There is a difference between the scholar clan and the strong one, many scholars for the sake of the family's reputation, do not accumulate land and wealth, such as the Chen family of Xu County, Chen Yu is famous in the sea, but there is not much surplus wealth in the family, such as the Xun family, from the generation of Xun Shu, the Xun family is whenever the family property increases and is distributed to relatives and friends, although the Yuan family Wei family is not as high as the Chen Xun family, but there is not much land in the clan

If you want to say that the Yuan family really has land and grain, it has to be a strong man like the Yang family and the Han family

The Yang family has hundreds of hectares of fertile land, and the Han family also has dozens of hectares of land

100 acres is 10,000 acres, the harvest is good, in addition to the income attached to the disciples, the Yang family can get tens of thousands of stones of grain a year, enough to raise 3,000 soldiers for more than half a year, although this year, although Lin, there are many stocks of grain in previous years, but the existing grain of the Yang family is still a lot, Yuan Shirong calculated, according to one-fifth to raise grain, only the grain paid by the Yang family is enough for three thousand soldiers for two months of food

With such a large amount of grain, how could the Yang family be willing to hand it over honestly?

Li Xuan said: "What if the Yang family and the Han family refuse to pay? ”

Wen Chou didn't seem to be at a loss for this, and said with a smile: "Let's look at the means of public domination."

…… Yuan Shirong's method is the same as Wen Chou's method of destroying the third clan back then: collect the illegal things of the family

It's just that Wen Chou collected the illegal things of the Third Clan in order to destroy his clan, and Yuan Clan Rong was to force the families to pay grain

- Speaking of which, the reason why the means used by the Yuan clan to force the families to hand over grain is the same as the method used by Wen Chou to destroy the third clan is self-evident: they are both people with official status, and they hold power in their hands, and if they want to achieve their goals, it is most convenient to start from the law, and they will not fall into the hands of others

Yuan Shirong is a native of this county, born and grew up in Si, and knows the roots of the surnames in this county, and has heard a lot about the illegal things that the children of their clan have done before, as long as they work hard, they can collect enough evidence

He waited two days. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 On the morning of the sixth day, he dispatched the officials and summoned the parents of the big names in the county to the lieutenant's mansion, but the Yang and Han families did not summon them

In less than three months after Wen Chou arrived in Zhao County, he successively killed Zuo Xu Huang Hair. The prestige is great, although the parents of the surnames rely on the Yang family, the Yang family does not pay the grain, and they also pretend to be confused and are happy not to pay. But after being summoned by Yuan Shirong, he didn't dare not come

More than 10 parents of large and small families came in droves, entered the lieutenant's mansion, entered the main courtyard, and sat opposite each other in the hall, waiting for Yuan Rong

After all the families arrived, they waited for a long time, and at noon, Yuan Shirong appeared, and he brought his feet. Strode into the hall, passed through the parents of the families sitting on both sides, walked to the front of the case in their eyes, picked up a roll of bamboo slips placed on the case in advance, did not sit, and did not enter the case, then turned around in front of the case, faced the parents of the families, and read the brief

His voice was already loud, like the sound of gold and stone. At this time, it echoed in the hall and fell into everyone's ears, like a bell and drumming,—— but he read about the lawlessness committed by one of the heads of the families here. After reading it, he didn't look at everyone, turned a page of bamboo slips, and then read down, but it was the lawlessness of another patriarch here, and he finished reading it again. He raised his eyes and ordered succinctly: "Admission and imprisonment!" ”

Li Cang, the left lieutenant of the Yuan clan, was outside the hall at some point, and immediately brought the county officials in, immediately detained the two patriarchs, and escorted them back to the county temple

Everyone in the hall was terrified

Yuan Shirong looked around at the rest of the people, raised the bamboo slips in his right hand, and said: "There are more than 50 bamboo slips in this volume, and what I have read is only one-tenth of them, although I have not read the rest of the content, but the princes should also know what it is!" ”

Everyone present looked at each other, some sweating like pulp, some looking angry, some at a loss, and some in shock

One person plucked up his courage and said: "Although the lieutenant is the main book, I am also a Zhao person, and I am also a Zhao person, so why bother with each other?" ”

Yuan Shirong pressed his sword and waved his sleeves, and said with disgust: "The one I fry is also a thief!" After speaking, regardless of the different expressions of everyone present, he did not give everyone a chance to speak, and walked out of the hall with bamboo slips and walked away

