Che Yin, the word Wuzi, Nanping people also. Zeng Zujun, Wu Huiji Taishou. Fatherhood, county master's book. The name of the king of the Taishou Wang Hu knows people, and when he sees Yin in the middle of the child, he says that Yin's father said: "Here is a great Xingqing door, which can be used to specialize." "Yin Gong is tireless and knowledgeable. The poor family does not often get oil, and Xia Yue practices dozens of fireflies to illuminate books, night after night. and long, beautiful demeanor, quick wit, even has the reputation of country songs. Huan Wen was in Jingzhou, and he was engaged in it to identify the righteousness and reasoning. Shi Weiyin and Wu Yinzhi are well-known for their cold and erudition. He is also good at appreciating the meeting, at that time, every time there was a sitting and Yin was not there, all clouds: "No car is not happy." ”

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Seeing Zeng Hua humbly asking for advice there, Che Yin paused, as if he had made up his mind, picked up the wine glass and looked up again, and then said: "The court has given you such an official position, do you know what is the mystery in it?" ”

I don't think there's any mystery! I also think Jiankang's gang is quite generous. As an overseas traveler who "just returned to the Central Plains", he was awarded the important task of a high-ranking official after only doing a few "insignificant" things. Zeng Hua found out for the first time that being an official was so easy, he didn't need a diploma or English, he didn't need a civil service exam, and he didn't need to rank his qualifications to stay old. As long as you have a family background and a reputation, it's fine.

I really can't see what's in it.

Seeing Zeng Hua's inexplicable look, Che Yin knew that Zeng Hua, a child of a family who had returned from the Western Regions, really didn't know the mystery here.

"The children of the family, especially the children of the family like the three elder brothers of Xuping, Baishan, and Changbao, if they are really valued by the imperial court, they must be awarded the title of Qing official." Che Yin opened his mouth to explain.

Qing officials? Lao Tzu is not a clean official! I've gone through a lot of trouble to get through, easy for me! Is it just to be a clean official with two sleeves and a clean breeze and a poor man who eats radish pickles? Be kind, you will be struck by lightning! Nothing can be said and done.

"The Shi family is divided into the surname Qiao, the surname Wu, the surname of the county, the surname of Yu, the surname of the scholar, the family of Jia, the crown family, the right family, the old family, the anointing Liang, and the Gaomen. Brother Xuping, your Zeng family was originally Fufeng County, and it is considered a county surname. But he has been guarding the Western Regions for many years, far away from the Central Plains, and now he has returned to the south, and he can only be regarded as an overseas Chinese surname and a right clan. Che Yin said.

Zeng Hua was silent, it has been almost a year since he came to this world, and he knows that there are also hierarchies in this family, and the standards are very strict, and they are about to catch up with the ISO2000. Che Yin said this to save face, and the Zeng family that he came from inexplicably can only be regarded as an overseas Chinese surname and an old family.

The court officials were divided into Qing officials and turbid officials. Qing officials regard the handling of official affairs as vulgarity, the observance of the law as harshness, the courtesy of others as flattery, the idleness as subtlety, the debauchery as accessibility, and the arrogance and rudeness as elegance. Among the Qing officials, there are also one Qing, two Qing, and three Qing. ”

When Che Yin said this, Zeng Hua was stunned, and there are such Qing officials?

"And the one in charge of specific affairs and leading the military is the turbid officer." Speaking of this, Che Yin paused for a moment and continued, "Brother Xuping, do you know? Duke Huan is my No. 1 Turbidity Minister in the Great Jin! ”

Hearing this, Zeng Hua couldn't help but sigh, it was already a time when the country was broken and the dynasty was destroyed, and the Jin Dynasty in the corner of the south of the Yangtze River was still so clear and distinct, it was really ridiculous and sad! It is really a thousand years of misfortune for the Chinese nation to encounter such a dynasty.

Zeng Hua also understood that the imperial court was not very generous, but despised himself from the bottom of his bones for those who fled back from the north. A long list of official positions are all turbid officials who are despised by Qing officials and high-ranking officials. Captain Changshui, redundant servants, Yulin Zuojian is barely a low-end Qing official, after all, these people still have to fill the façade in front of the world, and they haven't gone too far.

