During the Xiping period, there was a great plague in Sili, and there were rebel generals in Xiliang. Han and Hu took advantage of the situation, swept Liangzhou, and invaded Chang'an. Emperor Ling was furious and worshiped Huangfu Song as his general to conquer the west. He recruited Hanoi and Henan.
, 100,000 warriors from the three regions east of Hedong marched westward to quell the rebellion.
This Hedong County was established by the Qin Dynasty, and its administrative seat was located in Anyi, with 24 counties under its jurisdiction. Because it produced salt and iron, and was close to the horse-producing area of Bingzhou, people who were skilled in bow and horse had always appeared in large numbers, especially after the meteorite fell from the sky.
Among the twenty-four counties, there is a county town named Jie Liang, also known as Jie County. There is a poor scribe named Guan Shen in the county. He is familiar with the works of the sages, especially "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Changes". He always likes to be loyal to them.
Educating his son in righteousness, benevolence and courage made his son Guan Yi miserable.
Because Guan Shen was quite popular in the county and was a good hand in handling political affairs, successive county magistrates hired him to work in the civil affairs of the county. The locals laughed and called him "a county magistrate with smooth water and a hard worker".
However, manpower was sometimes scarce, and as he grew older, Guan Shen gradually became unable to handle political affairs. He eventually retired in the third year of Yongshou (157) and was succeeded by his son.
After being free, Mr. Guan had more time to educate his son, which made Guan Yi more and more distressed. However, he was extremely filial and did not dare to disobey his father. After discussing with his friends, he finally came up with a clever plan - he quickly married his childhood sweetheart, who was originally interested in each other.
In the second year of Yanxi (160), she gave birth to a son and gave him to Guan Shen to take care of him. He successfully got rid of the old man's talk of "loyalty, justice, benevolence and courage", and the effect was outstanding.
As for his son Guan Yu and Guan Changsheng, he will probably be educated to be a literati who is familiar with "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Changes"? This... As long as his father is happy.
After the death of Emperor Huan, Emperor Ling came to the throne. The new emperor was very fond of hoarding money and promoted officials who could make money quickly. However, the Guan family and his son were better at maintaining the status quo in managing government affairs and could not significantly increase their income, so they gradually
The county magistrate didn't like it.
In the third year of Xiping (176), during the Sili plague, Guan Shen passed away at the age of eighty-eight. The old man was not infected with the disease, but his life span was approaching, and he was worried about the epidemic in Jie County, Hedong, and even Sili. Finally,
He was overworked. Before his death, he still tried to educate his grandson, but he could no longer explain it in a long way, so he had to repeatedly tell him: "Read the Spring and Autumn Annals, and read more of the Spring and Autumn Annals."
"My grandson will obey your grandfather's orders." Guan Yu, who was sixteen years old, bowed deeply. When he raised his head again, Guan Shen had already left with a smile, and there were phantoms of petals falling in the air.
Since Guan Shende was highly respected and nearly ninety years old, the funeral arrangements had already been prepared, and his family had expected it, so it could be called a "happy funeral". When Guan Yi was about to instruct his servants to make relevant preparations, he saw Guan Yu arriving.
In front of me, Hu Mu said sadly: "People can't live forever, please ask father to give me the word again."
Guan Yi sighed: "In this case, you will be called 'Yun Chang'."
Although it was a happy funeral, Guan Yi still had to resign and observe mourning for three years. During this period, there were strange situations such as the expulsion of Taipingdao, the rebellion in Xiliang, the martial law, many officials were inexplicably transferred, and some were even directly imprisoned.
After Guan Yi's observance of filial piety was completed, the magistrate of Xieliang County and a group of officials had been replaced by direct relatives and friends of the "Ten Constant Attendants"... In short, they were a group of faint-hearted officials who only wanted to make money and had no intention of development and governance.
He simply ignored those "celebrities" who were as prestigious in the local area as Guan Yi.
Guan Yi? Formerly engaged in civil affairs? After observing filial piety? That's it. Reinstatement? Let's talk about it - this is the news Guan Yi got from those low-level officials who cannot be replaced or replaced.
At this time, he finally recalled the expression his father occasionally showed when he read "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Changes". It was a kind of sadness that "knows that history will repeat itself, but wants to stop it but can't find a way."
In the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty, the chaos of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods was caused by the enfeoffment of various princes. After Qin unified the world, the "prefecture and county system" established could effectively prevent this from happening. However, after Qin in the Han Dynasty,
After Wang Mang's move to usurp the Han Dynasty, the stupid method of enfeoffing feudal states was discovered again. Counting the current reigning Ling Emperor, there have been four consecutive emperors who were succeeded by branches of the feudal states. In addition, "ten
If the arrogance and domineering behavior of "Chang Shi" continues like this, as long as something happens that can severely damage the prestige of the Han Dynasty, it will fall apart like the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Fortunately, the plague is not the case, nor is the border rebellion.
And his father would ask Guan Yu to read "Spring and Autumn" thoroughly, probably because he wanted him to understand the current trend and make the right choice when the new "Spring and Autumn" occurs...
"Father!" Guan Yu rushed in: "The imperial court is recruiting warriors in Sanhe to go to Xiliang to quell the rebellion. I also want to serve the imperial court!"
Where did you read the Spring and Autumn Period?!
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Guan Yu is now nearly 20 years old, nine feet tall, with red phoenix eyes and silkworm eyebrows. He wears a green robe. He has a dignified appearance and majestic appearance. He is quite famous among the nearby ranger groups, but there is no sign of "unparalleled awakening".