On this afternoon, in the prison of Yuanshi County Temple, the sound of torture and screams was endless

The patriarchs of all surnames have connections in the county temple, and they are not afraid after finding out the news, many people scold Yuan Shirong, and Yang Shen is one of them

Although Yang Shen was not among the summons of the Yuan clan Rong today, he was well-informed, and he heard about it at noon, and after hearing about the two patriarchs who were arrested and taken were tortured and plundered by Li Cang, he immediately scolded: "Yuan clan Xiao'er is determined to be an eagle dog in my Zhao County for Yuzhou'er!" He immediately told his sons to go back to the homes of the heads of the families and cheer them up

It's a pity that the parents of the surnames have been frightened by Yuan Shirong's resolute behavior regardless of his feelings, and they have lost the courage to resist Wen Chou, even Yang Shen's sons can't save the situation even if they spit lotus flowers

The next day, the parents of all the surnames who were summoned to the lieutenant's mansion by Yuan Shirong yesterday all led slaves to drive the grain to the lieutenant's warehouse

The parents of the other Dashi clan in Yuanshi County, like the Yang and Han clans, were not summoned by the Yuan clan to meet each other, but they did not dare to delay any longer, and they honestly handed over the grain

So far, the families in the county still haven't paid the grain, and only the Yang family and the Han family are left

The Han family watched for a long time, and before the afternoon, the news came out from the Yuanshi County Temple that the two parents who were arrested and imprisoned were tortured to death in prison, and the patriarch of the Han family was shocked, and then heard that the Yuan family Rong sent Li Cang to the home of the two parents, and announced that his children were lawless, and they were all imprisoned, and the family property of the two families was confiscated

Han's parents were frightened and didn't dare to make a hard cap anymore, so they sent slaves to lead the car and offer food in the afternoon

Knowing that the Han family was soft and offered grain, Yuan's Rongjin saw Wen Chou and said: "Except for the Wei family, the rest of the families have borrowed grain."

- Wen Chou has to have a saying that he can't take it in vain, and the name he uses is "borrowing", although everyone knows that "borrowing" is afraid that it will be "returned", at least in Wen Chou's tenure, don't think that he will pay back these grains

"Oh? Have all the families borrowed grain? Gongzai, I didn't expect that in just a few days, all the families have sent food, okay, Ai, you have done a good job."

"It's just that the Yang family still refuses to borrow!"

"If you like me, it's called 'borrowing', and if his family doesn't want to, then don't borrow it," Wen Chou paused, and said lightly, "But then again, the lieutenant's mansion borrowed grain to fight thieves and protect the territory, and also to protect the safety of all families in the county, and the Ai Yang family refused to borrow grain." If a thief invades his house, I'm afraid we can do it."

Whether it is a county or a county, for the governors, the biggest obstacle to governing the local government is the local power. This is also the reason why there are Han I common county officials to punish the county and county

For example, Haoqiang is a thorn in the thorns, if they are not rectified, the decree will be unimpeded, and if you want to rectify them. Just as a thorn in the hand bleeds, it is impossible to keep them honest without a little bloodshed

Take Xixiang, where Wen Chou once served, for example, Gao Su beat Xixiang Xiangzuo, who was equivalent to the deputy head of the township in later generations, and the third clan clearly refused to accept his control, if he first convinced Gao Su for Cheng Yan, and then decisively punished the third clan, then no one would listen to his decree in Xixiang from a young Xixiang, and it was still like this, not to mention a county and a county?

In the Han Dynasty, the influence of etiquette and religion was not deep, and the remnants of the Warring States were martyred, and the people were brave and brave. If you want to be a good local governor, you can't just preach morality, but also be able to specialize in authority, and have the courage to destroy the word "cool official" in the Han Dynasty, although it is not a positive meaning, it is not derogatory, such as the strength praised by later generations Ling Dong Xuan. It is a famous "cool official" during the reign of Emperor Guangwu, when he served as the Luoyang Order, he was shocked by the fighting heroes, and the Beijing division was called "Crouching Tiger"

Wen Chou has been in office since Zhao Jun. has been busy training soldiers to fight thieves, abiding by the lieutenant's duty, not interfering in civil affairs, if the powerful surname in the county does not hinder his affairs, no matter how arrogant and domineering, he will not pay attention. But once it hinders him, it is "flying Huang Teng, where is the toad"!