"Those in the south of the Yangtze River look down on those who fled from Jiangbei, but those who fled first look down on those who fled later." Zeng Hua suddenly remembered a sentence that he didn't know which book he saw in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's already in jeopardy, but it still has to be divided into high and low levels." Is it so important to be superior to others? When the Hu people kill people, they won't cut you less because you are noble! ”

Hearing Zeng Hua's complaints, Che Yin also sighed, shook his head with a wry smile.

"Fortunately, Duke Huan is quite valued by Duke Wen Muhou He of Duxiang, and according to his arm, Duke Huan's restoration of Nong Zhonglang will rely on him to fight hard in the court." Che Yin waited for Zeng Hua to finish complaining and continued.

"What's going on?" Zeng Hua was strange.

"You! Don't you know how you, the pawn farmer, will come to be? Che Yin despised Zeng Hua.

"Please also ask Brother Wuzi to give advice." Zeng Hua was a little embarrassed.

"Then let's start with the relationship between He Gong and Lord Huan." Che Yin put down his wine glass and began to speak at length, "Yingchuan Yu Yuangui (Liang), Yu Zhigong (Wing) Kunzhong was originally the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Yu, the maternal uncle of Emperor Cheng, the town of Wuchang, and the military of Jiang, Jing, Si, Yong, Liang, and Yi. He Gongshi avoided the two Yu and went out to supervise Xuzhou, the town was in Jingkou, and after more than a year, he entered the court, that is, he stabbed Xuzhou with Huan Wen, and made it a famous town. ”

"In the first year of Yonghe, the emperor ascended the throne at the age of two, and the Empress Dowager Chu was in the dynasty. The emperor was established because of He Gongli's proposal to eliminate the Yu clan, so He Gong relied on the imperial court. And the Yu family is in decline, Yu Zhigong has already used the eldest son Fang Zhizhen Xiangyang, and before his death, he expressed his second son's love for the history of Jingzhou. He Gong took Yu Zhigong's friend, Lord Huan, to take over Jingxiang and replace the Yu family. When Che Yin said this, he couldn't help but stop, raised his wine glass, glanced at Zeng Hua, and then took a sip gently.

Somewhat understood, Zeng Hua sat there thoughtfully. Dare to love this Jingxiang territory Huan Wen just took over not long ago, and heard Che Yin say that the Yu brothers have been operating here for more than ten years and are deeply rooted. Huan Wen must come up to eliminate dissidents and cultivate his own team and forces. In this way, Huan Wen is building momentum for his three brothers, but he is not planning for himself. From the current point of view, he, the three brothers who are all over the world, and the more than 60,000 homeless people under him, have been marked as Huan Ji and have become a backbone of the Huan family's army.

Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing, he was still too tender. People won't do things that are not beneficial, and it's useless to appreciate you, after all, appreciation can't be eaten. Zeng Hua knelt there, shook his head with a smile, and then nodded again, motioning for Che Yin to continue.

"And the official tun system such as Diannong Zhonglang will be abolished in the last years of the former Wei Dynasty, and His Majesty Emperor Shizuwu also made a clear edict to the world and officially abolished the tuntian system, which has been nearly a hundred years since then." Che Yin said slowly.

"Oh, that's right. So how did the Northland refugees settle in the past? Zeng Hua asked with some curiosity, if you don't Tuntian, what about these hundreds of thousands of northland refugees?

"According to the imperial court system, the northbound refugees were concentrated to set up overseas Chinese counties. For example, the Yongzhou Assassin has jurisdiction over the displaced people who fled south in Yongzhou, and if there are displaced people who cannot escape from Sizhou Henan County, they will set up Sizhou Henan County Taishou. This overseas Chinese assassin and county guard are two Qing officials, not ordinary people can be them. ”

"I understand, Duke Huan deliberately went to the imperial court to temporarily restore the general of the Diannong Zhonglang. This thankless official position should be a turbid official, and naturally no one will rob it. Zeng Hua smiled and continued.

