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Volume One Chapter 40 County Prime Minister Qi Zhou

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    Among the thieves, those who had experienced the battle of Quyang in Guangzong all said that the man who wielded the sword was the young general who was extremely brave in Hebei last year, as evidenced by the three-foot long sword in his hand!  From now on, everyone should walk around Fan Yang!  Don't mess with it!  "When these words reached one person's ears, trouble arose. This is something to be said for another time.  In the blink of an eye, at the end of the year, the magistrates of each county went to Zhuo County, the seat of Zhuo County, to report to the prefect about the year's farming, taxation, prisons, public security and other matters.  The magistrate of Fanyang County tried his best to praise Zhu Guang's achievements in defeating thieves. The governor of Zhuo County knew that Zhu Guang had some connections and was happy to show favor in front of the envoy, so he assigned Fan Yang to be the first.  When he reported to the governor of Youzhou, when he saw Zhu Guang's name, he remembered having a few chats with him that day.  Unexpectedly, at such a young age, he was awarded the title of county captain for his military exploits, and he accomplished such great things as soon as he took office. Is he really a talent?  I will definitely see him again if I have the chance in the future.  At that time, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty saw that the chaos of the Yellow Turbans had ceased and thought that the world would be peaceful from now on.  In February, a fire broke out in Luoyang, and Nangong was burned down, causing huge losses.  Liu Hong's "father" Zhang Rang and "mother" Zhao Zhong persuaded him.  Your Majesty, you don't need to worry. It's easy to build a palace if you don't have money. Isn't it the royal land in the world? There are more than tens of millions of acres in the world?  If you add a little tax per acre, the income is so huge that it doesn't matter how big the palace is.  Liu Hong thought this was a good idea, so he issued an edict to help me build the palace with an additional tax of ten yuan per acre.  Money alone is not enough; materials must be available, and the counties are ordered to transport wood and stone to the capital.  The superiors did this, and the governors and governors below followed suit and profited from it.  In the second half of the year, an order was issued that all governors and governors who wanted to be promoted must pay money to help the army build the palace, and the price was clearly marked.  For example, if you appoint a governor of a large county, you can't get away with 20 to 30 million yuan. You can only take office after paying off the money.  Later, I still felt that it was too slow to make money in this way, so I simply didn¡¯t need the last fig leaf and openly sold my position in Xiyuan.  But at that time, the world was peaceful, many people with military merit were serving as county officials, and there were not many positions for sale.  Liu Hong listened to the eunuch's suggestion again and ordered that all those who obtained official positions based on military merit during the Yellow Turban Rebellion must "select the best and eliminate the bad". Is there a standard?  No, if you say you are good, you will be good, and if you are not good, you will be good.  If Zhu Guang had not done too much and had the upper-level care of Youzhou, he would most likely have been dismissed and returned to his hometown just like Liu Bei in history.  From these things, all knowledgeable people in the world saw the precursors of the decline of the Han Dynasty.  Those who are interested will watch the situation with a cold eye and secretly accumulate strength; those who are unintentional will be discouraged and flee to a foreign country, live in seclusion in the spring forest, and no longer care about worldly affairs.  Cao Cao, who strongly recommended Zhu Guang, still had the style of a "good minister" at the moment. He made drastic changes in the appointment of Jinan prime minister, which inevitably offended the powerful. The imperial court named him "Yi Lang" and wanted to call him back.  Cao Mengde knew it well and was deeply disappointed. He simply said he was ill and returned to his hometown to study and hunt.  He has a good friend named Yuan Shao, who is working under General He Jin at this time.  Liu Bei was unlucky because he had no superiors to protect him. When the governor came to inspect him, he was said to be dismissed.  Brother Big Ear was still quite a charlatan at this time, so he beat up the governor and fled with Guan Er and Zhang San.  Sun Jian, like Zhu Guang, had meritorious service in defeating the Yellow Turban and was appointed Sima of another department.  In a word, all the heroes in the world follow the original historical trajectory and prepare for the "future" consciously or unconsciously.  After turning the New Year, it was 186 AD, not far from the Han court.  Zhu Guang knows how the current situation will change in the future.  But he didn't know the long-term plans and arrangements.  ¡°In addition to doing his job as a county captain, he now wants to make as many friends as possible and expand his connections.  There is no detailed and clear plan for how to proceed in the future.  Through his own historical knowledge, he concluded that in order to gain a foothold and even develop in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, several things were indispensable.  People, territory, think tanks. ??????? Centaurs, he has some.  Once the world is in chaos, he can pull up a thousand or more troops in Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Yanmen and other places at any time; the territory is not what he should consider now; there is no think tank.  Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are all generals, so there is no problem in letting them lead the team and charge into battle.  But if you ask them to make a detailed plan on how we will compete with the heroes of the world in the future, can they?  When Liu Bei got Zhuge Liang, he claimed to be "like a fish in water." Now Zhu Guang, whose eyes were darkened, could quite understand how he felt when he parted from the clouds and saw the blue sky.  But what about his own adviser?  Where?  The spring of 186 AD came very late. Even in February, it was still so cold that people shrank their necks.  Zhu Guang moved. After serving as an official for one year, he had some savings.  