Three Kingdoms Guo Jia's growth diary

Amidst the blessings of the guests, Guo Hong hung the bow and arrow on the left side of the door.With a smile on his face, Guo Xi raised his voice to praise, and tied the pure white, delicate and warm jade on Guo Jia's belt.

These ceremonies were supposed to be performed by Guo Jia's father, Guo Qi, but Guo Qi was weak and sick, and he helped his friends who were imprisoned by the party escape, and was implicated and imprisoned and tortured. He has been ill for several months.

This Guo Qi is a descendant of the offshoot of the Guo family. His members are thin, and no one has been an official for two consecutive generations, and he has no sense of presence in the family.Even though Guo Qi is talented and knowledgeable, but with such a sick body, he can't even leave the house, so what can he do?

However, the full moon wine for the nephew of the same clan should come no matter what.What's more, Guo Xi has always regretted Guo Qi's talent and experience.If he was in Yangdi at that time, he would never have allowed Guo Qi to be imprisoned.Although Yang Zhai Guo is nothing in Luoyang, but in Yingchuan, the prefect has to give up three points.If... hey...

Just looking at the specifications of the guests and banquets, one can tell how much Guo Qi values ​​Guo Jia, and this child may carry all his hopes.

I heard that ever since Guo Qi became ill, there were a few shameless clansmen jumping up and down, wanting to take over his family's farm property.But if these people are sensible, they should restrain themselves when they see him here.

In fact, Guo Xi was hooked up by Guo Qi's collection of jars of ten-year-old wine. Who knew that Guo Jia had entangled him after only a few sips of the wine.As soon as he let go, the child burst into tears, so he had no choice but to hug Guo Jia.

This was repeated twice.Guo Xi suddenly discovered that Guo Jia was crying fakely. After crying once or twice, he secretly observed his reaction. He pretended to ignore him, but Guo Jia grabbed his skirt and made a babbling sound.Or continue to fake cry, without a single tear on his face.It looked like some kind of cunning and charming little animal.

At this time, the banquet is a food-sharing system, and everyone has a food table in front of them.All dishes are divided equally, each person has one portion, each eats his own.

Guo Xi poured his own drink, while the maid served the dishes beside him.Guo Jia's nostrils fluttered, and he threw himself on the wine cup several times with his hands and feet, showing his yearning for good wine with actions.

Shouldn't a kid who just had a full moon drink alcohol?But when Guo Xi met Guo Jia's characteristic black and white clean eyes, he was defeated in one breath, and all principles were thrown out of the blue.He supported Guo Jia, dipped a drop of wine on a bamboo chopstick and fed it to the little guy.

Guo Jia's expression was intoxicated, he licked the bamboo chopsticks clean, and he still had an expression on his face, like a senior alcoholic, which made all the guests laugh.

In the fourth year of Jianning (171 A.D.), on Jiazi of the first month, Liu Hong added Yuanfu, amnesty to the world, but the party was not allowed.

In the earthquake in February, the Taiwei was dismissed after hearing of the attack, and Li Xian, a native of Runan, was appointed Taiwei.

During the plague in March, Situ Xu Xun was dismissed.Qiao Xuan served as a situ, and appointed Cai Yong, a famous scholar from Chenliu, as an official.

This Cai Yongya is good at temperament, familiar with classics and history, and has deep attainments in Fu and calligraphy.The "Feibai" calligraphy style created by him, and his daughter Cai Wenji are both famous through the ages, making countless future generations daydream.

It is said that after Dong Chong's death, Empress Dowager Dong hated Qiao Xuan deeply.But Qiao Xuan has made great contributions and seniority, and is one of the people Liu Hong respects the most.Empress Dowager Dong had nothing to do with him, and all her hatred broke out on Wu Gong, the Tingwei who was in charge of interrogating Dong Chong, saying that Wu Gong could not control his subordinates, and his talents and virtues could not convince the public, so he was demoted to a commoner.

