Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly: "Tanshi Huai is a tiger roar, and it is not the same as being killed." At that time, the master said that there is no essential difference between the dragon and the following. Private fighting may be useful, but when used in combat, it cannot be used as a thousand troops after all. Tanshi Huai and his Xuanwu camp across the grassland were still killed by Liu Xiu. ”

"Great sage and good teacher, but I don't think things can be seen that way. Liu Xiu's killing of Tanshi Huai is not easy to get, he is a master himself, there are also Mrs. Lu and Wang Dao by his side to help, and the soldiers around him are not ordinary people, these people are incomparable to the strength together, if they are replaced by others, it is a question whether they can stop Tanshi Huai, let alone kill him. Tanshi Huai has been crisscrossing the grassland for 30 years, and his name is not for nothing. ”

Zhang Jiao's heart suddenly moved, his eyes swept away, and he seemed to think of something. Bu had stood there quietly, looking at Zhang Jiao puzzled. After a while, Zhang Jiao rolled his eyes and said slowly: "You say, if we gather some disciples who are more skilled in Taoism, will we be able to exert greater strength." ”

"It's nature." Bu said without thinking, and then his eyes lit up: "Great sage and good teacher, you want to ......"

Zhang Jiaoyi raised his hand, smiled and nodded: "Yes, if I want to do this, we will probably not be worse than the Xuanwu Camp of Tanshi Huai." ”

"Needless to say." Bu was already excited: "The Dao skills of the great sage and good master are no worse than Tanshi Huai, and our disciples of Taiping Dao who are proficient in Taoism are also better than the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion. ”

"Yes, there has to be a formation." Zhang Jiao walked down the mountain, got into the carriage, thought about it and said, "It would be better if you could have a ring in your hand." ”

As soon as Bu had heard this, he frowned, didn't say anything, and then got into the car, shook the reins of the horse, and the two horses raised their hooves and ran straight towards Luoyang City. When he arrived outside the palace, there were already people waiting, and Zhang Jiao was led to the Xuanming side hall.

The Son of Heaven rolled up his sleeves and was sitting cross-legged in front of the turntable doing pottery, both hands covered in mud, and some mud spots splashed on his face. Hearing Zhang Jiao's footsteps, he didn't raise his head, Zhang Jiao fell to the ground and called his name loudly.

"Get up." The Son of Heaven said, pointing to the seat next to him with his hand: "Give me a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Jiaocheng was terrified: "Your Majesty is here, how can there be a position for a minister." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled silently: "Sit down." I'll talk to you when I'm done with this bottle. ”

Zhang Jiao responded, sat down respectfully, and watched the Son of Heaven do pottery intently. The Son of Heaven's slender fingers were very dexterous, and the mud ball kept changing shape in his hand, and soon a clay bottle with a long neck and a big belly took shape under the Son of Heaven's hand.

"Your Majesty is truly amazing." When the Son of Heaven washed his hands, Zhang Jiao complimented sincerely. The Son of Heaven glanced at him: "Really? ”

"Of course it's true, how dare the minister lie in front of His Majesty."

"Hehehe......" The Son of Heaven smiled happily, waved his hand, and took Zhang Jiao to sit down next to him, a small yellow door came to serve tea, the Son of Heaven took a sip, nodded with satisfaction, and asked Zhang Jiao to give a cup. Zhang Jiao hurriedly thanked him, took a sip, and praised the tea.

"How's the preparation of Runan?"

Zhang Jiao hurriedly put down the teacup, took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, took it from Xiao Huangmen, and handed it to the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven flipped over, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "There are a lot of people, no wonder there are more than 400,000 households in Runan, accounting for 30% of Yuzhou, but the taxes paid by each are less than 10%, and they are all eaten by these people." ”

"Your Majesty is exactly what you said. These people are insatiable, and this time they went out with Yuan Shao, and there were many more officials. Now Runan is rampant, the clans and in-laws are very widespread, and the whole body is affected by a single hair, and the ministers dare not act rashly, and they want to wait for His Majesty's decree. ”

"I've already arranged it, so you can do it with confidence." The Son of Heaven put the roster aside, picked up the teacup with two fingers, paused at his lips for a moment, and looked at Zhang Jiao with his eyes over the teacup: "You have to do this well, if Runan does a good job, I can only implement it in other states and counties, if you do a bad job......" The Son of Heaven put down the teacup and looked at Zhang Jiao without saying a word. Zhang Jiao suddenly snorted, and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "The minister is willing to repay His Majesty with death, and he will not give anyone a handle." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded slightly in approval, took a shallow sip of tea, and asked some details of Zhang Jiao's preparation. Zhang Jiao reported that there were no big mountains in Runan, only the remnants of a few mountains in Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and even if those powerful people were in trouble, there were only a limited number of places where they could hide, and as long as the surrounding states and counties could guard the border and prevent them from crossing the border to hide, they would have to tie their hands to a road. Other than that, they can only defend themselves, which is easier to break through individually.