The sword is so exquisite that it is easy to teach the bandits and the weaker "Puerless Awakeners", but if it is against the stronger "Puerless Warriors", it is basically difficult to win.
Guan Yu naturally liked the Spring and Autumn Period very much, especially Zhao She, Lian Po, Le Yi, Tian Dan, Wang Jian, Li Mu, Sun Bin, and Bai Qi.
, Wu Qi and Sun Wu.
Although wise men and counselors who "strategize and win decisively thousands of miles away" sound powerful, those generals who actually carry out orders and fight bloody battles become foils and appear very stupid.
If a "counselor" told him what to do from two states away, he would definitely ignore it.
What Guan Changsheng... Guan Yunchang longed for was the kind of "handsome man" who could lead an army in battle, fight alone, and adapt to changing circumstances on the battlefield to formulate a winning strategy - and Huangfu Song was such a person.
Although the "Sword Master" Wang Yue is famous all over the world, and many unparalleled awakeners emerge in endlessly, Huangfu Song, who has no record of using "unparalleled" at all, led his soldiers to defeat many guys who thought they were destined to be their destiny after awakening. The latest one
That one seems to be Ou Xing from Yangzhou.
The previous expedition was either Yangzhou or Yizhou. Because the journey was too far, Huangfu Song would not recruit troops in Sili, so it was impossible for Guan Yu to join this army. But now that he is conquering Xiliang, he needs a large number of cavalry, so he will go to Hedong.
Recruiting the "Three Rivers Knights" finally gave Guan Yu an opportunity. After explaining to his father, he rushed out with his long sword.
Imperial court recruitment has always been based on counties. Recruitment signs were hung near the military camps in the city. Those who signed up to join the army only had to do a simple registration. If the official in charge was a local, they did not even need to register, and everyone bowed their heads and disappeared.
I'll see you when you look up. Are you embarrassed to ask your name?
But when Guan Yu rushed to the recruitment office, he found that it was completely surrounded and there were people making loud noises.
"You have to pay a thousand dollars to join the army?! Understand, we are here to work for your life, it's your turn to give us the money!" "You dare to play tricks on the imperial court's recruitment? Be careful that General Huangfu will kill you!" "This county magistrate
Can not be done--"
After Guan Yu squeezed into the crowd, he found that the people in charge of recruiting troops were indeed the subordinates of the county magistrate who had been transferred to make money. He looked confident and confident: "I said, this time General Huangfu wants to recruit cavalry, well-formed cavalry.
Not only do you have no horses, but your weapons are short and completely unqualified. This thousand yuan is the cost of the court equipping you with war horses, armor and horse weapons. As for military pay, General Huangfu is responsible for it. We are only responsible for collecting 'qualified' cavalry.
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As he spoke, he asked the servant next to him to bring out a piece of leather armor and put it on the table for display.
The clerk's words were clear-cut, and the armor looked pretty good, so although some people were still clamoring "it's not worth it", they didn't have much momentum.
Only Guan Yu, who knew the inside story, frowned. His grandfather and father were both engaged in civil affairs in this county. He could tell everything about the county. Although they were considered secrets, his grandson overheard the father and son discussing official matters.
Nothing.
Those so-called war horses, armor and horse weapons are basically the harvest of the rangers in Liangzhou and Bingzhou who exterminated the horse thieves. The really good things have long been taken away by the people who captured them, and the remaining medium and inferior products are scattered around.
The counties and counties were slowly sold to less selective people, and no one really wanted them. The horses were used to pull carts, and the broken armor and weapons were recast.
But according to these guys, are you going to sell them to the soldiers who are going to fight the rebels?
Guan Yu had no doubt that the "county magistrate" had turned these things around as if they were "worth a thousand dollars". At least they could not see it during the entire march, but once a battle broke out, the people who used them would be
Being killed, and then... people are killed in wars, but where did the death without evidence come from?
Now that the truth is told, there is no way to directly expose the lie. So, there is only one way...
Guan Yu squeezed out of the crowd without saying a word and rushed to the county government office in a well-familiar way. According to "Spring and Autumn" and related historical materials, in addition to famous generals, there were a group of people who aroused Guan Yu's interest. Their names were: Zhuan Zhu
, to leave, Nie Zheng and Jing Ke.
This was not an impromptu idea on his part. In fact, it was the inaction and random behavior of these guys during the plague that made my grandfather worried day and night. He contacted his old subordinates to arrange manpower for epidemic prevention, and eventually died of overwork.
As for the consequences of beheading the faint official? He had said before that he had joined the army. The long-handled knife is an extremely common weapon and is used by at least thousands of people in the county. As long as no one notices it, he can behead him with one blow, and then
You can just use the excuse that you are dissatisfied with the conscription office to forcefully sell things and go to other places to join the army...
"I'm sorry, this warrior, I can't let you pass." When Guan Yu was about to arrive at the county government office, a young man wearing black attire, holding a pair of black and white swords like decorations in his hands, with a kind look but a serious expression stopped him.
On the way: "Although he deserves to die, he should not die in your hands. After we collect enough evidence, we will hand him over to General Huangfu for disposal."
We "we"? Guan Yu frowned and looked to the side of the young man. There was a young man who looked older than him and had a big red gun on his back, standing against the wall. He was leaning against him, obviously he was not prepared for anything.
Xie then came to help.
"I'm Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, who are you?" Finally, Guan Yu put down his long sword and said.