In fact, when Wu Gong first became Tingwei, because he looked a little weak, his words and deeds always lacked a bit of momentum.Who told him not to be as calm as Guo Xi?But the recent major cases have proved Wu Gong's strength of character and talent, Chen Qiu and others are convinced of him.

Regarding the candidate for the new Tingwei, everyone turned their attention to Yingchuan Guo.

The Guo family living in Yangzhai City, Yingchuan County is also a well-dressed family, and has passed down the law for several generations.Those in charge of criminal and prison proceedings, Tingwei Zheng, Tingwei Zuojian, Youjian, Tingwei Zuo, Youping, Jue Caoyu, etc., even if they are not surnamed Guo, are mostly former students of the Guo family.This family already has six court lieutenants, and it doesn't matter if there is one more.

However, there are only a few celebrities produced by the Guo family in Yingchuan. Guo He and Guo Xun have already been buried in the earth. Guo Zhen was in his sixtieth year.Guo Qi is young, but he is sick and troubled, and it is said that he is preparing for his funeral.

Guo Xi resigned because of illness last year, which is inconvenient.Some people were so mad that they would not let go of the juniors who were only young and weak, and suggested that Guo Hong be appointed as the court captain.Who let the Guo family study the law intensively, and the clansmen almost contracted the post of Yanwei?

Guo Xi looked at his eldest son, Guo Hong. He had regular features and a slender figure. He was indeed a celebrity when he was silent.But my son knew that Guo Hong was a fool.In a time of peace and prosperity, the ruler is wise and his ministers are wise, even a court lieutenant can do the job.But right now the eunuchs are under the dictatorship, and the government and the public are in turmoil. If an honest and honest person like Guo Hong goes to Luoyang to become an official, he will be led into the gutter at any time and cannot get out.

Three days later, Qiao Xuan received a letter from Yingchuan, signed: Guo Xi Dunshou.Just a thin piece of bamboo slip, on which it is written: "Nanyang has no order, who can do it? There is no court officer in this country, who can do it?"

The phrase "Nanyang has no order" comes from "Lushi Chunqiu". Jin Pinggong asked Qi Huangyang: "There is no chief in Nanyang, who is suitable for the Nanyang order?" Qi Huangyang replied: "Xiehu is suitable."

Jin Pinggong was a little surprised, and asked: "Isn't Xiehu your enemy?" Qi Huangyang said: "You are asking who is suitable to govern Nanyang, not who is my enemy." Jin Pinggong thought: This is not true. fault.According to the words, Xie Hu was appointed as the order of Nanyang.The nobles in the capital of the Jin State all praised the appointment as very good and appropriate.

After a while, Duke Ping of Jin asked Qi Huangyang again: "The country lacks a military commander, who is suitable for this position?" Qi Huangyang replied: "Qi Wu is suitable." Duke Ping of Jin was suspicious: "Isn't Qi Wu your son? "Qi Huangyang smiled: "You asked who is suitable to be a lieutenant, but you didn't ask who is my son." Jin Pinggong felt that this made sense, and appointed Qi Wu as he said.The nobles in the capital of the Jin State all praised the appointment as very good and appropriate.

Confucius said: "Recommending outsiders does not exclude enemies, and recommending one's own does not avoid sons. Qi Huangyang can be said to be a selfless person."

Of course, Qiao Xuan knew the allusion of "respecting the virtuous but not avoiding relatives and enemies".Now, who is the most suitable to be a court lieutenant?

Qiao Xuan recommended his arch-enemy Chen Qiu as Ting Wei.The news was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, which shocked the people of the whole country.There was an uproar in the ruling and opposition parties.While people's jaws dropped in shock, they spontaneously felt reverence for Qiao Xuan.Mr. Qiao, Mr. Qiao, if you don't accept the water and the soil, I will obey you.

Qiao Xuan's reputation has reached an unprecedented height.Even Liu Hong looked at him with admiration.