The Son of Heaven was very satisfied, and praised Zhang Jiao a few words, and Zhang Jiao finally said that considering that most of the officials in the Runan Taishou Mansion were natives of Runan, in case of a conflict, he might not be willing to give his life, so he wanted to establish a force of his own, and he didn't need the Son of Heaven to pay any fees, just give him a permission.

The Son of Heaven hesitated for a moment, Taishou already had the right to be in charge of the army, did Zhang Jiao still need to set up another force? However, what Zhang Jiao said seems to be reasonable, although there are county soldiers in Runan County, they may not be willing to listen to his orders.

The Son of Heaven finally nodded and gave Zhang Jiao permission for a hundred parts.

Zhang Jiao soon rushed back to Runan, and under the pretext that there was a problem with the grain distribution in the counties, he ordered a thorough investigation of those families who hid the population and evaded taxes. This kind of thing is not new, as long as you check it, you will definitely find out, but no one dared to really investigate it like Zhang Jiao before. It only took a few days for Zhang Jiao to arrest 13 of the 37 counties in Runan, accuse them of false calculations, and send people to re-check. Three days later, he publicly announced that three of the county orders had deceived the superiors and subordinates, shielded Haoqiang, transferred the Fu Rui that Haoqiang should pay to the ordinary people, ordered him to be beheaded, and arrested Haoqiang related to him, and punished him together.

As he began to estimate, the county order is foreign, the officials are local, whether it is the Taishou Mansion or the county temples in the counties, there are the figures of the heroes, Zhang Jiao's order has not been sent out of the house, those heroes will know, as soon as Zhang Jiao wants to play really, some people are interceited, some people simply close the door, no one wants to enter, and those officials in the Taishou Mansion also make excuses, that is, they are unwilling to accept Zhang Jiao's order to arrest those heroes.

Zhang Jiao had already prepared, and with an order, all the officials who made excuses to shirk were locked up, and the rest of the people were coerced into acting together, and they arrested several strong and rough first trials in one go, killing those who were killed, and being locked up.

This includes the Wu family of Wu Fang, the Wu family is the Wu family of Wu Fang, from the famous general Wu Zixu of Chu State, and it is also a well-known family in Runan, Wu Fu in the family also made meritorious contributions with Yuan Shao this time, where will Zhang Jiao be put in his eyes. Seeing that Zhang Jiao was arresting people, Wu Wei, the head of the family, on the one hand, sent someone to report to Wu Fu who followed Yuan Shao on the expedition, and on the other hand, he took the family's subordinates to kill Ben Taishoufu, preparing to rob the prison, and snatch people out first.

Zhang Jiao was in the middle of the battle, personally went into battle, and took the tribe composed of more than 100 disciples to slash and kill, killed those rabble, killed Wu Wei on the spot, and then took advantage of the victory to pursue, and copied the Wu family in one go, more than 100 men, women, and children were put in prison, and the autumn grain just harvested and the property accumulated by the Wu family for many years were confiscated, and more than 200 hectares of fertile land were confiscated.

Zhang Jiao struck while the iron was hot, and in more than a month, he eliminated more than ten families one after another. For a time, Runan was shaken, everyone was in danger, and countless fast horses sent the news to Luoyang.

Situ Mansion, one by one Peng officials shuttled back and forth, the atmosphere was tense, Situ Yuan Kui's desk was piled up with a bunch of post newspapers that had just been sent from Runan, none of them were impeached for being too guarded, and the number was still increasing.

Yuan Kui did not move like a mountain, but ordered someone to record the post report one by one, and then wrote a painless note to report the situation in Runan to the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven had expected it, and he didn't express any opinions, but just left the music behind, and Yuan Kui was not in a hurry, and everyone tacitly waited for the further development of the situation.

Intentionally or unintentionally, the Runan officials in Luoyang resigned one after another, including Wu Fu, who had just made meritorious contributions in northern Xinjiang. He resigned and left Luoyang quietly.

At the end of October, Zhang Jiao met a strong opponent, a group of people of unknown origin attacked the Runan County Prison, and took away all the people who were imprisoned inside, Zhang Jiao led people to pursue, and chased them all the way to Funiu Mountain, this group of people ran into the mountains, and did not know where to go, Zhang Jiao chased them all the way to the Yingchuan boundary, and still did not find the trace of the group.

Zhang Jiao couldn't chase anymore, he passed a letter to Liu Yu, the assassin of Yuzhou, and asked Yingchuan Taishou Dong Zhuo to help arrest the thieves. Liu Yu's head is big, Runan County is in chaos, and now Yingchuan County is involved, he is very opposed to Zhang Jiao's approach, but he also knows that Zhang Jiao has the instructions of the Son of Heaven behind him, so he dare not speak out against it, so he has to order Yingchuan Taishou Dong Zhuo to expel the gang of thieves who crossed the line.

