These county officials and wealthy powerful people...or maybe they were just a group of people. They were actually looking for Zhao Ping, the doctor at the beginning.
There was nothing they could do about it. When they panicked, their first reaction was this person, and they were not clear with Zhao Ping in the first place.
However, Zhao Langzhongling, who had high hopes, did something that made everyone inside and outside Handan City pay attention - on the night when Wang Xiu killed the three Shen brothers, he actually killed the first one who came to look for him.
The person who requested the request was Cao Yun Lu Bin, a middle-aged householder in the country. Together with the gift, he was 'reported' to the Handan County Temple!
The witnesses and physical evidence are all there. This Lu Bin intended to bribe the imperial officials, and even wanted to drive a wedge between King Zhao and Wulihou... The guilt of this crime must not be escaped.
Wang Xiu was not polite. He took off his pants and gave him a beating, then threw him directly into prison, preparing to let Gongsun Xun come back to deal with him.
At this moment, those people in Handan City also collapsed... They didn't know whether they should be grateful that they went slowly at that time, or should they lament that Handan City was becoming increasingly dark now?
Of course, people can always use their subjective initiative when their desire for survival is relatively strong. On the second day, the three clans of Wang, Zhang, and Lu gathered seven or eight so-called other large households, and brought people who were exempted from Alzheimer's disease.
After the arrest, Cao Cao of the Central Military Commission visited Shenmeng, and then visited the Li family, the Handan family, and the Wei family in turn.
Wang Shuzhi just organized his county affairs step by step and didn't pay attention to the actions of these people.
However, despite this, the Li family simply refused to accept them. The Handan family entertained these people and sent their own clan chiefs to go with these people to visit the head of the Wei family who was giving lectures in the manor in the south of the city. The former Lu State
Xiang Wei Song.
In broad daylight, in front of his students and onlookers, Wei Song really couldn't bear the pleading and entreaties of so many people from the same county, so he agreed, first letting these people settle in his own manor, and then also
Instead of seeking explanation from Wang Xiu in the city, he simply asked his son Wei Chang to drive a carriage in person and drive him to the northwest of Handan to look for Gongsun Xun, who had yet to see the dragon.
But after just one day of walking, Wei Song, the son of the former Guang Luqing, the younger brother of the current minister Pushe, and the former Prime Minister of Lu, found Wulu Tinghou and the Handan Ling in the Mafu Mountain northwest of Handan City, which was not far away.
Gongsun Xun.
At that time, Gongsun Xun was standing on a hillside, looking at the scenery with his hands behind his hands, roaring like a sigh.
"The Lord is so elegant!" Wei Song panted up the mountain with the support of his son Wei Chang. As soon as he saw the other person's back, he smiled helplessly. "Could it be that he came to chase the Lord of Diao Mafu? Then he felt the sage's kindness.
Thanks to your merits, you are roaring in the mountains?"
Junhou actually originally referred to people who were both prime ministers and marquises, such as Lu Buwei and Zhou Bo. However, in the Later Han Dynasty, the position of prime minister disappeared, so the term naturally lost its political sensitivity and slowly evolved into
a universal honorific.
Generally speaking, anyone who is a marquis and holds a serious position can be given this honorific title.
However, Wei Song was nearly forty years old and had served as a high-ranking official worth two thousand dan. His brother Wei Qing was even half a prime minister... When a big shot of this level arrived here, not only did he not wait in the rural temple at the foot of the mountain,
, instead he took the initiative to look for the person on foot in the upper cedar, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was like a prince. If nothing else, his attitude was quite sincere.
"Wei Gong is here, how can we dare to call him a prince?" Faced with the other party's low profile, Gongsun Xun just turned around and said a few words of courtesy, but he didn't even bother to turn around to greet him. Instead, he continued to look at the mountainous terrain in front of him with his hands behind his hands.
"Moreover, I am not just admiring the scenery and paying homage to the sages, but looking at the beautiful mountains and rivers of Zhao State..."
"So that's it." After Wei Song took two deep breaths, he really couldn't bear it anymore. He ignored his manners and sat down on a rock on the hillside with the help of his son. "The prince has outstanding military achievements and is famous for his martial arts.
, then wherever he goes, he will imitate famous ancient generals, inspect the local geography, and counsel on military plans... It is reasonable to think about it."