In July, Liu Hong got married and made Song the queen.Twelve eunuchs including Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, and Jian Shuo were appointed as Zhongchang attendants.

In October, Xianbei invaded and merged with the state.

In the first year of Xiping (AD 172), in May, Ting Wei Chen Qiu impeached the great eunuch Hou Lan for his monopoly and extravagance.There are dozens of crimes in total, and the evidence is conclusive.

Hou Lan's official seal and ribbon were confiscated, and he committed suicide at home to apologize.

After Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong took power, they were even more greedy than Hou Lan. They allowed their clansmen to exploit states and counties and harm the people.The power of the Han Dynasty is declining day by day.

Someone impeached the tenth servant, but Liu Hong said: "Zhang Changshi is my father, and Zhao Changshi is my mother. Don't be harsh."

An emperor can actually say such a thing and regard the eunuch as a close relative.Qiao Xuan felt that it was impossible to accomplish anything if he continued to stay in the court.He was disheartened, and asked to resign, claiming that he was ill. He resigned three times in a row, but Liu Hong refused to approve.

Qiao Xuan is also a ruthless person. Liu Hong refused to let him resign, so he impeached Liu Hong's little friend Gai Sheng.

The relationship between Taizhong doctor Gai Sheng and Liu Hong is extraordinary.When he was the prefect of Nanyang, he embezzled hundreds of millions of money. Of course, all the money was used to please Liu Hong.

Qiao Xuan demanded that Gai Sheng's illegally obtained property be confiscated and Gai Sheng be detained pending trial.

Liu Hong was in a dilemma. On the one hand was his good friend Gai Sheng.On one side is his respected veteran.Forget it, resign if you have to.

Thus, Qiao Xuan successfully resigned.However, he had just been idle for a few months, and was appointed Doctor Guanglu by Liu Hong, and later became a Taiwei.

In the first year of Guanghe (AD 178), Chen Qiu was promoted to Sikong last year, and the position of Tingwei was vacant for more than a month, and there was no suitable candidate.Guo Xi was jointly recommended by several former colleagues and served as Ting Wei again.

Being recommended to be an official these days is really not a good thing, because you need to pay a large amount of "appointment money" to take up the post with glory.

It is said that there are also honest and honest officials who were forced to death by the postal supervisor who came to Liu Hong's door to urge money because they could not pay their appointment money.

Guo Xi suspected that those recommenders had grudges against him. He recalled all the absurd things he had done since he became an official. count.Last month, together with Guo Jia, he blackmailed an old Taoist priest for monkey wine brought from the mountains.In the end, I didn't figure out whether these referees were avenging their personal revenge, or they simply thought that the surname of Tingwei should be Guo.I had no choice but to borrow a huge sum of money from my tribe to go to Luoyang to take up the post.

Along the way, Guo Xi, who was heavily indebted for no reason, was depressed: Why recommend this old man without any grudges?I don't know if the old man is poor and can't afford to pay his salary?

In the second year of Guanghe (AD 179), in March, the youngest son of Taiwei Qiao Xuan was kidnapped by three gangsters while playing in front of his house, and dragged into an unoccupied attic in Qiao's residence.The robber hid in the attic and shouted, asking Qiao Xuan to redeem him with money.

Officials in charge of public security in the capital, Sili Xiaowei Yangqiu, Henan Yin, and Luoyang county magistrate rushed to the scene and ordered officers and soldiers to surround Qiao's mansion.But the hostage is Mr. Qiao's youngest son, Jia Jiabao's darling.Yang Qiu and the others were worried that the robbers would tear up their tickets and kill Qiao Xuan's son, so they did not order the attack hastily.

According to the law of the Han Dynasty, taking hostages is a serious crime and must be punished by death.Even if it was to protect the hostages, it would be a serious dereliction of duty to let the robbers go.If the robbers escaped, Yang Qiu, the captain of Sili, would be in charge.

