The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen was shocked. Except for a few people in the prefect's palace last night, Xun Zhen didn't even mention Tang Er, Xuan Kang, and Li Bo about the matter of "governing the north of the county". How did Xi Zhi know about it?

He asked, "How did you know that?"

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Qing Fang left the city as soon as he took office, this must be Xingxian. Now that Xingxian has been established, with your resolute actions in Xixiang, you will definitely not fail to act in the future. Wen Qingyan, you have seen I have been to the prefect, and now I see you chatting with me. Although we are talking and laughing at Yan Yan, I often look far away unconsciously, thinking about it, if the prefect is about to rectify the north of the county, and he sends the minister to do it, the minister will do it again. How can this be so?

Xun Zhen admired it, and said, "You see a little knowledge, and when you say it like this, I seem like someone who can't hide what's on my mind." Seeing that since he guessed it, he didn't hide it, sighed, and said, "Zhicai, You guessed right, the lord of the government is indeed planning to send me to govern the north of the county. The government of the north of the county is not optimistic. Let me tell you the truth, I am visiting the county this time, and I just want to collect the wind from the north of the county. Yao, I'm familiar with the local situation, but I really didn't expect the people's livelihood in the north of the county to be so difficult! After I walked around the north of the county, I really want to clarify the north of the county and restore the people to a bright sky. It's just that my ability is limited, I am deeply worried that I will not be able to handle this matter well.” Because of asking him, “…, Qingzhi’s talent is ten times better than mine, can you teach me?”

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said, "Qing's worries, I'm afraid it's not my own, but the prefect."

"How do you say that?"

"Your Excellency is in Xixiang, and your benevolence is enough to benevolent, and your power is enough to harass traitors. Although Xixiang is small, you can see that you are talented, and it is only in the north of the county. What is the reason? I can't show my eyebrows now. Prefect." Xi Zhicai adjusted his sitting position, leaned back against the big tree in the courtyard, pointed at Xun Zhen with his finger, and said with a smile, "You must be worried that the prefect will not be ruthless, and will not be able to punish the traitors and the evil."

Xun Zhen was amazed and said, "The one who knows me is your lord. ... Your ambition was good, but the prefect was really hesitant. Although the lord of the government has decided to send me to rule the north of the county, I have also made up my mind to eradicate harm to the people. If there is no support from the ruler of the government, there is a comparison: I am also a clever woman, and it is difficult to cook without rice!" Then he asked the plan, "You are a genius, there must be a clever trick to teach me. I would like to hear it."

"The prefect can do good, but can't punish evil, which shows that he wants to be virtuous, but he doesn't want to bring disaster." Xi Zhicai's analysis of Yin Xiu is exactly the same as that of Xun Yu, he said, "Today's strategy, if we want to completely rectify In the north of the county, there are only two strategies, one is the upper strategy and the other is the lower strategy.”

"Want to hear it."

"The best policy is to persuade the prefect. The next policy is to kill first and then file."

Xun Zhen thought to himself: "'First beheaded and then played'?" Immediately remembered the two people who were mentioned by Guo Tu at the prefectural hall last night: Cen Ye and Zhao Du. These two people, one did not follow the edict to kill, the other did not obey the law, and in the end, one was desperate, and the other was convicted and died. If it is "cut first and then play", wouldn't it be the same as them? He said: "I would like to hear the best policy."

Xi Zhicai laughed and said: "The so-called best policy is the perfect policy. In the world, how can there be a perfect one? It's not always as good as it should be. The prefect will not change his mind easily when it comes to the life of the family. . With the respect of the postal supervisor in the northern part of the Qing Dynasty, there is still nothing that can be done. I am a country man, how can I have a way to persuade him? This strategy is difficult to do."

Xun Zhen was dumbfounded, but recalling the books she had read in her previous life, it was indeed as Xi Zhicai said: As long as there is a strategy for a strategist, if there are three strategies, top, middle and bottom, the best strategy is basically impossible to achieve, and said as if complaining. : "Since it is difficult to do, why should you say it!"

