Chapter 87, Letter to Ji County

Youzhou Prefecture governs Ji County. Even if there are frequent accidents in the state, it is like a paradise. As the end of the year approaches, there is a festive color inside and outside the city. Even if the heavy snow is continuous and overwhelming, people's imagination is not like the death of Youbeiping County at all, but adds a little bit of the pleasure of auspicious snow and a good harvest.

Zhang Wen, the riding general, has now set up Xingyuan in Ji County. It has been two months since he was ordered to conscript in Youzhou, but there are still various obstacles in the conscription. First, the border area of Youzhou was originally sparsely populated; secondly, when the Spring Festival was approaching, many people were extremely reluctant to recruit troops, and even a subordinate officer in charge of the recruitment expressed their hope to postpone the recruitment to the beginning of the year. Third, this recruitment was to fight in Yongliang and leave their hometown, so many people appeared. Fugitive.

In addition, the recruitment work is still halfway, and there have been one after another in Youzhou.

The misfortune of the eunuch of Youbeiping County has shocked the temple, and naturally, he was also blamed Zhang Wen for supervising the investigation. On the one hand, the Yongliang land is chaotic, and on the other hand, there is a local incident in Youzhou. After all, he, a bicycle general, is quite embarrassed. Although the recruitment has achieved small results at present, these people have not only not officially entered the training, but even the military materials approved above are incomplete. There are more than two or three thousand people, but they can't launch at all.

Although Gongsun Zan, who also recruits troops with general Zhang Wen, is also the governor of Liaodong and occasionally travels between Ji County and Liaodong, he has also handled recruitment affairs with Zhang Wen in Ji County recently. Zu Zhao sent a special person from Xu Wu County to send the letter and petition to Gongsun Zan. Three or four days had passed. The messenger rushed to the country in Liaodong and then turned to Ji County. When he saw Gongsun Zan, it was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before New Year's Eve.

At the time of the young and vigorous Gongsun Zan, he was very concerned about the situation in Youzhou. Earlier, he took the initiative to go to Xu Wu for a trip. Today, after reading Zu Zhao's letter, I also felt that the matter in Youbeiping County should not be slack off. In addition, Zu Zhao went out with himself. If he did not try his best to assist in this matter, he was afraid that he would carry the name of injustice.

Immediately, he hurried to General Xingyuan and forwarded Zu Zhao's request to Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen is a civil official. Although he sometimes goes to the border to organize military affairs, he is not the leader of the army. He generally agreed with Zu Zhao's quick decision, but considering the current situation in Youbeiping County, there are many uncertain points in his mind. After thinking about it, he said to Gongsun Zan, "Bokui, you are from Youzhou. You must know more about Youbeiping County than me. Several documents sent by Pinggang County said that the situation in Youbeiping County was a little urgent, and there were not enough soldiers in the county, and it was difficult to suppress the rebellion for a while. On the contrary, Yang Taishou of Liaoxi County reported that he only waited for the reinforcements of Liaoxi County to be sent, and together with the right Beiping County soldiers, he would definitely be able to defeat the thieves. At present, it is reasonable to wait for Liaoxi County to help.

Gongsun Zan said with a serious face: "Your Excellency, in fact, this matter does not need to be suggested by the humble position at all. Zu Zhao of Xu Wu County, Youbeiping County, has described it all in detail in the letter. Obviously, the interests should not be too late. Although Yang Taishou has his plan, after all, Youbeiping County is not Liaoxi County. I'm afraid that Yang Taishou is far away from him, and it is difficult to estimate the reality of Youbeiping County.

Zhang Wen picked up the letter again and read one of the contents carefully. He generally agreed with what Zu Zhao said in the letter, and not only did he also appreciate the young man's excellent literary talent. Earlier, I only heard about Zu Zhao's heroic youth, killing Hu thieves and broken thieves. I thought he was another brave young man, but I didn't expect that the other party was a literary and martial arts talent.

After a little meditation, he put down the letter and looked at Gongsun Zan and asked, "The captain of the north and south of Beiping County, Zhou Zhi, the captain of the north, left his post seriously injured, and the captain of the south, Wen Chou, commanded the military of the county alone. Earlier, Lieutenant Wen asked to temporarily recruit volunteers to suppress the rebellion as soon as possible, which was the same as Zu Zhao's request. From the perspective of Bogui, does this captain have a chance to win more with less?

Gongsun Zant said, "Lieutenant Wen is not from Youzhou, and he doesn't know what this person is. However, in his early years, he heard that his old friend from Hebei talked about it. When he was young, he had a brave reputation, was strong and hot-tempered. If only Lieutenant Wen thinks that the soldiers in the county should be dispatched to fight quickly, the humble position may still need to think about it, but now even Zu Zhao, the humble brother, believes that this matter can be done a lot.

He stressed that Zu Zhao is his "brother". On the one hand, he is to show Zu Zhao's teacher, and on the other hand, he also affirms himself by supporting Zu Zhao. Lu Zhi is a great scholar in the world. Although he is in the same era as Zhang Wen, his academic reputation is far above Zhang Wen. Even Zhang Wen himself has to give Lu Zhi three points.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of families, the status of Confucian scholars has become more and more prominent. Today, the wind of Confucianism is like the wind of the upper class. Even if Confucianism does not teach the way of military use, all military important positions are the leaders of Confucian scholars. Because of this, so many famous "Confucian generals" have appeared.