"Wei Gong is wrong again." Gongsun Xun didn't even look back this time. "I just looked at geography and had no intention of military planning."
Wei Song laughed dryly, and grabbed his son Wei Chang, who had a somewhat unswerving look on his face. He also stopped saying anything for a while. Seeing him like that, he took the time to catch his breath before getting ready to speak.
In fact, taking advantage of this period of time, Wei Song also made a decision in his heart - Gongsun Xun had a tough attitude when they first met, as if he wanted to go straight. However, on the high slope, a few guards were far away.
The three of us here are suitable for speaking frankly, so simply getting straight to the point may have miraculous effects.
As soon as he thought about this, Wei Song suddenly spoke: "Junhou, you are here to observe the mountains and rivers geography. Do you know that there have been some disturbances in Handan City recently?"
"I don't know." Gongsun Xun still said with his hands behind his back. "I just asked a confidant to handle the county affairs for me, accept the county administration, and then go out to patrol the countryside. How can I know what is going on in Handan City?"
"That's it." Wei Song said sternly. "The monarch's exclusive behavior is a bit fierce. It is naturally his duty to take over the county affairs, and no one can criticize him. However, the meritorious service in the country is assigned by the prime minister.
Just because he was implicated in the case, he killed three sons in a row, and the meritorious master was already old, so wouldn't this be the same as the annihilation of the family?"
"Although I don't know the inside story, since I am involved in the case, why not kill me?" Gongsun Xun remained calm. "Mr. Wei didn't know that a county captain who accompanied me to the county yesterday openly violated the rules and treated me with contempt.
The person I killed, but I never saw his county soldiers surrounding me and asking for some reason... Or is it that Wei Gong thinks that I am not doing well, and he wants to give me advice on how to govern? "
Wei Song was stunned for a while, and then he stared at the purple ribbon faintly exposed on the other party's waist and responded awkwardly: "I have been exempted from official duties. I just teach at home all day long. How can I give advice on the administration of the prince?"
"I think so." Gongsun Xun finally turned around with a mocking look on his face. "If Wei Gong feels that I am cruel and unkind and unworthy of being an official, you can go to Jizhou Fangbo Prince to report him. The prince is in Yecheng and goes from Handan
I'm afraid it will be faster than getting here; you can also write a letter home to Wei Pushe in Luoyang. Wei Pushe is the minister and the assistant of the minister, and he has a high and powerful position... I can't deal with these two people without raising my hand.
, why come here to look for me specifically?"
Wei Song looked embarrassed and remained silent.
The scene became stiff, and as a human son, Wei Chang, the son of Wei Song, saw that his father was being forced. Naturally, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he immediately raised his hands to Gongsun Xun and said: "Junhou, my lord must use my uncle's help."
The position of power interferes with local administration... However, although the Shen family is unworthy, it is still a large local family. It has been here for hundreds of years. In a short time, one of the direct lineages was wiped out, which also frightened all the clans and big families in the country.
To be honest with you, this time, my lord is jointly recommended by many clans in the country, and represents the entire Zhao family to come to ask you to moderate your behavior."
As a young man, he felt that he had a strong backbone, so he couldn't help but be impassioned.
"I see, I understand." Gongsun Xun looked at the father and son in front of him and suddenly realized. "You, the Wei family, are not trying to use your power to suppress me..."
"This is natural." Wei Chang responded quickly and proudly.
"But I want to lead the clan traitors under my rule to openly resist the rule of the Han family!" Gongsun Xun suddenly turned cold. "The entire Zhao family has been wronged by me. Instead of looking for others, they will look for you Wei.
Family, come to think of it, your Wei family has been domineering and prosperous in the Zhao Kingdom for a long time, and you have already regarded the Han Dynasty as a private domain. Therefore, this is why you cannot tolerate me, a big man who is loyal. You can tell me frankly, that Xiang Xuxiang Gong
Is it because you, the Wei family, are forcing you to stay in your room all day long and not dare to step out of the temple?"
Wei Chang was stunned.
"Junhou!" Wei Song's scalp went numb after hearing this. Thinking of the man's achievements and his brother's instructions, he quickly stood up from the stone and saluted him. "Please be clear, our Wei family is in the village.
Over the years, I have never done anything illegal, and this time I have no intention of confronting the emperor and the administration... It is really because I was bewitched by the clans in the village that I misunderstood you. Please don't misunderstand me.