Xi Zhicai laughed and said, "Let's talk for a while." His answer was honest, and Xun Zhen had nothing to say. With Xi Zhicai's ingenuity and ingenuity, he still had nothing to do with Yin Xiu, and Xun Yu was the same, so Xun Zhen gave up on the best strategy of "persuading Yin Xiu" and stopped thinking about it. Since it is impossible to convince Yin Xiu, then the only way left seems to be "beheading first and then playing"? After being silent for a while, he stopped talking about this matter, changed the subject, raised his spirit, and instead talked about what he had seen in the north of the county, and did not talk about the suffering of people's livelihood. remains.

When Xi Zhicai saw that he had changed the subject, he stopped mentioning it. He was very interested in military affairs. Whenever Xun Zhen mentioned an ancient battlefield or a mountain, river and forest, he often did not wait for Xun Zhen to talk about it any more. Come together, comment on it in detail, and discuss it. Xun Zhen had experience in previous life, and after crossing the border, he had also put a lot of effort into military affairs. If nothing else, at least he was familiar with the art of war and could "talk about war on paper". The conversation between the two became more and more speculative.

It wasn't until the moon was in the middle of the sky, and the courtyard was like stagnant water, that Xun Zhen suddenly realized that it was already late at night.

"Oh, before I knew it, it was getting late. Brother Zhicai, I'll leave now."

Xi Zhicai knew that he was now the postal supervisor in the north, and there must be a way to cope with the curfew, and he would be discharged from the hospital without stopping him. Xi Zhicai's wife has been staying in the kitchen. Seeing that he is leaving now, it would be rude to not come out again, so she went out to send him. Xun Zhen walked out of the hospital, said goodbye with a long bow, got up and stood still, inadvertently brushed over the head of Xi Zhicai's wife, and was startled that most of her hair was missing.

"This? You,..."

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "My wife's hair has become a drink in your stomach."

"This, this,..." This change greatly surprised Xun Zhen, and he thought to himself, "I said why she hid in the kitchen and never came out! It turned out to be because she cut her hair and changed food and drink for me, so I didn't I would like to show it to others." I didn't know what to say, and finally said, "Oh, why is this necessary? Isn't there still money? If the money is not enough, I still have it here, so why cut my hair?"

Xi Zhicai's wife said: "My husband doesn't give up your money, that's because you are friends. Today, you are eating at my house, and I am the host, so I can't stop my friendship, so how can I use your money to invite you to dinner?" ' Her cheeks were flushed, and she seemed rather embarrassed to have her hair cut, but she spoke firmly.

Xun Zhen was filled with emotion and said, "Zhicai, you have a beautiful wife! Only such a beautiful woman can be worthy of your talent!" Fu said to Xi Zhicai's wife, "Only brother Zhicai is Only such a wonderful person can be worthy of you." Xi Zhicai's family was very poor and poor, but looking at the poor scene of their family from outside the courtyard at this time, it gave Xun Zhen another warm feeling. .

He thought: "Counting the time, my brother Zhong should have been to Chen's house and paid for it. Maybe a letter will come in a few days. I don't know what kind of woman that Chen Qun's concubine is?" I hope that Chen Qun's concubine will be more beautiful than a fairy, and I never expect her to do what she wants. If the adoption and divination go well, the two can get married. After marriage, I have never thought about whether they will be in love. The marriage between the big clans was not for this. In fact, since he crossed over, he has been thinking about protecting his life, and he doesn't pay much attention to marriage. However, at this moment, he is really envious of Xi Zhicai. .

...

After sending Xun Zhen away, Xi Zhicai and his wife closed the courtyard door and returned to the courtyard.

Xi Zhicai helped his wife clean up the food and wine, and asked with concern, "You stayed in the kitchen in the middle of the night, are you hungry?"