"That is, as long as this overseas Chinese county and state official is not supervising the border army, he can not worry about local taxes, and he can do things without taking office, just send a few to do it. How can such an official position be comparable to that of the pawn farmer Zhonglang. The restoration of the Diannong Zhonglang General, many people in the court opposed it. But He Gong was entrusted by Lord Huan and gave full support. In addition, Lord Liu said a lot of kind words from Huiji Wang Yu and famous friends, so he was able to reluctantly make the trip. ”

It's too dark. I can't think of the shady scenes in this are too deep. originally thought that he had taken a big advantage by not paying taxes for three years, but he didn't expect that he would really suffer a big loss compared to overseas Chinese. And this Huan Wen is also a scheming general, a pawn farmer Zhonglang general, that is, he has won a suitable official position for himself, and justifiably attributed tens of thousands of "excellent" homeless people to the name of Lao Tzu, and now I am a member of Lord Huan Wenhuan's "confidant and love general".

The more Zeng Hua sat there, the more he thought about it, the more interesting he felt, and finally laughed out loud. Che Yin looked at Zeng Hua and laughed, and couldn't help laughing. The laughter became louder and louder, and finally the two of them covered their stomachs, staggered, and slapped and rolled on the seat, all out of shape, fortunately the two sat in a private room, otherwise someone would have reported to the official that no one cares about their mad dog? .

After a while, the two of them finally got tired of laughing, sat down again, and raised their glasses at the same time to drink a glass of wine. Zeng Hua drank while looking at Che Yin opposite, and began to think about it again.

This beautiful Che Yin, the goods in his stomach are not ordinary, and his vision is not ordinary poison, such a deep and black insider has been dug out by him, and it is worth dealing with well.

"Where is Brother Wu Zi from, and how did he become a member of Duke Huan's staff?" Zeng Hua saluted Che Yin for a few cups, and then began to set the bottom.

"I'm from Nanping. When he was young, his family was poor, and only when he studied could he gain knowledge. Later, Duke Huan ruled Jiangling, and when he heard that I was known as a thin name in the township, he recruited me as a staff member. ”

Damn, the teacher used to always educate us to read, and it was this person who made up the book, what a talent. Zeng Hua asked with a smile, "Brother Wuzi, how many fireflies do you need to read the words in the book?" ”

Che Yin couldn't help but blush with his "old face", "Brother Xuping is both a smart person and an outsider, so I'll tell you the truth." This bag of fireflies is purely made for the sake of making a name for himself. “

Speaking of this, Che Yin couldn't help but sigh and said: "Brother Xuping is a child of a family, so he naturally doesn't know the suffering of our poor children. There is no cold door in the upper grade, and there is no scholar in the lower grade. I have studied hard for more than ten years and read a lot of books, of course I want to serve the imperial court. But you cannot be conquered without a world and a name. ”

"Brother Xuping, have you heard a story?" Che Yin said with a sarcastic sneer, "More than ten years ago, someone in Luling County, Yangzhou built a grass house in front of the tomb to guard the filial piety of his parents, because of the sentimental kindness of his parents, he cried from time to time, tears poured down, and in less than a few months, he actually drowned the tree on the side of the road, do you believe it, Brother Xuping?" ”

"Don't believe it! You said he was doused with urine, and I believe it. Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing.

If anyone is so bullish, why do you want the dragon lord to do in the rain? As long as there is a drought, he will be invited to go immediately, and then talk about his parents' "high wind and bright festival", which is more effective than spring rain. Thinking of this, Zeng Hua couldn't help but feel sad for the talents of this era. Cao Pi implemented the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, and as a result, the officials were officials from generation to generation, but the poor family rarely had the opportunity to become officials, so he could only try all kinds of ways to attract the attention of the high-grade people and reward a one-and-a-half official position, which was really a feudal system that killed people!

Immediately, Zeng Hua couldn't help but secretly rejoice in himself. When I returned here, I was confused and mixed with a child of a famous family, at least ten years less struggle, in addition to being handsome and "wise and martial", thanks to the jade pendant given by my grandfather.