There is a hill in the south of Yangzhai City, called Juntai, it is said that the founder of the Xia Dynasty Qi has been divining here, now there are no relics to see, only see a large piece of flat slope, the ancient trees are forested, even in the middle of summer it is very cool.

Liu Xiu was very satisfied with this place, "How about building a academy here?" ”

Xun Yu is very satisfied, and Xun Yue likes it very much. There are mountains and rivers here, the scenery is beautiful, it is not far from Yangzhai City, it is quiet and convenient, it is indeed a good place to build a college.

"Since everyone is satisfied, then ask Wen Ruo and Dong Fujun to negotiate the rest of the matter, and I will give you the relevant money later." Liu Xiu thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, the windows can be equipped with glass, Jinyang Academy uses this kind of window, the effect is very good, and there is no need to light the light in the house during the day." ”

"My lord, this is too extravagant, isn't it?" Xun Yue was a little embarrassed.

"No matter how hard you are, you can't be miserable for children, and no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education." Liu Xiu said an official word, he was just joking, but Xun Yue was very moved when he heard it, although this was slang, but the truth in it was very rare, and more importantly, Liu Xiu didn't just say it, he was really willing to spend money.

"Zhongyu, I know that you don't like your career, so you can do your studies here with peace of mind, just like Mr. Cai Bojiao. Although I don't have much knowledge, I know that after I have enough food and clothing, I still need to be a little educated. ”

Xun Yue smiled: "How can I compare with Mr. Cai Bojiao, he is a generalist who is rare in a century." ”

"Each has its own strengths." Liu Xiu smiled, "Mr. Cai is indeed a generalist, but when it comes to political affairs, his articles are slightly inferior to yours, which may have something to do with the fact that he is too erudite, not very profound in this regard, and his literary popularity is too heavy." It is not enough to just pick up some wisdom from the books of the ancients, but also to study the real human feelings, not only to see a certain person and a certain thing, but also to see the context that runs through it, so as to write a practical and useful political commentary. ”

Xun Yue bowed and saluted: "Yue must live up to the general's teachings." ”

"I don't dare to teach, it's just a different angle." Liu Xiu pointed to Yingshui in the distance, "For example, standing here and looking at Yingshui, it is clear at a glance, but not careful enough, standing by Yingshui to look at it, it is careful but careful, but the vision is not high enough." Only by looking at it from different angles can you get a comprehensive Yingshui. ”

Xun Yue nodded again and again, Xun Yu stabbed him, and said with his eyes: "How?" Although Liu Xiu's knowledge is very sparse, he has a high degree of view, uniqueness, and the most important thing is that he is sincere, he does not shy away from saying that his knowledge is not good, but he does not limit his knowledge to one or two sentences in books, which is quite similar to the Xun family's style of learning.

A team of people came down the mountain, hundreds of county soldiers lined up and waited, Dong Zhuo jumped off the horse, walked quickly onto the platform, wiped his sweat, handed over Liu Yu's order, and said with a wry smile: "General, the matter has finally come." ”

"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided." Liu Xiu knew that it was not a good thing when he saw his expression, he had also heard what had happened in Runan in the past two days, and knew that this day would come sooner or later, so he also smiled bitterly, "Since those people have crossed the line, you can't ignore it, otherwise you won't be able to escape the charge of this nest." Anyway, I've seen it almost, so you don't have to accompany me, go about your business. ”

Dong Zhuo sighed, said two more words, said goodbye to Liu Xiu, and rushed to the place where the two counties met to suppress the bandits.

Liu Xiu said to Xun Yu, Yingyin and Runan are not far apart, Runan people want to be bandits, the plain is untenable, entering the mountain is one of the best choices, if you want to enter the mountain, it is possible to pass through Yingyin, you hurry back and strengthen your vigilance, so as not to be robbed by those people.

Xun Yu smiled, the family is ready, it doesn't matter if I can't go back, I'll follow the general to Luoyang to have a look. I've grown so big, I haven't been to Luoyang yet.

Liu Xiu couldn't ask for it, and arched his hand to Xun Yue: "The matter of Yingchuan Academy is entrusted to you." ”

"That's my pleasure." Xun Yue returned the salute and said: "Originally, I had a friend who wanted to introduce him to the general, and the general was going to rush back to Luoyang now, so I had to talk about it later." ”

"I don't know which one it is."

"His surname is Hu Mingzhao, his words are Kongming, and he can't talk about being a master, but his surname is somewhat similar to me, he doesn't like to be an official, and he just wants to do real learning. Hearing that the general was going to build a academy, he was willing to come to the academy to help. ”

Liu Xiu didn't want to come to have such a person, but since it was recommended by Xun Yue, it wouldn't be bad. "Since this is entrusted to Zhong Yu, who do you want to invite to teach, as long as you like it. As for this Mr. Kong Ming, I can't meet him this time, so I have to leave it for next time, and ask Zhong Yu to express my welcome to him on my behalf. ”

"The general is gracious."

(To be continued)