In Han Hao's impression, Xu Zijiang would usually only give a two-sentence review or evaluation to the people on the Yuedan Review list...
But this time in the Lunar New Year review, for pottery merchants, Xu Shao can be said to be a huge gift... Buy two and get eight free, directly bringing the pottery merchants to the top.
The potter himself was a little confused.
Is this just a group purchase just in time for the Chinese New Year?
There are examples like this. It cannot be said that there are no such cases, but it is definitely not the case that just a random person can give such a high evaluation.
The main thing Han Hao was confused about was the potter! Has Xu Zijiang met him?
As soon as he arrived in Hanoi, the first thing he did was to pretend to be a Baibo army to rob the property of four prominent families in Hanoi. He was actually evaluated by Xu Ziyi with ten mantras, and among them, the golden mantra was "A filial son carries a sword and armour, and he can tell the difference frankly."
"Father is worried." and "In times of peace, there are gentlemen, and in times of trouble, there are loyal and good men." These lines.
The first sentence directly promoted the pottery merchant, who took care of his father's worries and joined the army, as a model of "filial piety" in the world, and the second sentence even evaluated the pottery merchant as "a loyal gentleman and a loyal minister of the world."
Moreover, the last sentence in the ten-sentence review is "Twenty is not enough, and the prince of Taiping is worthy of the title."
He actually gave him the nickname "Prince Taiping"?
How blind are Xu Zijiang's eyes?
At this moment, the potter's sweat was flowing like a spring.
This Xu Jing... might have gone a little too far.
Didn't I tell him that I would just say "A gentleman in peacetime is a loyal man in troubled times"?
Why did he give me so many useless treatments?
Also, that unflattering phrase ""Young Master Taiping"" can't be any more unflattering... isn't this destroying me!
At this moment, little Sima Yi, who was standing next to the pottery merchant, had stars in his eyes. He looked at the pottery merchant with admiration and said in surprise: "Look, I'm not wrong. Isn't it you who are being criticized here... Mr. Taiping?"
Well!"
Before he could finish his words, the potter suddenly lowered his head and stared at him with a pair of fire-like eyes. His eyes were so fierce that he almost made the young lady cry.
"Don't... call me... Mr. Taiping!"
Sima Yi's young wife swallowed tremblingly, and said in a low voice: "Oh, I understand, Taiping... Mr. Tao."
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At the same time, in Chang'an, the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Hahahahaha!"
Dong Zhuo sat on the main seat, holding a copy of Yuedan Commentary in his hand, laughing loudly, wiping his tears, and said happily: "What a Taiping Lord, so damn... tacky! I didn't expect that Xu Shao of Runan was also a wonderful person.
Man, you actually came up with such a nickname for that boy from the Tao family... Danyang Tao family and Runan Xu family, when did their two families get tied together!"
Below Dong Zhuo, Li Ru also shook his head with emotion and sighed: "Theoretically, it shouldn't be possible. The Xu family in Runan and the Tao family in Danyang should have never had any contact in the past. However, this is just a guess by my subordinates. Among the nobles,
Things have always been based on interests, and family reputation is paramount! It would not be surprising if the Tao family of Danyang had any secret connections with the Xu family of Runan... However, the matter of Lu Bu being made a marquis was just announced by the Prime Minister last month.
It has been decided that Xu Zijiang knows it so quickly, it seems that he has quite a bit of knowledge."
Dong Zhuo chuckled and said disdainfully: "What kind of knowledge does he have? It was not through the ears of the escaping Xu Jingan in Kyoto. This is normal... The Tao family boy must have some connection with the Xu family.
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Li Ru didn't understand what he said.
But he saw Dong Zhuo throwing a scroll of slips on the desk to him and saying: "This is the list of recommended Xiaolians sent by Yingchuan officials to report to the court this year. It is clearly marked with the names of the children of the Tao family."
The name, and the person who recommended him, is still our former great minister, Xu Jing~Xu, the great man."
The word "Master Xu" was stretched to an extremely long length by Dong Zhuo, which was obviously full of disdain.
Li Ru read the list of recommendations for Yingchuan officials in full, then stroked his beard and said: "The father of Tao Shang is Tao Qian. As the governor, Tao Qian wanted to promote filial piety and integrity for his son in Pengcheng.
It is too easy. Why bother to go to Yingchuan to ask Kong Niao and Xu Jing for help? Besides, the pottery merchant is not from Yingchuan, and his household registration is not here. Even if he is elected Xiaolian, he cannot go to Yingchuan to take the exam. The reason for this is
It is against the laws of the imperial court... The prime minister should not ignore him, it is not allowed."
"No!"
Dong Zhuo suddenly stood up, raised a huge palm, stared at the tiger's eyes and said: "Not only must it be accurate, but it must also be very accurate!"
Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo doubtfully and said, "What does the Prime Minister mean?"
Dong Zhuo walked out from behind the desk and walked back and forth in the hall with his hands on his back. As he walked, he said: "Since the battle in Chang'an, I have been thinking that the princes of Guandong worked together to attack me, and they had the upper hand before the Battle of Bianshui.