"Did the husband leave some food for the concubine when he was serving wine and food? The concubine has eaten it."

Xi Zhicai nodded and helped his wife clean up. After the two bathed, they entered the room hand in hand, without lighting the lamp, they got on the bed by the moonlight. He sat against the wall and suddenly said, "Zhenzhi is afraid that something will happen to her."

His wife was **** when she heard the words, stopped her hand, hit him lightly, and said reluctantly, "Jun Xun treats you as a confidant, how can you curse him?"

"It wasn't me who cursed him. He treated me as a confidant, how could I not know it? In today's world, the world chooses scholars by their clan surnames, and when scholars interact, they look at each other's clan surname. Xian, and his family is poor, and since the beginning of his hair, he has only made four or five friends. Even among my friends, there are not many who can treat me like Zhenzhi!

"In the past, when he was in Xixiang, he often received letters, often accompanied by gifts. Sometimes I didn't reply, and he didn't get annoyed. The letters were still the same. Now he is the postal supervisor of the north, the top of the county, and he has only been in office for 20 days. , I went to the door of our house twice, walked in plain clothes, was gentle and gentle, not proud of her power, and what was even more rare was that she did not look down on Amei, Afan, and Axi, a young boy who was as poor as me, and treated me well. My friends treat me like me.... Among my friends, Wen Ruo and Yulang are the best. In terms of Fengshen's beauty, their virginity is not as good as Yulang's, in terms of elegance and serenity, their virginity is not as good as Wenruo's, but in terms of being with people Jiaozhi is in love with each other, and Yulang and Wenruo are not as good as Zhenzhi. He regards me as a confidant, and although I don’t meet him much, I actually regard him as a confidant. How can I curse him? "

"Then why do you say he won't live long?"

"Because he doesn't know how to take care of himself."

"What's the meaning?"

"You must have heard our conversation under the tree tonight in the kitchen. When it comes to 'governing the county north', he asked me what to do? I said there are two strategies. He asked me what the best strategy should be. I laughed and said that this strategy is difficult to do. After that, he remained silent. Looking at his expression, it seemed that he meant to do my best. If we do, then Cen Long and Zhang Jian will not be far behind.

Xi Zhicai's wife did not know how to read. After marrying Xi Zhicai, Xi Zhicai taught her to read and write, and often told her stories about famous people in the world. She knew both Cen Long and Zhang Jian. She knew that both of them were celebrities. They had to flee for their lives because they were convicted of fighting against nobles and officials.

She immediately became nervous, and she said with concern, "Is it so serious? Husband, I remember you once said to me that a man should behave in a straight line, and killing harm for the people is considered 'going straight'? It's a good thing, but will it also bring disaster?... Even if it's dangerous as you said, it won't die just like that? Just like that Cen Ye and Zhang Jian, didn't they both also die? I'm still I remember you once told me that the two of them have become famous all over the world because of this. . . . This is not bad, right?"

"Aren't there still few people in the world who are in trouble for keeping the Tao and going straight? . Then advance, otherwise retreat, do what you can', that's what it means."

"Even so, if you can be like Cen Ye and Zhang Jian, it's not a bad thing to be famous all over the world, right? How can you say it's a disaster?" In today's world, scholars are more famous than life, if they can be famous because of this The world is indeed not a bad thing, not only not a bad thing, but a good thing.

"The talents of ordinary people are divided into three categories: great, good, and mediocre. Not to mention mediocre talents, good talents die in the prefectures, and great talents die in the world. I look at Zhenzhi's various actions in Xixiang. Ordinary people can be called outstanding people, and they are great talents in the world. It would be a pity if they were convicted of doing my own tactics and died in the county. It would be a pity to be able to die like Cen Ye and Zhang Jian by chance! "

"Good talents die in the prefecture, and great talents die in the world?"