As Yang Shen said, Yuan's Rong was thrown into Wenchou's door, in order to revive his family's reputation, he was indeed determined to be Wenchou's eagle dog, and he said excitedly: "A month ago, the lieutenant Weifu County, when he went out of Yuan's county, he saw Yang Shen's horse inside and outside Lang Zhongling's house, and praised it twice as a good horse in the county, but Yang's refusal to pay the grain, not to destroy it, the lieutenant's prestige to stretch me will be the king to take the other good horse!" ”

Wen Chou Yuan's Rong Xia Hou Lan and the three of them went out of the courtyard, and before they arrived at the gate of the mansion, they saw two guards leading several people to come in from outside, and recognized who these people were. ”

The few people who came were Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong

Everyone was covered with dust, their faces were red from the cold wind, and they looked like they had just arrived at Yuan's family

About didn't expect to enter the gate of the lieutenant's mansion and met Wen Chou, Liu Bei and the others froze for a moment, and then reacted, Liu Bei hurriedly walked forward, crossed the official who led the way, met Wen Chou, saluted, and said: "Bei Yisi brother for a long time"

Wen Chou pulled him up, held his hands, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "Xuande, I haven't seen you for a few months, but your demeanor is still the same"..

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong came to the front, and the three of them saluted

Wen Chou helped them up one by one, and said affectionately: "I told you earlier, Xuande, my brother, you and other friends of Xuande, and my brother, you don't need so many court......esies, Yun Chang, I haven't seen you for a few months, and Qingzhi's beard is much more beautiful Ah I hit the rest of the Black Mountain in the West Luling of the hidden county before, and the first thief was named the yellow-haired one, and his beard is quite comparable to Qing."

Guan Yu was born in the sixth year of Yanxi, only in his early twenties this year, he is not very old, and he has not grown a beard for a few years, although he is born with a beard that is more beautiful than ordinary people, but it is still far inferior to the yellow hair that has grown beard for more than 20 years

Wen Chou's sentence is just to his liking, "flattery".

Guan Yu doesn't like the Shi clan, Wen Chou's first impression on him is very bad, although because of Wen Chou's efforts, his own image has been slightly reversed in Guan Yu's eyes, but overall, Guan Yu still doesn't have a good impression of Wen Chou

After returning to Zhuo County with Liu Bei and others this time, Guan Yu once persuaded Liu Bei not to go to Wen Chou again, and said to Liu Bei: "After the famous clan of Wen Chou, he thinks very highly of himself, his words and deeds are humble, and he must be arrogant, and his brother is neither an old friend, nor a fellow villager, just a one-sided friend, now he is more than two thousand stones, in charge of a county soldier, green ribbon silver fly and young and premature, even if Brother Xu is a lieutenant Gong Cao, in the final analysis, it is just Yu with brother and I as eagle dogs, the eldest husband I live, how can I save the eagle dog for people to drive?" In Yu's opinion, instead of going to the ugly text, if the brother has the intention of taking fame, it is better to vote for Gongsun Boqi, who is now in the frontier and has many events, and this is when the husband makes military merits! ”

Guan Yu commented that Wen Chou "thinks very highly of himself", but Liu Bei disagreed, as for "words and deeds seem to be humble." The sentence "Nei must be arrogant" is just Guan Yu's assumptions, Liu Bei even disagrees with him and Guan Yu for a long time, he knows Guan Yu's character, and knows that the reason why he said these words is purely because he hates the scholars. Therefore, Wanyan rejected his suggestion and said: "Lieutenant Xun and I are friends on the same side, and we have known each other for a short time, but after we got acquainted, they gave us a treasure sword. He also sent us weapons and recommended us to General Huangfu, how can we not repay such a generous kindness? ”

"Wen Chou's gift of knife friendship, when ri is on the battlefield, I have already returned it to my brother for him!"

What Guan Yu said was that when Ri Wenchou and others had a conflict with the generals of Xiliang, he had helped Wen Chou

People have two sides, and so does Guan Yu

Guan Yu is conceited and brave, and Xing is strong, just because of his humble background, although he was famous in his hometown in his early years. But suffering from having no way to enter the office, he was forced to live at the bottom of the society all the year round, and he was not allowed to climb high and raise his eyebrows, and he saw a lot of mediocre people whose ability was far inferior to him just because he was born in a scholar clan and could easily enter the county as a magistrate, and he saw a lot of scenes of county and county officials bullying the head of the Qian, he had a strong sense of disgust for the so-called "scholar clan", and in the words of later generations, he is now a young man who is talented and does not meet cynicism

While being cynical, under the influence of the fashion of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, he is also a person who "values righteousness".