Seeing that the robbers were about to take the hostages and escape, Qiao Xuan's eyes were about to burst, and he shouted loudly: "A traitor has nothing to do with him, how could Xuan use his life as a traitor to the country!"

"How can I, Qiao Xuan, indulge a national traitor just because I cherish the life of a son!" Qiao Xuan actually wanted to give Yang Qiu the courage to let him catch the robbers.

So Yang Qiu ordered to attack the robbers, and the robbers were killed, but Qiao Xuan's youngest son also died in the chaos.

Qiao Xuan was very sad, and entered the palace and asked Emperor Liu Hong to issue an edict: "Anyone who takes hostages will be killed, and no treasures can be used to redeem the hostages, so that criminals can profit."

In the past few years, the law and order in the capital has become worse and worse. The robbers treated the single children as money bags with legs, and kidnapped a few of them if they had nothing to do, and asked the parents to exchange them for money.

Ever since Qiao Xuan asked Liu Hong to issue an edict that "all hostage-taking should be executed without hesitation", there has been no kidnapping and extortion incident in Luoyang City, and the common people respect Duke Qiao as a god.

Speaking of Qiao Xuan's youngest son, Qiao Zheng, Guo Xi met Hong Xing and Shao Xian against Du's family.The child was only ten years old, he was always playful and didn't eat well, he was thin and small, with a disheveled face.To put it mildly, the clothes are simple and neat, but in fact, because Qiao Xuan was too clean and honest as an official, and his family was very poor, the son of a merchant in Luoyang West Market dressed better than Qiao Zheng.

In short, if you throw Qiao Zheng on the street, you won't be able to tell that he is the son of an official family. If you say that he is the young son of the Taiwei family, who would believe it?

On the day of the incident, Qiao Zheng was playing outside the house with a few friends.Among those friends were the son of Tai Changqing, and the daughter of Dr. Jijiu (principal of the Taiyuan), all of them had better clothes than Qiao Zheng, and their families were richer than him.If the robber wasn't blind, and his head hadn't been pinched by the door, it wouldn't be possible to tie Qiao Zheng no matter what he chose, right?

Kidnapping the son of an obviously poor high official to ask for money is better than kidnapping the son of a wealthy businessman. At least he can get a little more money without alarming Captain Sili and being surrounded by a group of officers and soldiers.What are the robbers trying to do?

After the robbers hijacked Qiao Zheng, they didn't find a secret and safe place to hide first, and they could still get away with extorting money.Instead, he entered the attic of Qiao's mansion and made a commotion with hundreds of officers and soldiers from Sili Xiaowei, Henan Yin, and Luoyang County. This behavior is really abnormal.Could it be that the robber's head was indeed caught by the door?

At that time, according to the law, if Qiao Xuan used money to redeem his youngest son in public, he would be charged with adultery and banditry.If Qiao Xuan did not redeem him and let the robbers hold Qiao Zheng to escape, Sili Captain Yang Qiu would be impeached for dereliction of duty; if the robbers escaped and then killed the hostages, Yang Qiu would be convicted of serious dereliction of duty...

From this point of view, the loopholes in Han Law are a bit big.The actions of the three robbers did not seem to be purely asking for money, but more like deliberately taking advantage of this legal loophole to drag Qiao Xuan and Yang Qiu into the water.

It's a pity that the person who set up this game didn't know Qiao Xuan, his stamina and perseverance.Hard stone is carved into pillars, which will only break, not bend.

Guo Xi had the cheek to ask Yang Qiu to borrow the bodies of the three robbers, and asked the people from Tingwei Mansion to investigate.

At the beginning, he had no idea, but Guo Xi firmly believed that there must be a brave man under the reward, so he posted a notice offering a high price for the identification of the corpse, and finally someone provided the identity information of the robber.According to the investigation, before the three robbers held Qiao Zheng hostage, they all received a large amount of money from unknown sources.According to the mother of one of the robbers, the money was given to her son by a man named Wang Dajiao.Wang Dajiao was finally confirmed to be an attendant of Wang Meng of Yongle Shaofu.