He didn't want Mr. Jia to suffer the hardships with him, so he moved to a new house. Not to mention the deep courtyard, it was much more spacious after all.  On this day, Zhu County Lieutenant did not go to the county office for work, so it was rare for him to take some time off.  But I didn¡¯t go out to visit friends like before., but stayed at home and chatted with his mother for a while, from the day he was born to becoming the county captain.  I thought it was the end, but Jia didn't want to stop yet, so she extended it further, saying that her son was already seventeen years old, and he was the head of a county. Shouldn't he consider personal issues?  ¡°My mother, I couldn¡¯t stop talking about this topic. Zhu Guang listened patiently to her nagging for a long time.  It was probably obvious that her son was not interested in this, so Jia finally stopped.  Only then did Young Master Zhu have some free time and went to the stables.  There are three things that the young men in the clouds should never do without others: sharpening their knives, feeding their horses, and tuning their strings, because it is a matter of life and death.  There were only two horses in the stable, both of which were gifts from King Kuitou of Xianbei.  Zhu Guang's green horse had been riding smoothly in the past two years, with a gentle temper and strong legs. He followed him from the frontier to Hebei, and Zhu Guang cherished it very much.  After adding ingredients to it and talking for a while, the little black horse in the stall next to him stopped working and snorted and scratched his hooves again, as if he was jealous.  "This guy, what else will you do besides eating?" Zhu Guang said with a smile, and poured all the forage beans into the trough.  The little black horse shook its mane proudly and ate happily.  Zhu Guang touched its horse¡¯s face and suddenly thought that it was only a few months old when Kuitou gave it to him.  Calculating it this way, it should be one and a half years old now. Why is it so different from the green horse next to it?  My foot strength doesn't seem to be very good. Sometimes I take it and the green horse out of the city for two trips, and they always follow me leisurely. From time to time, I get a little bit naughty, you run your way, and I eat grass for a while.  "Young Master, the envoy from Qixian County is here to invite you." Gao Shun stepped into the stable and reported.  "What's the matter?" "I said I wanted to invite the young master to a banquet." Zhu Guang slapped his forehead. Qi Zhou had made this appointment many days ago, but he was so busy these days that he forgot about it for a moment.  Since I took office, I owe him a lot of care and help, and I should have invited others.  Qizhou was from Guangyang, and he owned a lot of land in Guangyang, so he was considered a big family. It is said that Qizhou's father had promoted Xiaolian when he was young.  I had originally hoped for him, but he was not a good person after fighting since he was a child. He had been reading for several years, and he had not made any progress in knowledge. He only liked to cause trouble.  Later, his parents died one after another, and he received Lu Zhi's teachings, and then he calmed down.  When he arrived at Qi Zhou's residence, he was not treated as an outsider, but was led to pay homage to his wife, and the two of them sat in the hall.  After a while, the table in front of me was filled with wine and food.  Zhu Guang looked around, and when Qi Zhou saw this, he laughed and scolded: "I said you are also a county magistrate after all, and you come to my house as a guest. How can you be so cunning? What are you thinking about?" "Brother Shi'an, I remember you said that you have a brother and a sister.  "Why don't you see your brother?" "Oh, he is taking care of family affairs in Guangyang. I only take my sister to Fanyang to serve as an official. I am busy with business and have no chance to get close." "Zhu."  Guang stopped him, picked up the lamp and stood up.  "This is useless." Qi Zhou smiled.  "I have returned to my emptiness. Since my appointment, I have received all kinds of care from my elder brother. I should have invited you. It's all because of my ignorance. Come on, it's all in this wine." After that, he drank it all.  Qi Zhou liked how straightforward he was. After finishing his drink, he asked him to sit down and eat the food. There was no need to be so polite.  At first, the two of them were talking about unrelated things and chatting, and the topic naturally turned to the current situation.  Qi Zhou was a bit cynical, and after a few glasses of wine, he couldn't stop talking.  He scolded this and that, from the Shichang servant to the prefect. If the party ban has not been lifted yet, if people listen to his remarks, he will definitely be arrested.  After he finished cursing, when he saw Zhu Guang was silent, he got angry and said, "Why are you silent? Are you afraid? There are so many people killing people on the battlefield. I thought you were a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth!" "Why are you coming at me?  "Zhu Guang is not aggrieved.  "Come on, none of the ten regular servants are good! Zhang Rang especially is not good! Okay?" "Humph!" Qi Zhou flicked his sleeves and drank half a cup.  "Brother Shi'an, what's the use of swearing here just to have fun?" Qi Zhou Junlang's face was covered with a shadow, and he said dejectedly: "Why don't I know what you are talking about? I just hate it.  Now, it's useless to talk lightly. I can only watch the situation getting worse day by day. Dear brother, I'm not afraid to tell you that in Brother Yu's opinion, the Yellow Turban is just the beginning, and there will be trouble later. "  If the words were told to Zhu Guang, they would be in the ears of a caring person.  Putting down the wine cup in his hand, Zhu Guang asked: "Brother, what do you mean by this?" "Let me ask you, why did the Yellow Turban Rebellion start?" Zhu Guang did not play tricks with him: "Of course it is the accumulation of public resentment, and eventually  "Yes, there is public dissatisfaction. But why is it caused by the indifference of the people? Now the Yellow Turbans are back to their old ways, as if nothing happened."?, the world has become troubled from now on.  "Qi Zhou sneered again and again. "Zhu Guang did not express his opinion immediately, but drank in silence. He has been holding back quite a lot since he traveled through time. Although Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others are talented, they don't have much experience.  Being young, it was difficult to talk about some things together.
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