He has an inherent ill aversion to Wen Chou. But Wen Chou was kind to him, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, but he would not fail to repay him

It's one thing to dislike a person, it's another thing to repay this person's kindness, and in this regard, Guan Yu has a clear grievance

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Although the friendship of the gift of the knife has been returned. Lieutenant Ran Xun regarded me as a brother, and I regarded myself as a brother, and when I parted with the lieutenant, I had already said that I would go to Zhao County by the end of the year at the latest, and my husband could not be untrustworthy."

This is Liu Beiming's rejection of Guan Yu's words, and Liu Bei is also thoughtful in his heart

Yes, Gongsun Chan has a good relationship with him

Can be the first of all. Gongsun Chan is in the border area, and the conditions in the border area are difficult; Secondly, even if he voted for Gongsun Zhan, it would be impossible for Gongsun Chan to give a higher official position than "Lieutenant Gongcao"; Again, compared to Gongsun Zhan, who is only the concubine of the Gongsun clan in the border area, Wen Chou was born in a famous family in the Central Plains, and has the attention of Huangfu Song, and the support of the elders in the clan, no matter how you look at it, his career will be much smoother than Gongsun Zhan

Zhang Fei and Jian Yong both agreed with Liu Bei's opinion

Guan Yu became a minority, although he was unwilling, he had to listen to Liu Bei's words

He was reluctant to come to Wen Chou, and he didn't have any smile after seeing Wen Chou, in order not to make it difficult for Liu Bei, he could behave in a proper manner, but when Wen Chou talked to him, he was not so polite

Hearing Wen Chou laughing at his beard, he stroked his beard under his chin, turned his head, looked to the side, and said: "Although Yu is nameless, he is loyal, but he also disdains to compare with the Black Mountain thief."

"Ao ......, haha, haha, this is what I said wrongly, don't blame Yun Chang, don't blame Yun Chang Xing"

To say that Liu Bei and Guan Yu are really a pair made in heaven, Guan Yu is the general of the bear and tiger, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, and he can't use it if he is not a person like Cao Liu Sun, and Cao Liu Sun is a three, Cao Cāo was born in a noble, Sun Jianxing is strong, and Guan Yu is not compatible, but Liu Bei, although he is a Han family clan, and he is no different from a cold family, and he is benevolent and tolerant, and only he can be close to Guan Yu

Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu helplessly, came out to play Yuanchao to divert the topic, and asked Wen Chou with a smile: "The sky is about to be twilight, but my brother seems to be going out of the house, I don't know where he is going?" ”

Wen Chou was under the pole handed by Liu Bei, but he was not robbed by Guan Yu, his face remained unchanged, and he said: "The last time I hit Huang Hair, because my department has never been familiar with mountain warfare, there are heavy casualties, in order to fight the thief, I am recruiting soldiers in the county these days, and the number of soldiers recruited is limited, and there are too many people to recruit, so I need to be carefully selected, and I am planning to go to the barracks to see if the people recruited today are suitable."

"Oh? So that's it! Bei Shicai saw several recruiting places outside Yuanshi County, and there were a lot of homeless people crowded outside, so I guessed that my brother was recruiting, and sure enough."

For the sake of public security in Bi County, Wen Chou's recruiting office was outside the county, Liu Bei saw several places on the way to come, Liu Bei paused, sideways out of the way, and said to Wen Chou: "Brother wants to go to the barracks, then ......"

Wen Chou interrupted him and said with a smile: "The matter of the barracks, the trivial matter, finally the virtuous brother is here, and this is a big deal!" Since the virtuous brother is here, it is better not to go to this barracks" turned his head and said to Xia Houlan, "You go to the camp, tell Yuan Hao Zilong, just say that Xuande is here, I won't go to the camp today,......, tell them to finish the business at hand, hurry back to the house, I will wash the dust for Xuande tonight"

Zhang Fei was greatly moved, and said in his heart: "Recruitment, military also, because of us, the lieutenant didn't even go to the barracks?" ”

Jian Yong laughed and said seriously: "In the past, from General Huangfu to conquer Montenegro, after the battle, although he also ate a few meals of the lieutenant, there was no food, no wine, no beauty to offer singing and dancing, not to hide from the lieutenant, Yongshi was sullen and heard the name of the demon girl of Luancheng in Zhaojun, and heard the reputation of the Yuan family for a long time, tonight, Yong can finally feast his eyes and feast on it."

