Chapter 168: Asking about Election Xu Yun to the Son of Heaven, Official Guanqiu Rejecting Du Zhi
When Xu Yun hurriedly bid farewell to all his relatives and friends and rushed to the door of his home, he found that his door was already surrounded by Hu Benlang, who was under the command of the school administrator He Zeng.
As soon as he saw this situation, he knew in his heart that things were not simple.
"Xu Langguan, you are finally back, please come with us!"
When the Huben team leader saw Xu Yun, they just smiled and bowed briefly.
Although Xu Yun was worried, he still put on a smile:
"Brothers, I don't know what the business of visiting this humble house is."
The Huben team leader looked up and down at the well-known scholar in front of him, who was wearing a coarse cloth suit. He thought to himself: It is appropriate to say that this person's residence is a humble house. Huben laughed and said:
"We are acting under orders. We only know that His Majesty has summoned you for something. Other than that, we don't know much!"
When Xu Yun heard Huben say "I don't know much," he felt happy. He took out the official salary that had just been paid out from his arms, put it all into Huben's hand, and said with a smile:
"Brother, we are all officials in the court and we know that it is not easy. These are my salary for this ten years. Although it is not much, please take it and have a drink with your brothers."
Seeing this, Huben weighed the half-sized and fairly heavy money bag handed over by Xu Yun. He glanced at the white washed clothes on Xu Yun's body again, and still put the money into his arms. This time he didn't
He smiled again, but bowed to Xu Yun and said:
"Xu Langguan, let me tell you the truth. Recently, your Majesty heard that many of the officials you selected are your relatives and friends from your hometown, so I suspect that you have the intention to form a clique for selfish purposes!"
After hearing this, Xu Yun felt a chill in his heart. As the official, when he elected Cao Lang, he had indeed elected many of his fellow countrymen. Originally, when he elected officials, he did have half of his selfish motives, but what he could guarantee was that
, every official he elected is a person with real talents and learning. But now that His Majesty has discovered his election method, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to defend himself.
Xu Yun collected his misty thoughts and smiled again and said to Huben:
"Thank you so much, brother! I have one more request. My brother's life and death are uncertain now. Can you give me a moment's grace so that I can go into the house and say goodbye to Zhuo Jing?"
At this moment, Huben had a good impression of the poor, smooth and sincere Lang Guan in front of him, so he just nodded without any embarrassment.
Xu Yun bowed his head and came into the house.
When Mrs. Ruan saw her husband returning home, she immediately hid the worried look on her face. Xu Yun immediately told his wife what he had just learned. Mrs. Ruan pondered for a long time, but did not think of any good countermeasures.
"Madam, take good care of my mother. I will go into the palace to meet Your Majesty right now!"
After Xu Yun finished speaking, he stood up suddenly and walked out of the hall. Ruan immediately chased out of the courtyard with red eyes, and shouted to her husband:
"Husband, please remember that the wise master can reason with you, but it is difficult to ask for mercy!"
Xu Yun felt blessed after hearing his wife's words. He paused slightly, nodded and said:
"Husband, I understand, madam, wait for me to come back!"
Mrs. Ruan responded and kept looking at her husband's back as he disappeared outside the door of the house.
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Not long after, Xu Yun arrived at the palace.
In the Jiafu Hall, the emperor was taking a nap. When he heard the servant announcing that Xu Yun had arrived, he sat up. At this moment, the gloomy color on his face became darker.
"Tell Xu Yun to come in!"
After hearing the emperor's words, the chamberlain in the palace immediately went out to fetch Xu Yun to the inner palace.
After Cao Ruiping retreated, the monarch and his ministers sat and knelt, relatively speechless.
After a while, Cao Rui asked:
"Xu Yun, do you know your guilt?"
Facing the emperor's pressure, Xu Yun didn't seem to have any fear or lack of confidence at this moment. His voice was not loud, but it was full of energy:
"Your Majesty, I don't know what crime I have committed. Please make it clear."