The jade pendant was sent by my grandfather's comrades-in-arms, saying that it was an antiquity dug out by several peasants in Turpan to dig out karez, with four seal characters on it, "戌已长土", and I don't know which dynasty and which generation of things, the comrades-in-arms looked good and spent 100 yuan to buy it, and then gave it to my grandfather as a plaything, and finally transferred it to his own hands.

This jade pendant followed him to this era, and actually became a proof of his identity. The jade pendant has been recognized by the imperial court as the palace of Emperor Shizuwu in the ninth year of Yongkang, in order to praise Zeng Hua's great-grandfather Liangzhou Thorn Shi Linghu Ji Captain Zeng Nian for offering the four chieftains of Hu in the Western Regions, which is recorded in the books at that time.

It's really fortunate, if it weren't for Lao Che talking to him so heartily about the "inside story" of the court today, Zeng Hua really didn't know that he had been smashed by pies in the sky more than once.

Zeng Hua looked at Che Yin with some admiration, this old car is really worthy of being a knowledgeable and talented person, with deep and vicious vision, he is really a natural strategist, and he really lacks this person around him.

As a result, Zeng Hua looked at Che Yin with a bad gaze, and quickly transformed into a trafficker. And after Che Yin profoundly exposed the "darkness" of today's court and system, he may have felt resentful, and began to drink one glass after another, and soon his body shook a little.

Military talents under his own command can be cultivated, but government talents, plus strategists and the like are in short supply. Other talented people are all children of famous families, and they will not bird themselves, an upstart who is half high or low, and only children from poor families like Che Yin can vote for their own disciples. Talent! I want talent! I remember that it was said in the history books that there seemed to be a very powerful person named Wang Meng during this period, and I vaguely remembered some of his deeds. Now he should live in seclusion in Guanzhong, and he will be electrocuted with Huan Wen of the Northern Expedition in the future, but he can't hit it off, and finally threw himself into the former Qin Fu family. In the future, if you have the chance, you will definitely dig three feet into the ground to scrape him out.

After turning around many thoughts, Zeng Hua decided to get Che Yin to his side first. Although he is a scholar of "Chinese and foreign ancient and modern", he is still a "primary school student" in this world, and he can save a lot of things by his side with Che Yin, a person who is rich in learning and five cars.

A few days later, when Huan Wen came back from Wuchang, Zeng Hua came to visit respectfully.

Huan Wen asked in detail some matters about military training, and Zeng Hua answered them one by one. In the end, Zeng Hua proposed to Huan Wen that he was not manpowered, and the most important thing was that there were no erudite and capable people, so he asked Huan Gong to give Mr. Che Yinche to himself.

Huan Wen paused, quickly came back to his senses, and readily agreed, and then the heir invited Che Yin to say what Zeng Hua meant in person. Che Yin was not polite, and responded without hesitation, as if he had already guessed that Zeng Hua's meal was not delicious. Zeng Hua was overjoyed, and immediately worshiped Che Yin as the captain of Changshui.

After sending Zeng Hua and Che Yin out, Zhou Fu, the assassin of Yizhou who had been accompanying him, asked, "Duke Huan, why do you treat this son so well?" ”

Huan Wen smiled and said nothing, and said after a long time: "This son's achievements will be far better than you and me." Even if we bury the blessings for ourselves and our descendants! ”

Zhou Fu couldn't help but be surprised: "This son is completely carried by Duke Huan, how can you say that?" ”

"Longquan Qingfeng will sing the world sooner or later, I'm just helping him. Although this son is decisive and wise, he is also a person who values love and righteousness. You and I will not tolerate the court one day, maybe we will have to entrust him with protection. ”

Zhou Fu was silent for a moment, only to hear Huan Wen whispering there: "Forever, stench for 10,000 years!" How ambitious are you? ”

Note: 1. Nanping County, Zhijiang'an, that is, the north of Hubei Gong'an. It includes part of the southern part of Hubei and part of the northern part of Hunan.