Wen Chou laughed and said, "Tonight will make you Jian Xianhe satisfied!" ”

"What if you're not satisfied?"

"If you are not satisfied, I will fine you with three bottles of wine"

Jian Yong has no special talent in military and political affairs, but his eloquence is quite good, especially his informal and indulgent style can be loved by today's "romantic celebrities".

instructed Xiahou Lan to go to the barracks to summon the news, Wen Chou held Liu Bei's hand with one hand, and Yuan Shirong with the other, introduced the two of them as he walked, and said: "Xuande, this is my main book, the surname is Yuan, Rong, the word Gongzai, the family is the ...... of the crown clan of this county, Gongzai, this is what I often tell you about my brother Xuande."

When Wen Chou and Liu Bei were talking, Yuan Shirong had been silently watching from the sidelines

Previously, Yuan Shirong asked Wen Chou why he vacated the post of lieutenant Gong Cao and did not select the meritocracy, Wen Chou told him that he had a younger brother named Liu Bei, a native of Zhuo County, outstanding in martial arts, and a member of the Han family, and the post of lieutenant Gong Cao was reserved for him

Liu Bei was a classmate of Lu Guang when he was studying at Lu Zhi in Wushi Mountain, and Lu Guang was not very impressed by Liu Bei, and his evaluation was not very high

Yuan Shirong was originally very puzzled why Wen Chou would leave such an important position as Lieutenant Gong Cao to Liu Bei, but now I can see it, but I know that Liu Bei is indeed extraordinary, not to say that Liu Bei has a different appearance, nor to say his speech and demeanor, only to say that the three of Guan Zhang Jian who came with him, Guan Zhang Juhu has a bear on his back, Gu Pan Hanwei, at a glance, he knows that there must be martial arts that are beyond ordinary people, Jian Yong is calm and generous, and he is definitely not a very person, Liu Bei can get him to follow the three of them, obviously a master

Yuan Shirong is much stronger than Lu Guang in terms of viewing people, although there are also some families, slightly despise Liu Bei's background as a poor family, but since he sees that Liu Bei is a master, and he also has an ugly mouth, "Liu Bei, my brother also", of course he is polite and respectful to Liu Bei

He said: "After hearing the name of the king for a long time, I finally have to meet the vulgar clouds: 'It is better to be famous than to meet', and I believe in the husband!" ”

"Beijiu Wen Yuan clan is a descendant of Zhao, a famous family in Jizhou, admired for a long time, and now I am fortunate to know you, fortunately! ......, during the first emperor's dynasty, there was a person surnamed Yuan who was a righteous person, I don't know if it came from the Jun family? ”

"It's not that there are two counties of my Yuan clan, one is in Zhao County, and the other is in Yingchuan, and the Yuan clan righteousness that Jun said is from Yingchuan Yuan's clan"

"Oh? It turns out that Yingchuan also has a branch of the clan surnamed Jun,......, so to speak, Jun and the lieutenant are very fateful"

Yuan Shiyi is a person in the period of the first emperor, once served as a court lieutenant in the court, when the first emperor borrowed the power of eunuchs to kill the general Liang Ji, the secretary of the army who was killed by the secretary of the army, the assassination of Shi Taishou and the death of dozens of people, Liang Ji's former officials and guests were deposed more than 300 people, the court was empty, only with Guo Linzong and other famous Yin Xun Yuan Shao's great-ancestors Yuan Xu, who was Guangluxun at the time, and Yuan Shiyi, who was the court wei, was not deposed because of merit

Although Yuan's Yi is famous in the previous dynasty, but after all, it was twenty years ago, if Liu Bei didn't mention it, even Wen Chou, who was a native of Yuan's Yitong County, didn't remember that there was such a celebrity in the previous dynasty He turned his eyes to look at Liu Bei, and said: "I remember when I was in the army, sometimes I chatted, and when it came to the famous men and heroes of the court's 'nobles' in the prefecture and county, Xuande didn't know a lot, I didn't mean to see him for a few months, and he even knew the ...... of the court lieutenant of the previous dynasty, it seems that in the past few months, he has not lived at home, and he has really done a lot of homework."

Yuan Shi Rong is the lieutenant master book, Liu Bei is the incoming lieutenant Gong Cao, and the two of them are colleagues after the two of them are colleagues to Yuan Shi Rong, a "land snake" from the local crown family, Liu Bei is extremely polite (to be continued. )