"
"You, the Wei family, have never done anything illegal in your hometown?!" Gongsun Xun sneered.
"Heaven can teach you!" Wei Song ignored everything and leaned forward to salute.
The corners of Gongsun Xun's lips curled up slightly: "So, the Wei family has never even lost half a point less than the county's tax?!"
"I really don't know what happened when I was in office in the State of Lu," Wei Song grabbed his son who was still in a daze, asked him to bow and apologize, and then said impatiently. "But since I returned to my hometown to take care of the clan,
After the government affairs, I, the Wei family, have never been in arrears or cheated on any of my taxes. And more than that, in the past few years at home, whenever I encountered disputes between my family members and other families, I never asked about the division, and just ignored them.
Benefits are given to other families, and lawsuits are avoided in the village as much as possible; when the neighbors are in difficulty, they always give gifts constantly, and they never let the neighbors become hungry; they run private schools and teach children, and they can come and go freely regardless of their origins;
Even the door of my house is always open all year round, and anyone who wants to come can come and go at will... Lords and princes, everyone in the Zhao Kingdom knows these things, so please be aware of them!"
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sneer, but he suddenly stepped forward to help the other father and son: "It's just a joke, how can Wei Gong take it seriously? I have long been aware of the virtues of the Wei family in Zhao State, and I have changed the names of the two Wei Gongs.
I heard about it when I was in Luoyang... You can call me Wenqi if you are a lord or a county lord."
Wei Chang stood up in confusion, still stunned, while Wei Song was panting and sweating, as if he had climbed a mountain again.
To be honest, Wei Song was really scared and regretful... Why would he, a member of the local clan, want to wade into such muddy waters with a man who has the ability to massacre cities and countries, kill people and exterminate clans?
Is the military officer from the border county who has resumed his career coming to negotiate? According to what his brother said in his previous letter, the man in front of him is really bold and not fake.
Tell me, why was he so embarrassed by those people's instigation, and then he nodded in agreement?
After all, no matter how arrogant the other party is, he is just a county magistrate, and he is the only county magistrate with a purple ribbon and gold seal in the world... No matter how outrageous he does, at most, according to what his brother said, he can endure it
Two years is enough. When this person reaches the age of twenty-five and leaves with two thousand stones, everything will be over.
When the time comes, the sky will still be so blue, and the scenery of Zhao Country will still be so beautiful, and you can come and roar in the Mafu Mountain, right?
"Wei Gong." Gongsun Xun dropped Wei Chang and concentrated on supporting Wei Song to speak sternly. "It's not that I am naturally willing to do cruel things and leave a reputation for cruelty, but the situation in Handan forces me to have to
Serious discipline...Does Mr. Wei know what geography I was reading just now?"
Wei Song opened his mouth to speak, but felt that his chest was still beating fast, and his blood was rising, so he did not dare to speak any more.
"To be honest with Wei Gong, I stopped here because I was looking at the three-level dividing line of Zhao State." Gongsun Xun, as if nothing happened, held his arm on the slope and pointed at the surrounding scenery.
"Please see, Mr. Wei... Although your Zhao State is a long strip running from north to south, from a geographical point of view, it is in the shape of a staircase from west to east."
Wei Song finally regained his composure and nodded slightly... What the other party said was indeed the truth.
"The five county towns are all located on the easternmost side. They are plain lands with rich water systems. Not only are they all as beautiful as the three-stone-per-acre farmland in the south of Handan, but they are all similar in terms of water conservancy." Gongsun Xun.
He continued to pull the other party towards the west and said, "Then in the middle, that is, from Mafu Mountain to the west, is a land of hills and mountains. Most of the people here hide in the valleys and live in scattered communities near the river. They cultivate hard, and one acre of land is only two stones.
With just millet, we can only survive by hand, but we still have to be exploited by officials, powerful people, and harassed by bandits..."
"Where are the bandits?" Wei Chang, who was behind him, couldn't hold it back for a moment. "I haven't heard about bandits in Handan at home?"
"Now we have to look further west," Gongsun Xun said unconcernedly. "After passing the hilly terrain, we then go west into the Taihang Mountains, which stretch for hundreds of miles. This one is called Black Mountain, and that one is called Purple Mountain. There are everywhere in it.
