The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Chen Zhi was threading the needle and threading, and was kneeling on the seat, doing the female red, when she saw Xun Zhen come in, and watched Xun Zhen frown and seemed to be gloomy, she put down her work and asked, "Husband, what's the matter? unhappy."

Xun Zhen sat down beside the bed, sighed, and said, "It's hard!"

"What's so difficult?" Chen Zhi asked inexplicably.

Xun Zhen picked up the water on the table beside the bed, took a sip, and said, "It's hard to be a person, it's hard to do things, and it's even more difficult to do things well without going against your conscience! Young master, since I started the army in Yingchuan, Looking back over the past ten years, I have asked myself, whether I am dealing with rebels, enemies, or friends, I am worthy of my conscience. Today, I have to do something against my conscience!"

Chen Zhi had never seen Xun Zhen look like this before. She knew that something must have happened. She became serious and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xun Zhen asked the maids in the waiting room to go out. He and Chen Zhi were the only ones left. He poisoned Qin Xiang to Kong Rong, "forced" Qin Gan to write Qin Xiang and ordered Qin Xiang to commit suicide, and then went to Xun Xun by himself. Cheng, asked Xun Cheng to look for Kong Rong's fault, create public opinion, etc., and tell Chen Zhi one by one. Finally, he sighed again and said: "Forcing his father to kill his son, Kong Beihai has already died and contaminates him. Name, Young Master, I deeply feel that I have done these two things too much! To be honest, I don't know how I feel right now, it's all mixed up!"

Chen Zhi was shocked, she kept silent, first digested Qin Xiang's poisoning of Kong Rong, then looked at Xun Zhen, and asked, "Husband, you originally ordered the fashionable officials to go to Beihai to execute Qin Xiang, Why did you change your mind and send Qin Gan to write Qin Xiang?"

Chen Zhidi's own wife had nothing to hide, Xun Zhen told the truth and said, "Fashion risked my anger and repeatedly interceded for Qin Xiang, saying that Qin Xiang was Duke Qin's favorite son, which reminded me. Young Master, when I was the head of Fanyang Pavilion in the past, Duke Qin was the chief clerk of the county, so I was also the chief official; now, from my old Yingchuan in Xu, I have more respect for Duke Qin; I think about it, If you don't care about Fashion's pleas, and decide to use the military law to kill Qin Xiang, I may make Duke Qin, Shishang and others feel that I am unsympathetic, so I change my mind, and I ask Shishang to invite Duke Qin to see me."

"Qin Gong understood what you meant, so he offered to write to Qin Xiang and make him commit suicide."

Xun Zhen sighed, "When Duke Qin said these words, the tears did not stop flowing, and my heart ached at the time!"

"I understand this matter, then I will ask my husband again. Since Qin Xiang has gone to write to Qin Qian and made him commit suicide, this can be regarded as an explanation for Kong Beihai and Beihai scholars, but why did my husband ask Xun Cheng to collect Kong Beihai again? Beihai's fault and stigma?"

Xun Zhen said: "You and I know that the poisoning of Kong Beihai was not at my own will, but those scholars from Beihai, Qingzhou, and even the mainland may not believe this, so killing Qin Xiang can't be redeemed. His incident may cause huge damage to my reputation! Out of desperation, I had no choice but to resort to this, hoping to alleviate Shilin's accusation against me in the name of smearing Beihai's death!"

"Husband, do you think you have to do these two things that disturb your conscience, or can you not do them?"

Xun Zhen was puzzled by Chen Zhi's question, and said, "If I could not do these two things, why would I do it? Young Master, do you think I am willing to have a disturbed conscience? How could I have the heart to force him to kill his beloved son? Kong Beihai, this dude... Although he is not of my own kind, he is high, loyal and upright. ?"

"If that's the case, why should my husband blame himself too much?"

Xun Zhen was stunned and asked, "Young Master, what do you mean by that?"

"After all, the source of these things is that Qin Xiang poisoned Kong Beihai without authorization! The two things that my husband did next were trying to make up for the big mistakes made by Qin Xiang. Although they made my husband's conscience uneasy, they were not my husband. The original intention of the husband is to do it as a last resort. Husband, the two things you did next are not wrong, maybe against the feelings of the husband, but they are all for the sake of maintaining the overall situation!"

Xun Zhen was silent for a while, then raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "Young Master! The truth is my interpretation of Yuhua!"

Chen Zhi got up from the seat, sat down beside the bed, leaned into Xun Zhen's arms, and said softly, "Husband, the guilt may not disappear for a long time, but the concubine thinks that this is a good thing."