, how did things go wrong in the end? In fact, everyone has his own thoughts and plans..."
Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo said again: "I heard that Han Fu has given up the throne of Jizhou to Yuan Shao, is that right?"
Li Ru nodded and said: "Han Fu was afraid that Gongsun Zan would go south, so he gave up the throne of Jizhou to Yuan Shao to protect himself. It was really a cowardly act. Now Yuan Shao does not have a formal title from the court, but he is leading the shepherd of Jizhou on his behalf. This clearly shows that he is a coward."
Go against the prime minister! I heard that he also made his vassal Zhou Ang the governor of Yuzhou without authorization..."
"Haha, it's interesting. Yuan Shu also went to the court a few days ago to report Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou... Hehe, isn't Kong Niao the governor of Yuzhou who was officially appointed by the imperial court? Why did the Yuan brothers either go to the court or appoint them privately, and so on?
Two came out? Do I have to split the supervisory position of the governor of Yuzhou into three parts? There is also Danyang County. I heard that the prefect Zhou Xin has always been close to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shu also said that
, to show that Zhou Xin is not worthy of his reputation, and to show that Wu Jing can replace Zhou Xin, the fight is really fierce."
Li Ru narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the two Yuans have already begun to fight in Guandong!"
"Not bad!" Dong Zhuo clapped his hands and said with a sinister smile: "This is a good opportunity. The traitor of the Yuan family has a big tree with deep roots. All the nobles in the world look up to him. Now brothers are fighting in the wall. If I don't give him some firewood, wouldn't I be let down?
Is this their kindness?"
Li Ru straightened his face and said in a low voice: "What does the Prime Minister plan to do?"
"First, give the position of governor of Yuzhou to Sun Jian. This guy once committed crimes in Jingzhou and killed Zhang Zi, Wang Rui and others. He must be unable to go back. Let this tiger help Yuan Shu fight for the top spot in Yuzhou.
Let’s fight! Let’s see how Kong Min and Zhou Ang sent by Yuan Shao deal with him!”
Li Ru praised: "Xiang Guo's technique of driving away tigers is really brilliant."
Dong Zhuo said happily: "It's not over yet. I want to grant the land of Jizhou to Yuan Shao, and also grant Gongsun Zan the position of former general, and give him a secret edict, giving Gongsun Zan the right to control the troops of Jizhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou.
...I want to see what this decree is, what will happen to him and Yuan Shao?"
Li Ru wrote down the details Dong Zhuo said one by one, and suddenly said: "What about Danyang County? The prefect Zhou Xin was close to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. When the princes of Guandong rebelled, Zhou Xin also secretly helped
Cao Cao, this person can be regarded as a vassal of Yuan Shao, but Danyang is located at the gate of Yangzhou. Yuan Shu has coveted Yangzhou for a long time. This time, he also recommended Wu Jing as the prefect of Danyang. The purpose is to replace Zhou Xin with Wu Jing. What will the Prime Minister do?
This matter? Should Wu Jing be made the governor of Danyang and Zhou Xin be removed? Or should Zhou Xin continue to serve and the two Yuans continue to be at odds with each other?"
"No!" Dong Zhuo waved his fingers, a ferocious look on his rough face: "I have a more interesting way."
After saying that, Dong Zhuo walked towards his desk, picked up the Moonlight Commentary on the desk, shook it and said: "Yuan Shao's confidant is Zhou Xin, Yuan Shu's confidant is Wu Jing, they both want to make their respective confidants the governor of Danyang.
I might as well add some more seasoning to Er Yuan!"
Li Ru is a smart person. When he saw that Yuedan comment, he understood it in an instant, and he was so impressed that he fell into admiration.
"The Prime Minister is really smart! Taking advantage of the fact that the pottery merchant was promoted as a filial piety and incorruptible on the first day of the month, we made him the prefect of Danyang. How will Tao Qian cope with being caught between the two Yuans?"
Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said: "Danyang County is not only the gateway to the north of Yangzhou, but also the gateway to the south of Xuzhou. Tao Qian will not let him go!"
Li Ru nodded and said: "If Tao Qian wants to take Danyang County, he will probably be dead in Eryuan's house in the future."
Dong Zhuo said happily: "And I not only want to make that little boy the governor of Danyang, but also give him the nickname of Prince Taiping!"
"The title of Prince Taiping... was also given to him?" Li Ru was a little surprised: "Why is this?"
Dong Zhuo said happily: "For no reason, just because this stinky boy divided court with me in Bianshui and took away dozens of ministers from me alive. I have never suffered such a big loss in my life! This time
Just to disgust him, our big Han generals have a lot of titles, such as General of Buildings and Ships, General of Ambush, General of Crossing Liao, General of Longxiang... This time I am bringing out the old and bringing out new things, and I also give him the title of a miscellaneous young master for fun.
Nicknamed Taiping! Let’s see what Taiping method he will do in the future? Brat, I will disgust you to death!”