It is not easy to find out the matter here. Wang Meng is the godson of the great eunuch Wang Fu, and he can walk sideways in Luoyang City.

But even if some people don't provoke Wang Fu's godson, it's impossible for Wang Fu to suddenly take a liking to him.

Sunshine and shadows divided Guo Xi's long figure into two halves. He leaned against the guardrail, with a smile on his lips, and cast an encouraging look at his confidants, "Weizhang, you don't have too many debts, and you don't hate too many lice." Bite, who are we afraid of in the Tingwei Mansion? Just go and investigate, I will take care of it if something goes wrong."

Zhao Ang (styled as Weizhang): "..." Is it really okay for you to be so broken?

Few people know that when Guo Xi is serious, he really looks like a kind and kind elder.The premise is that you have not witnessed him smiling with the corners of his lips curled up.When Guo Xi laughed, his whole body exuded a sinister aura, evil and with its own bewitching effect, like a gentle scum who was about to lure a good woman into a brothel in the next moment.

Ten days later, Wang Meng was imprisoned for ordering the robbers to kidnap Qiao Xuan's son.Since the kidnapping case was handled by Yang Qiu at the beginning, both Guo Xi and Yang Qiu rushed to interrogate Wang Meng. In the end, the emperor Liu Hong made a decision: the case should be tried by Yang Qiu, and Wang Meng was transferred from Tingwei Prison to Sisu School. Wei Luoyang Prison.

It is said that this was what Wang Fu meant, because to Wang Fu, mosquitoes that sting and sing in the middle of the night; peaches that only found half worms after taking a bite; .In contrast, Yangqiu had a concubine who was the daughter of Zhongchang servant Cheng Huang. This eunuch's son-in-law was at least half of his own, so he must have some kind of love, anyway, he must be more reliable than Guo Xi.

Because Tingwei Guoxi had not paid his appointment money, Wang Fu found a Huang Menling to be in charge of collecting debts, paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, so as not to break the court's rule of selling officials.

It is said that the last postal supervisor who was ordered to collect debts did not even see Mr. Ting Wei, but was scared to pee by several vicious officials in soap clothes who were in charge of arresting criminals.Those officials in black clothes had the confidence of officials and the ferocity of robbers, and they were leading two big hounds half a person's height, which was really scary.

Huang Menling summoned dozens of guards with knives, and finally plucked up the courage to go to Ting Wei's mansion to block the door. Who knew that he was in vain, only to see a thin hemp rope hanging dangling from the beam of the house. The official seal, Guo Xi hung the seal and returned three days ago. It is said that he has not returned to Yangdi's hometown, and he does not know where he went.

Ever since his youngest son died tragically before his eyes, Qiao Xuan had been ill and was about to resign from office to recuperate.But the excuse of claiming to be sick has been used rottenly, and it is like pretending to be sick if you are really sick.Qiao Xuan's resignation form was refreshing. He blamed himself for the catastrophic events that happened in the past few years, such as solar eclipses, earthquakes, and fires of unknown causes in the palace, and asked to take the blame and resign.

Qiao Xuan roughly said: "Blame me, blame me, eclipses, earthquakes and floods, meteors falling to the ground, and the fire in Nanyuan are all blamed on me. The induction between heaven and man must be the responsibility of the Taiwei."

This letter of resignation is already awesome, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have nothing to say, because there have been more than a dozen Taiwei changes in these years, all because of disasters such as solar eclipses and earthquakes.There is nothing wrong with Qiao Xuan's reason for not being a captain.

With the vacancy of the Taiwei, Emperor Liu Hong has another official position that can be sold, and the price is clearly marked at [-] million yuan.