They are all places where refugees gather. Either they couldn't stand the oppression and exploitation at home, or in order to avoid the government's corvee taxation, they abandoned their family properties and lived in the mountains and wilderness, half bandits and half civilians, just like savages... As the saying goes, 'tyranny'
"Fighter than a tiger," Wei Gong is so virtuous, how could he not understand the truth behind it?"
Wei Song's face was half green and half red, and he tried his best to say awkwardly: "I traveled to study when I was young, and then I traveled as an official for more than ten years. Since I left office, I have lived in the prosperous place south of Handan City. I really don't know the hardships of the people here, but I am in Lu
The country is the prime minister, and that place is close to Mount Tai, which is also quite similar. The saying "tyranny is fiercer than a tiger" actually comes from that place..."
"Wei Gong!" Gongsun Xun heard impatiently and interrupted him directly. "In my opinion, the people in charge of some powerful families in your Zhao country, as well as the county officials, are actually all
It should be killed. When it comes to genocide, exterminating every family is probably a bit cruel, but the Shen family who set up barricades on the street will be destroyed if they are destroyed. If it is not their turn, people will kneel in front of your house, and then you, the Wei family, will
Follow the rabbit to death and the fox to the sorrowful thing that harms its own kind!"
Wei Song immediately didn't dare to say anything anymore... At this point, he didn't know that the things inside and outside Handan City had long been understood by this young county prince. If he could bump into him so quickly during his trip, maybe it was someone else.
I have been prepared for a long time and am waiting here specifically.
"However, since Wei Gong is here, I naturally want to be on the same page with you." Only then did Gongsun Xun let go of his hand and said. "Aren't those people in Wei Gong's house? Please use my name to help you."
Have a banquet at home, and invite those who have entrusted you with your invitation, as well as the court officials who are watching in the city, the Li family who is closed in, and the Qin family who did not follow that group of people this time... In short, that's it.
All the leading figures inside and outside Handan City are invited to come over. At that time, I also ask Wei Gong to come forward and make peace. As long as they are willing to admit their mistakes to me in person, then all tribes can promise to abide by the law, and the county officials will give up all prominent positions in the county.
I will forget the blame and spare their lives."
Wei Song thought for a long time, and finally his momentum was exhausted, so he nodded slowly.
"Isn't this done?" Gongsun Xun immediately laughed. "Wei Gong is highly virtuous. He will definitely be able to convince these heroes of Zhao for me... Why don't you take my car back? I'll make some preparations and go.
Wait for a while at Mr. Wei’s house?”
Wei Song didn't dare to respond.
However, after helping his son walk a few steps down the mountain, Wei Song suddenly turned around and asked seriously: "County Lord, if I try my best to lobby and they still don't respond, what if I take the risk?"
"What did Wei Gong say?" Gongsun Xun asked proudly.
Wei Song sighed and continued to help his son go down. After walking a few more steps, he suddenly turned back: "Actually, according to what my brother said, it is only a temporary measure for the king to appoint this county magistrate. For two thousand stones, it will be done sooner or later."
Things, even the central princes often have injustices for the princes... In this case..."
"What exactly is Wei Gong going to say?" Gongsun Xun interrupted him disapprovingly.
"What I mean is that since the monarch has no merits, why not slow down the administration?" Wei Song asked with a puzzled face. "Even if you want to deal with these people, even if you want to take power in the country, there is no need to be so anxious, right?
Spend half a year and act slowly, and you will not end up with a reputation as a cruel official. With this kind of reputation, it will be difficult to enter the court and become a minister."
"It doesn't matter." Gongsun Xun looked down and replied seriously. "It's not just the official career that is difficult in the world. I think people's livelihood is also very difficult, and I feel the same way, so I can't wait even for a moment! As for the name of a cruel official... If Hebei can be
The soldiers and the people know that I have the ability to protect the country and the people and maintain order, so I will be cruel to the officials!"
Wei Song sighed, then supported his son and walked away slowly.
——————I am the dividing line that cannot wait for even a moment——————
"During the Guanghe period of the Later Han Dynasty, Taizu was the chief official in administration. He often issued urgent orders and ridiculed them. Taizu said: 'The world is gradually boiling, and the soldiers and people are as if they are in a cauldron. I look at them as if I were in a cauldron. I am safe.
Are you not in a hurry?'" - "Old Book of Yan". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
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