People's personalities always maintain a dynamic balance, which is also the reason why the nature of the country is easy to change, but this does not mean that people's personalities will not undergo drastic changes, especially those who have experienced life and death.

That's how Xu Yan is.

Xu Yan is a native of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, born in Xiangyang, grew up in Xiangyang, and studied in Xiangyang. But the place where it really took off was in Yanzhou, because he joined the party, and here he worked for the party like He Hao and others. Because of the rescue of many colleagues, he Xu Yan also had a little reputation, and then he was valued by Li Zan and entered the scene.

But one thing to say, compared with the party leader like He Hao, he Xu Yan is the periphery of the periphery, and he has earned some reputation after working for so many years. In fact, Xu Yan's heels can't be considered bad, and their Xu family can't be considered bad in Xiangyang, but they are still inferior to Cai's, Kuai's, Yang's, Liao's, and Ma's.

He himself was a prodigy who studied under the Yang family since he was a child, but it was a pity that he passed away at seventeen. It is precisely because the family does not have much help that he came to Yanzhou early to work hard, although he has also gained, but it is not as good as what he has paid after all.

Originally, even if Xu Yan was unwilling, he didn't have too much thought, after all, was it never like this? But that night he divined to the king of Taishan Mansion, and that night the goddess fell asleep, and gave him a peach charm of "peace and joy". Then the next day, he narrowly escaped from the cruel battlefield, and all this told him that in the dark, there was a kind of guidance, and his luck had arrived.

Peace and joy? Didn't he just tell him that the way to the Taiping Road was the path that the king of Taishan Mansion pointed him out?

He had no way to cast here in Hanting, so he went to Taiping Road. Sure enough, when I thought about it, I suddenly felt that the world was open.

So Wang Kai asked him before that his luggage was packed, and he said yes, and the reason is here. He was going to throw himself into the Taiping Road outside the city.

But who knows, the turtle grandson who doesn't know where will take a step towards him, take the lead in throwing, and rob him of Xu Yan's way. But now I can't take care of it, Wang Shi has entered the city, and if he doesn't welcome it, he won't even have a chance to vote.

As soon as he went out, he saw Zhang County Ling Gaoyi, this person's sense of existence since the prime minister settled in Zhang County. At this moment, Gao Yi was panicked with a few followers, and the six gods had no owner, as soon as he saw Xu Yan appear, he subconsciously cried and asked:

"Xu Jun, the road is safe."

Xu Yan frowned, and was about to say, I have no way to live for you. But when he saw the crown on the bright head of County Magistrate Zhang, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said:

"You said it was a coincidence or not, I have a way to live here, Gao Xianjun, please follow me."

After saying that, he went straight to the county office with great joy and hope, where a raging fire had already been burned.

Along the way, they passed through the crowd of people who were fleeing for their lives, and when they arrived at the county office, they saw Zhao Shu and Li Zou with their respective subordinates shouting the names of the prime minister inside.

Xu Yan sighed, bowed deeply to the raging fire, and praised:

"It's so angry!"

Then he turned his head to Zhao Shu and Li Zou, who were at a loss:

"Do you want a way to live?"

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It is still the old rule, when the Taishan army enters the city, the first thing is to take the four city towers, and then to occupy the arsenal and grain platform, and then to strangle the Han soldiers scattered everywhere.

Up to now, there are already four divisions of troops, and 2,000 people have rushed into Zhang County. The others remained outside the city to guard against possible attacks. It's unlikely, but it's going to happen if it's possible. If you can't enter the city according to the procedure every time, then a single attack will lead to a big victory.

So Zhang Chong didn't enter the city at this time, he had to wait for all the armies in the city to send battle reports before he could enter the city, he was no longer a single stick, how many people in the back pointed to him, and he also carried the entire Huangtian Great Cause on his shoulders. Counting on Zhang Jiao, it will definitely not work.

At this time, Zhang Chong received the meritorious reports from the city from time to time outside the city, and he looked at the black smoke of the gas above the city, Zhang Chong sighed, and said to He Kui on the side:

"This Dongping Prime Minister is also your relative?"

He Kui smiled awkwardly, nodded, and said:

"If you have to climb, you can still climb. This Li Zan is a prominent clan in Xiangcheng, Yingchuan, and their area is either intermarried with the local or intermarried with the Runan wang clan. This Li Zhan's younger sister married Yuan Shao, a new generation of Junyan Yuan of the Runan Yuan family. And Cai Taishou and I are both related to the Yuan family, so we are also relatives. ”

He Kui is still conservative, afraid that he will pull Cai Yong out of the melon field and Li Xia, he is not worried that Zhang Chong will think too much, but as a subordinate or chief strategist, he naturally wants to reflect this situation truthfully. Zhang Chong didn't care, he couldn't help but care.

Zhang Chong heard the name Yuan Shao from He Kui's mouth, and involuntarily read it:

"Yuan Shao?"

He Kui nodded, and then took the initiative to introduce Zhang Chong, he didn't say anything about Yuan's Xuanhe, these Zhang Chong all knew, but introduced Yuan Shao alone:

"Yuan Shao is a lot older than our generation, he has few ideas, he rarely plays with our relatives, he was very young by his father as a boy, and then he lived in Kyoto. After that, he was released as Puyang Chang as soon as he became an adult. I heard that he still has a reputation in office, but the children of the public family, just do something, and his reputation will be praised. ”

Zhang Chong heard this, glanced at He Kui, and said secretly: It seems that He Kui had a story in the Yuan family in Runan when he was a child, which obviously did not deal with Yuan Shao.