Xun Zhen embraced her and said, "Is that a good thing?"

"One shows that the husband of the humble concubine is a gentleman with a conscience; on the other hand, with this guilt in the husband's heart, the husband should be able to better restrain his works and do more good governance in the future." Chen Zhi's words were like a clear spring. , Gurgling into Xin'er's heart, the feelings of self-blame and guilt are gradually appeased.

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Gentlemen, good governance is enough! Young lord, I just hope you don't ask me if I want to be Dong Zhuo, I'll be satisfied!" Holding Chen Zhi's waist, she said, "My family If you have a good wife, how dare you do what Dong Zhuo does?"

These words entered Chen Zhi's ears. After all, they had been married for a long time, and they knew Xun Zhen too well. Chen Zhi's heart moved, and she raised her face and asked: "Husband, tell the truth to the concubine, as soon as you get home, you will Telling the concubine that your conscience is uneasy, and saying such a big deal, is it because you are worried that the concubine will question you again after hearing about Kong Beihai being poisoned?"

How could Xun Zhen answer her question? He just said: "Young Master, you are very important in my heart, you know it! I am not afraid of anything, I am afraid that you will be angry! Young Master, your smiling face is the most beautiful flower in my eyes."

Chen Zhi almost shuddered, pushed Xun Zhen away, and then returned to the seat to sit down, picked up Nv Hong, and was about to start again, remembering what Xun Zhen said just now, and she didn't have a chance to ask just now, She then asked: "Husband, just now you said that Kong Beihai is not the same as husband,...Husband, what do you mean by that?"

"I highly respect Kong Beihai's virtues and talents, but I have a fundamental difference with him. He doesn't regard the same rank as the leader of the country, but I feel that I am no different from the common people. Although I am a scholar, I am Also people."

These words came to my ears, Chen Zhicong fingered the needle and fell into deep thought.

But what did Xun Zhen mean by these words? "Homotopy" also means the same, the same kind. What he said was that Kong Rong regarded himself as a "scholar" and did not regard himself as equal to the common people; but Xun Zhen regarded himself as a member of the common people.

In fact, Xun Zhen's evaluation of Kong Rong is quite correct.

Not to mention anything else, let's take the case of "the father was mourned, weeping on the side of the tomb, his appearance was not haggard, and he was killed by Wenju". Just because he didn't cry too much, Kong Rong thought that man was unfilial. And kill it, what is this? This is an act of superiority, and why would such an act of superiority and life and death be taken? It is precisely because the common people are not regarded as the same kind.

Of course, having said that, although we have not yet reached the era of natural barriers between scholars and people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there has long been a gap between the scholars and the people. People with ideas like Confucius are not among the scholars. Not uncommon and not surprising.

But needless to say.

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A few days later, the letters from Qin Qian and Xun Zhen arrived in Beihai County one after another.

Xun Cheng opened Xun Zhen's letter and couldn't wait to read it, but seeing that the letter was not long, he only wrote the content of asking him to collect Kong Rong's evil things, but there was no mention of how to deal with Qin Xiang's poisoning of Kong Rong. .

After reading the letter, Xun Cheng was in a daze with suspicion, and Sima Liu Zhi, who was under his tent, rushed into the tent in a panic. He couldn't wait for the bow to be finished, and while bowing down, he said anxiously: "Ming Gong, Chang Shi committed suicide. !"

Xun Cheng came back to his senses and said, "Changshi?"

"Qin Xiang! Duke Ming, Qin Xiang committed suicide!"

Xun Cheng stood up suddenly and said, "Take me there!"

Liu Zhi led the way and led Xun Cheng to Qin Xiang's tent.

Qin Xiang's tent is not far from Xun Cheng's tent, and he will arrive soon. Outside and inside the tent, there were already many military officers gathered. Seeing Xun Cheng approaching, the officials stopped talking to each other, saluted one after another, and made way. Xun Cheng stepped into the tent quickly and looked at it.

But seeing Qin Xiang neatly dressed, lying on the bed with his hands folded and placed on his chest, black blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, and a jug falling on the ground.

"Why commit suicide?"

One of Qin Xiang's subordinates panicked and replied, "Report to Duke Ming, in the morning, Chang Shi received a letter from his father, Duke Qin. , Chang Shi has never been out of the account. Just now, the subordinate waited to deliver lunch to Chang Shi, but when he entered the tent, he found that Chang Shi had committed suicide by taking poison."

"What about the letter?"

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The subordinate brought the porcelain pot in the corner of the tent and said, "Changshi must have burned the letter."