"How can a person die without death, and everyone dies sooner or later, but how does one die in order to be able to die properly? Sima Shiyun: 'Some are heavier than Mount Tai, or some are lighter than a feather'. If a great talent can die because of the world, it is It is heavier than Mount Tai; if the county is killed, it is lighter than a feather. 'A gentleman will wait for the time', even if a person like Zhenzhi dies, he should not die of the county, but the world!"

Xi Zhicai's wife was very happy to hear him compliment Xun Zhen, and said, "Is your husband saying that Xun Jun's talents are better than Cen Ye and Zhang Jian?"

"Those like Cen Long and Zhang Jian, who are between the mediocre and the good, are at best a little talent, how can they be compared with Zhenzhi? Besides, although they are praised by the world, but watching their actions, I really don't think so."

"Why?"

"Cen Ye committed murder in violation of the decree and caused the emperor to be furious. He not only brought disaster to himself, but also affected Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu, his master, because of his burden, fell to the Faou sword. Is this the way of a minister? Jia Wei, my county. Jie Su and Cen Ye's relatives and friends, when he was desperate to flee, were alone and refused to accept it. When people asked why, he said: 'The "Biography" says: 'The phase moves from time to time, and there is no tired descendant'. Provocation, I blame myself, I can't fight each other, but I can tolerate it." Jia Gong's remarks really touched my heart.

"Not to mention Zhang Jian, because of one person, the whole world has been implicated. How many nobles have been exterminated because of hiding him? There are more than a hundred thousand dead! To the death of the monarch, in order to save his life, he did not hesitate to ruin the county and the country. Can this be said to be a role model for people? People like them are not a pity to die, and now they can survive and get a floating name, it is a fluke!  … ..., as Jia Weijie said, I can't kill it, I hate it, how can I take their actions for granted?"

When Xi Zhicai said this, he seemed to be moved, and said sanely: "You should not seek a false name in your life, but do real things. My parents gave birth to me, and the sage taught me, is it for me to commit suicide? If you are successful, you will have the opportunity to learn from your own self, and keep the path straight. Even if you die for it, you will have no regrets! But if you are not known in the world, you should not be successful~www.readwn.com~, you should save your life. To establish virtue, and then to make merits, and secondly to make statements, these three are immortal. When neither virtue nor merit can be immediate, then it is time to make statements.”

His wife was lying in his arms, hearing his words, she was proud of her husband's ambition, and she couldn't help but blame him for his usual drunkenness, saying: "You know that you should save your name and save your life when you don't know what to do, why do you gamble and gamble every day? Don't you risk your own life?"

"Don't you know my surname Xi? People with the surname Xi are good at playing opera. This is what the Master said: bluntness (surname) means Tao."

His wife spat: "Did the master say the surname of the surname? Don't mess with the master's words."

"Okay, I won't mess with the Master's words. Don't think that I am gambling and gambling every day. If one day, I will be successful,..."

"how?"

Xi Zhicai is arrogant in front of others, but never rhetoric in front of Xiangruo and Mo's wife, no longer speaking, only lovingly stroked her short hair, and said in a mocking manner: "Proverb: ' Expensive transactions, rich and easy wives'. If I am successful, the first thing I will do is to replace you as a scumbag!"

His wife knew that he was a man and knew that he was only teasing and not angry, so she sneered a few words, worried about Xun Zhen: "If it's like what you said, you should help him."

"He treats me as a confidant, so of course I want to help him. Before that, he invited me to Xixiang many times, but I didn't go because he did a good job in Xixiang and didn't need me; now I see him in danger. Among them, not only to repay his confidant, but also for his talent, in order to prevent him from doing stupid things, of course I want to help him.

"How to help?"

"Today's strategy, the top strategy is difficult, the bottom strategy is dangerous, and the only way is to use the middle strategy."

"What is the middle policy?"

"I will go to the north of the county with him, make suggestions for him, and try my best to do the job of rectifying the north of the county. If it really doesn't work, I can't let him 'behead first and then play'."