Then I listened to He Kui continue:

But Yuan Shao didn't work long before his mother died, and then he went home to mourn. At that time, I also went, and after Yuan Shao buried his mother, he announced in public that he would abandon his official and filial piety for his mother for three years, which was very unusual. ”

Seeing that Zhang Chong didn't react, He Kui explained:

"The Han ruled the world with filial piety, and scholars and scholars often took filial piety as a criterion. So the mother died, and the son mourned for three years. Just like the cloud of "The Book of Rites": "The funeral of my parents, I have not been in politics for three years." But that's not the case. In our world, etiquette is to ask others and make things convenient for one's own people. For example, for the Hansu family below, if you don't keep filial piety for three years, you won't even be able to touch the threshold of filial piety. But for the Han officials of the eunuchs, this thing is very honorable.

In practice, Han officials changed from day to month. That is to say, for the mourning of parents, one day is counted as one month, then the three-year filial piety period will expire as long as the mourning is thirty-six days. In this way, it will not damage the name of the filial son of the Han official, and it can take into account the righteousness of the herdsmen for the Son of Heaven. Later, in the Guangwu period, even this kind of change of day and moon stopped, and directly prevaricated with loyalty and filial piety, sacrificing filial piety and loyalty as a minister. ”

Now Zhang Chong understood, that is, Yuan Shao did what he should have done, which showed his filial piety, and this Yuan Shao knew how to raise a name.

This is not over, He Kui continued:

"Since Emperor Huan, the world has been thin, and the sea is dirty. Those who can do filial piety for their parents and give up their positions can be described as Liao Ruochenxing. So at that time, they all looked at Yuan Shao differently. But that's not all, because his dead mother was not Yuan Shao's biological mother, but his stepmother. ”

Zhang Chong knew from later generations that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were not born to the same mother, and the latter often scolded Yuan Shao's adopted son, but it was the first time he heard that Yuan Shao was adoptive.

Then He Kui told Zhang Chong a passage about the secret of the Runan Yuan family.

It turned out that Yuan Shao's father's generation was not only Yuan Feng, who had been dead for a few years, and Yuan Kui, the third prince who is still alive. There is also an eldest brother named Yuan Cheng above these two people, and he is more famous than his two younger brothers. Because he is handsome, he can speak, and he is very open in the Kyoto circle. Generally, when the county magistrate from other places encounters trouble in Kyoto, as long as he finds Yuan Cheng, he can't do it.

But this man unfortunately died young, but there is no queen. So as soon as Yuan Shao was born at that time, his father passed it on to Yuan Cheng's family and asked him to pass on the incense to Yuan Cheng, of course, this also has something to do with Yuan Shao's true son-in-law, of course, Yuan Shao's father was indeed for Yuan Shao's good, and wanted to give him a way out. Because according to the patriarchal system, Yuan Cheng's lineage is the eldest lineage, although Yuan Shao is the successor, but under the patriarchal system, it is Yuan Cheng's eldest son. Yuan Shao's resources can be imagined.

Hearing this, Zhang Chong understood why Yuan Shao, as the eldest son of a concubine, was more famous than his sister-in-law Yuan Shu in the late Han Dynasty, and why Yuan Shu was always unable to hold his breath and choke Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao, who seemed to be weak, seemed so calm. It turned out that Yuan Shao robbed his younger brother Yuan Shu's identity as a son-in-law.

Zhang Chong sighed, a family really has everything.

Just when Zhang Chong felt that Yuan Shao's story had ended, He Kui continued to surprise him:

"Qu Kui, this Yuan Shao is definitely a character. The infighting of the generation of the Yuan family like them is still very serious, especially his younger brother Yuan Shu simply hates him as an elder brother to the core. But this still does not hinder Yuan Benchu's own power. Qu Kui, do you know, what did Yuan Shao do after three years of filial piety for his mother? ”

Zhang Chong asked:

"What did you do?"

"This Yuan Benchu kept filial piety for another three years, three years and three years. This time it was not for his mother, but for his stepfather Yuan Cheng, who had been dead for many years, to follow the funeral for three years. ”

Now Zhang Chong admires Yuan Shao, not because he admires his pure filial piety, who believes that Yuan Shao is for six years of filial piety, but because he admires Yuan Shao's gambling nature. You must know that when he kept filial piety, he was about twenty years old, which was the golden starting point of his official career, and now he has been spent in his hometown for six years. So in the past six years, Yuan Shao is a generation later than his peers.

So what is Yuan Shaotu? It's the fame of the picture, Zhang Chong combined with Yuan Shao's career route behind, and guessed Yuan Shao's thoughts. This person obviously didn't think about taking the normal route of moving officials for the children of the Han Dynasty, but blocked a big one to achieve overtaking in the corner. What could that be? Isn't it just to get rid of eunuchs! Sure enough, Yuan Shao understands politics.

After listening to this secret, Zhang Chong is still satisfied, and everyone has gossip. And here Zhang Chong chatted with He Kui about the heroic secrets of Runan, and all the armies that entered the city over there sent news:

"Zhang County, it's decided!"