Xun Cheng glanced at the black ashes remaining in the porcelain basin, and then turned his gaze back to Qin Xiang, who was out of breath at some point on the bed, and did not speak for a while. He had already guessed the reason for Qin Xiang's suicide, and also guessed why Xun Zhen's letter did not mention the reason why Qin Xiang killed Kong Rong by poisoning. Qin Xiang had been an official under his account for quite some time, and the two were fellow villagers of Yingyin, and their relationship was still very good. Although Xun Cheng was also furious when he heard that Qin Xiang poisoned Kong Rong, Seeing him commit suicide now, I can't help feeling sorry.

Liu Zhi called him softly and said, "Ming Gong?"

Xun Cheng waved his hand weakly and said, "Send someone immediately to transport Chang Shi's body back to Xuzhou and hand it over to Duke Qin."

Liu Zhi responded, "No!"

Xun Cheng thought about it for a while, and then said, "Tell Wang Xiu, and the county officials in Beihai Prefecture, that Qin Xiang has committed suicide because he knows he has committed a serious crime."

Liu Zhi responded, "No!"

Returning to his tent, Xun Cheng felt quite depressed, and in addition to his depression, his anger rose.

He took off his waist sword and slammed it on the case, thinking to himself, "If you don't make up your own mind and act daringly, why would you die today? It's your own fault!" To collect information about Kong Rong's evil deeds, you have to be a confidant!" He put away the letter, sent orders to go out, and called Liu Zhi and Zhang Wen to see him.

Not long after, Zhang Wen arrived.

Liu Zhigang was about to deal with the two matters that Xun Cheng had on behalf of, but suddenly he was summoned by Xun Cheng again, so he temporarily put those two matters aside and hurried over.

Zhang Wen is the son of Zhang Zhong, the former Wuguan Zhu of Yingchuan County; Liu Zhi is the son of Liu Ru. Like Qin Xiang, both of them are the second generation of Xunzhen Yingchuan's old friendship. As far as credibility is concerned, there is absolutely no problem with the two of them.

Xun Cheng then informed the two of Xun Zhen's instructions, and after finishing speaking, he ordered: "This matter is of great importance, you two should handle it as soon as possible, this is one thing; You know, this is the second one. Remember?"

Liu Zhi and Zhang Wen replied: "Ming Gong rest assured, this matter will be handled properly for Ming Gong!"

"Very well, let's go."

Liu Zhi then went to deal with the two matters of sending Qin Xiang's body to Xuzhou and reporting that Beihai County official Qin Xiang committed suicide by taking poison. After that, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com and Zhang Wen began to visit Beihai County and did not deal with Kong Rong. The literati, such as the relatives and friends of Zuo Chengzu who was killed, visited the common people, and even the Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turbans who had not been escorted to Xu, they did not let go. Great work on the material. There is no need to say more about this.

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Xun Cheng, Zhao Yun, Huang Qian and other troops handed over to the county soldiers sent by Taishan and Langya on the one hand, and transferred the surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers to their custody, escorted them to Xuzhou, and at the same time appeased the counties they had acquired; , to take those counties that had not been attacked before, except for a few counties such as Yuling that did not surrender, and the rest of the cities that had not been conquered except for the strong attacked the city, when Xun Cheng and other troops arrived, all of them sacrificed the city and surrendered.

About half a month later, Qingzhou was roughly settled.

Xun Zhen went up to the center.

The previous paragraph reads: At the request of the Qingzhou scholars, he sent troops into the Qing Dynasty to suppress the Yellow Turbans.

The latter part reads: With the active response of the people of Qingzhou, the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou have now been eliminated, and the suffering of the people of Qingzhou has been resolved. I request the imperial court to appoint the governor of Qingzhou to take office in Qingzhou; Xun Cheng was the prefect of Qingzhou.

At the end of the above table, another paragraph is written, which reads: The county governors of the Qingzhou counties either died in the Yellow Turban chaos, or abandoned the soil and fled. Now the only governor of the Qingzhou counties is Chen Mai, the prime minister of the state of Qi. I have no chief officials, so please ask the court to appoint suitable officials to serve in the prefectures; similarly, before the officials appointed by the court arrive, the prime ministers of Zhao Yunping, Qin Qianle'an, Tian Kai, Jinan, Guo Jun, and Beihai are selected. , Huang Qian Donglai phase.

On the day of the announcement, Xun Chengcheng, who received the news in advance, took office.

Xun Cheng successively led the way, including Liu Qianqingzhou Biejia, Sun Qianqingzhou Zhizhong, and Wang Xiu, who were involved in Qingzhou.

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The news reached Ye County.