Zhang Wen has a good impression on Zu Zhao. In addition to knowing that this son used to be a student of Lu Zhi, it is more important to see his literary style today. At this time, he has a lot of intentions, but he still remains a little solemn and asks, "However, Zu Zhao is just a teenager after all. Why does Bo Gui respect him so much?"

Gongsun Zan smiled and said, "Although Zu Zhao is young, he is actually a 16-year-old boy. A humble position is not to be respected, but to talk about things. Zu Zhao can win more with less twice in a row, which shows that he is indeed extraordinary. Not only that, when I went to Xu Wu to meet him last time, I really felt that this son had a lot of literary and martial arts skills and was a rare talent.

Zhang Wen nodded slowly, looking more and more thoughtful, and did not reply immediately.

After waiting for a while, Gongsun Zun said again, "Your Excellency, in fact, in my humble opinion, this petition is really necessary. Nowadays, the disaster in Youzhou is not big or small. Although the court attaches great importance to it, there is no substantial arrangement. On the contrary, it simply shirks the matter to the adults. The reason is that the emperor judged that this matter is conservative.

When Zhang Wen heard this, his expression immediately changed and he looked at Gongsun Zang.

After a brief pause, Gongsun Zan continued: "If Captain Wen leads troops to fight against rebellion in the county, it will be the best. Even if the battle is lost and the thief is dominant, in the final analysis, it is also the responsibility of Captain Wendu's army and the unfavorable blaspense of the Youzhou pastoral thieves. Although the adults have been incompetent in supervision, they can take this opportunity to make clear to the court the cause and urge the court to allocate military resources as soon as possible to promote the formation of new recruits. At that time, calmly gather troops, first calm down the chaos of Youzhou, and then go to Yongliang to suppress the thieves, just like water.

Zhang Wen secretly praised Gongsun Zan not only because of his reputation for bravery, but also because of his strange mind. After nodding again, he said with emotion, "What Bogui said is also a way to break the boat. Well, we will visit Liushijun together tomorrow.

Liu Jianjun is Liu Yan, the pastor of Youzhou today. Although Zhang Wen is a riding general, the orders in Youzhou must be approved by the state shepherd himself before it can be counted.

Gongsun Zan said happily, "Your excellency is wise and obedient."

After Gongsun Zan left, Zhang Wen read Zu Zhao's document again and smiled and praised: "It's really a young talent."

Not long, Wang Wei, the counselor of the general's office, entered the palace to report on conscription. After discussing the conscription, Zhang Wen suddenly introduced Zu Zhao's document to Wang Wei. He had no other meaning, but just wanted to comment on Zu Zhao's literary youth. How could he know that after reading this petition, Wang Wei suddenly frowned and was about to say something, but he was a little afraid of letting the Buddha go, so he stopped talking.

When Zhang Wen saw this, he couldn't help but feel strange and asked hurriedly, "Yuanqing, why do you frown?"

Wang Wei sighed for a while before he said, "Your Excellency, if you comment on this article alone, it is really brilliant. However, Xu Wuzu's family should not be underestimated. The lower official is not slanderous. He should not have said much, but because the adult asked, he said so.

When Zhang Wen saw Wang Wei's cover-up, he couldn't help but become more and more curious and asked, "Yuan Qing, if you have something to say bluntly, why do you tell me not to underestimate Xu Wuzu's family?" To be honest, he really didn't know much about Xu Wuzu's family. The only thing he heard was that he was the patriarch of the ancestral clan. At that time, he was the governor under the command of General Du Liao, that's all.

Wang Wei looked suspicious and took a deep breath and said, "This Xu Wuxian ancestral family is actually a powerful local bully. Relying on some military achievements of the three generations of his ancestors, he was unscrupulous and unscrupulous in the county, and often did some things to annex the land and indulge his children to do wrong. Wang Han, the magistrate of Xu Wu County, wanted to punish the ancestral family for arbitrarily enclosure, but because of the great trend of the ancestral family, he could not uphold justice, but was falsely framed by the state and county bureaucrats who colluded with the ancestral family. In order to protect himself, the current county magistrate can only rely on his ancestors and flatter them in every way.

After listening to this statement, Zhang Wen was very surprised and said solemnly, "Are you really the ancestor of Xu Wuxian County? Will there be any misunderstanding? Although I don't know the people of my ancestors, how can Zu Zhao learn from Lu Zigan?

Wang Wei sighed: "Adults only know one and don't know the other. Although Zu Zhao once learned from Lu Zigan, he studied for less than half a year. The reason is not for anything else, that is, Lu Shi later noticed that his ancestors bullied one side and harmed their neighbors, so he drove him out of the door. Xu Wuzu's family has one door up and down, or one or two people with conscience, but in fact, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Adults must think twice.

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[Recently, I have repeatedly read several articles of "If You Are the One" directed by Ning Hao. No Man's Land is very detailed. Maybe the story looks very vulgar and the picture looks very depressing, but that's because it is being filmed according to the definition of "Western". Readers, in your spare time, you can read it again~!!]