However, since the eunuch took power, Taiwei has become an honorary position, with little real power at all.Only a fool is willing to pay 2000 million yuan to buy a Taiwei who may be dismissed at any time and go back to his hometown in minutes.It's better to spend [-] million yuan to buy a county prefect, which is cheap and affordable. Not only can you easily recoup your capital, but you may even make a lot of money.

So the Taiwei became a slow-selling commodity, and no one cared about it.Liu Hong had no choice but to carry out discount promotions and sell them at a low price with tears.In the end, the famous general Duan Jiong paid 1000 million yuan and became a captain at a discounted price of [-]%.

In April, when Wang Fu Xiumu was not in the palace, Wei Yangqiu, the principal of Sili, entered the palace to meet Liu Hong. Since Wang Fu ordered his godson Wang Meng to kidnap Qiao Xuan's youngest son, Wang Fu's various evil deeds in recent years have all been explained. Shake it out.Request to kill the thief minister Wang Fu.

It just so happened that the palace was haunted recently, and it was said that Wang Fu framed it, and the whole clan of males were killed. Empress Song, who died unjustly in the violent room, couldn't let go of her resentment and turned into a ghost.

When Empress Song was alive, Shujing was polite, elegant and dignified, she never showed her teeth when she smiled, she was a standard daughter of a family.Liu Hong doesn't like this old-fashioned and boring woman at all, but when he thinks that Empress Song has become a ghost, Liu Hong, who has always believed in the destiny of ghosts and gods, is a little afraid of her.

No wonder Liu Hong is superstitious, after all, for Liu Hong, apart from the destiny and the blessing of ghosts and gods, what other power can make him, a little Tinghou, suddenly inherit the throne?Look at the good deeds Wang Fu did, he killed the Queen of Song, and even unjustly killed the Queen's father and brother.Damn it.

Besides, even if he didn't mention the fear of ghosts, Liu Hong couldn't bear Wang Fu's domineering and tyrannical power, and wanted to punish him a long time ago.

Yang Qiu received the imperial edict to arrest Wang Fu and his henchmen, and tied Wang Fu, Wang Fu's other godson Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji, and the new Taiwei Duan Jiong, who flattered Wang Fu, and sent them to prison overnight.

It was said to be an interrogation, but Yang Qiu didn't interrogate or ask anything at all. He just tortured Wang Fu himself, beating and beating, and torture after torture.

After tasting all eighteen kinds of torture, his mouth was filled with mud, and there was not even a single tooth left. The inhuman Wang Fu curled up in the dust, vaguely thinking of Guo Xi, that man was really gentle in his trial. Ah, never abusing punishment, why did he dislike Guo Xi at the beginning?

After Wang Fu died, he was reunited with his two godsons in Huangquan.His body was displayed at the gate of the city by Yang Qiu, and was licked by wild dogs.

Duan Yu also died. He and Zhang Huan were listed as the "Three Mings of Liangzhou".One lost his life out of nowhere because he went to flatter the eunuch's stinky feet.One was dismissed from office and paralyzed in bed because he refused to be attached to the eunuch.Can't tell which is worse.

Guo Xi lingered in front of Xun Yu's tomb for a long time, caressing the tombstone and said quietly: "Bo Xiu, Bo Xiu, Wang Fu has been executed. This place is green with green mountains and green waters. You must be very comfortable sleeping here. Unlike me, who worked hard and died , went to drink and drink, and unexpectedly brought back a brat."

He has been a minister all his life, but as a result, the government is getting worse and worse, and the situation is going down.As a friend, the old friend Xun Yu died in the ground, with grass half the height of a person on the grave.As an uncle, he accidentally turned Guo Jia into a little prodigal son.The only consolation is that in Yingchuan, there are as many celebrities as dogs, and hermits walk everywhere.From now on, whether it's a drink or a song, you don't have to worry about having no one to keep you company.

Later, Guo Hong became an official.As expected by everyone: he is the seventh court lieutenant of the Yangdi Guo family in Yingchuan.