After hearing this, Cao Rui sneered with a "hum" in his nose, and contemptuously threw a bamboo slip on the case in front of Xu Yun. The bamboo slip rolled to the ground and happened to be opened in front of Xu Yun. Although Yun could clearly see the contents of the bamboo slips, out of respect for the emperor, he still respectfully picked up the bamboo slips from the ground. When he looked up, he saw a list of names.
On this list, all are officials, big and small, selected by the officials in those days, and without exception, these officials are all from Gaoyang, Jizhou, and they happen to be Xu Yun's hometown.
Xu Yun no longer pretended to be confused at this moment. He knelt on the ground and still spoke to the emperor in his powerful voice:
"Confucius has a saying: 'Expect what you know', and all the people in my hometown are people I know. As the saying goes, 'Do not avoid relatives when doing internal promotions, and do not avoid enemies when doing external promotions.' I guarantee that everyone recommended by me will Everyone is a man of true talent and learning! Your Majesty can personally inspect these officials. If there are any who are incompetent, I am willing to suffer the consequences!"
Hearing this, Cao Rui still had a sneer at the corner of his mouth. He clapped his palms three times, and a chamberlain outside the hall entered the hall. Cao Rui handed the list to the chamberlain and ordered:
"Go, teach Ying Kao [He Zeng], think about them, immediately find these people on the list, and give me a good test to see if they have real talents and learning. After half an hour, you come Reply here!”
After receiving the order, the chamberlain immediately left the palace.
In this way, Cao Rui and Xu Yun casually chatted about trivial matters. Not long after, the chamberlain came into the palace.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Yangwu Ting and Marquis Changping have already tested these officials and said that there are several talents among these people, and the rest, although they are not considered extraordinary talents, can be regarded as quite satisfactory."
After hearing this, the emperor nodded. At this moment, both the monarch and his ministers felt relieved. Although Cao Rui was taboo against forming cliques for private purposes, he cherished Xu Yun's talents and did not want to kill more people. Now this result is just right. His will.
Cao Rui had long noticed Xu Yun's white washed clothes. He walked down the steps and personally lifted up Xu Yun who was kneeling on the ground:
"Not only are you talented and knowledgeable, but you are also a poor, loyal and upright minister! Come, please bring some new clothes and give them to Shizong!"
After hearing the emperor's words, Xu Yun was already flattered. At this moment, Xu Yun bowed to the ground and said with choked sobs:
"I will use my seven-foot body to devote all my energy to the great Wei Dynasty, and I will not rest until my death!"
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At this moment, everyone in Xu Yun's house, in addition to Xu Yun's wife Ruan, ranging from the sixty-year-old mother to the cook and servants in the house, all felt Xu Yun being taken away by Huben from the school affairs office. Yun's situation was extremely unlucky. At this moment, there was a sound of weeping and wailing in Xu's house.
Ruan, who was calm and composed, was comforting Xu Yun's mother:
"Mom, don't worry, Mr. Xu will come back if he doesn't go."
After Mrs. Ruan finished speaking, she went to the kitchen in person and began to cook millet porridge for her husband. She thought that when her husband returned home later, it would be time for dinner.
Just as everyone in the Xu family was crying, a burst of hearty laughter came from outside the hall:
"You are crying, am I back now?"
Ruan heard her husband's voice and had a sweet smile on her face.
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A few days later, after enjoying a peaceful life for more than half a year, Cao Rui, who had presided over the funeral of the Queen Mother Guo, once again received a worrying news from the school affairs office.
That is Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong, who has behaved somewhat abnormally in recent times.
Originally, with the wealth that my father and I had accumulated over the years, it would not be a difficult task to destroy Gongsun in one go.
What puts Cao Rui in trouble at this moment is that Gongsun Yuan only made small moves in secret instead of raising an army in an upright and open rebellion.
You must know that the four counties of Liaodong border Xianbei in the north and are connected to Soochow by sea. If you do not have enough evidence and send troops rashly, you will probably cause chaos among the people on the border. If you make trouble, you will be disturbed and your peace will be disturbed.
Therefore, there are only two things Cao Rui has to do at this moment. One is to send fierce generals and important ministers to garrison Youzhou to ensure that once Gongsun Yuan rebels, the northern border of Youzhou can deal with it calmly at any time. The other is to lure. He wants to lure Gongsun Yuan. Yuan himself showed his fox tail in advance because if he allowed Gongsun Yuan to slowly accumulate strength in secret, it would be difficult to deal with him when the time comes.
Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, and Wang Yuanbo, are naturally a reusable general. However, recently, the old Wang Xiong has relapsed and has returned to his hometown. Therefore, to whom will the important responsibility of the governor of Youzhou be entrusted? This has become a big problem for Cao Rui.
Cao Rui thought about it, and finally remembered his powerful helper, Guanqiu Jian, who had followed him since he was a boy. Now he served as the governor of Jingzhou and had been training for nearly a year.
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At this moment, in Jingzhou, under the governance and guarding of Guan Qiujian and Xia Houru, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the border is relatively stable.
Du Zhi was a good friend of Guanqiu Jian's hometown. In the early years, he was able to serve as a doctor because of his filial piety and integrity, and later he filled the vacancy of the school's secretary.
This is a leisurely position, which is a good job in troubled times, but Du Zhi is a man with high aspirations, so he is naturally dissatisfied with the status quo.
He and Guanqiu Jian were close friends in their hometown. Guanqiu Jian was newly promoted to the governor of Jingzhou, so Du Zhi naturally hoped to be cited by him.
At this moment, in the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion, Guanqiu Jian was reading a letter from Luoyang.
This is a letter sent by Xia Houxuan. As usual, Guanqiu Jian wrote down in the letter one by one the strange things that happened in Jingzhou in recent days, as well as the movements of enemy countries on the border, and then sealed the envelope and sent it to Luoyang.
At this time, Guanqiu Jian opened the letter from his friend Du Zhi requesting citation:
If the horse does not try, it will whir in the stable. A strong man's ambition will not be fulfilled, and there will be many hardships.
Yi Zhi is a concubine, and Lu Wang is a man with a pole. Yi and I are trapped as merchants, and Ning Qi sighs at the cow.
When he ate at the prison gate, Huaiyin was hungry and refused to eat. When he was a traitor, he had to pay his salary, and his wife refused to pay him back when he called her.
Shi Zhi served as an official for ten years, but his position did not increase. His talents were not of the eight nobles, but they were equal to his troubles.
Ignorance was not here, and Yuan Ang did not say anything. Being so ill for a long time, Rong Wei was uneasy.
I heard about Korean medicine, so I sent you a letter and gave you a pill.
"What a letter for Ichimaru!"
Guanqiu Jian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Although he held the high position of Jingzhou governor, this was the emperor's test for him. Although he and Du Zhi were good friends, a good man should rely on his merits to build a career. How could he be a reliable friend? Citing each other?
Guanqiu Jian asked himself, because of his loyalty as a monarch and his friendship with Emperor Cao Rui, he would not be outdone by Du Zhi no matter what.
Guanqiu Jian, who had been in trouble for a while, soon felt blessed. With a smile on his face, he took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a long poem in reply to Du Zhi:
The phoenix flies over the capital, whining and thinking. He was born in a holy world, so why not be happy with his virtuous voice.
The eight sons have not met by chance, but now they have met in the Ming Dynasty. Hu Kang has grown acres of land, and Yang Wei has no foundation.
Flying soaring into the sky, rushing forward to cooperate with Guangxi. Jun Ji's bones are different, Bo Optimism knows it.
However, when you raise Yuhe, the success will come in time. If you have no minor diseases, you should consult a good doctor for safe use.
Lian Pian Qing Qi Ji is still a sparrow. Although Korean medicine is good, it may not be able to cure it.
The love that lasts thousands of miles, the simple words and beautiful poems. The confidence is felt in everything, and the truth is beyond words.
After finishing this long and eloquent poem, Guanqiu Jian felt quite satisfied. He blew the ink marks on the paper, sealed it in an envelope, and ordered it to be sent to Du Zhi.
[Note 1: In addition to "Gift to Guanqiu Jian" in the article, Du Zhi also has a concise but higher-level song "Gift to Guanqiu Jingzhou": A swan flies thousands of miles, and soars into the vast sky. It is rare to soar with high ambitions, but it is lost when it leaves. Hope.]
