The mansion is not big, it is a very ordinary house, which does not suit Liu Hui's status at all.
Among the Jizhou faction, Liu Hui's status is very high. Because he is an important figure under Wang Fen, he is widely respected by his colleagues in Jizhou.
Later, Wang Fen gave the stable power to Yuan Shao. Although Liu Hui was dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's policies of suppressing party members, since Yuan Shao inherited it legally, there was nothing to criticize, so Liu Hui naturally had no choice but to recognize this lord.
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However, this does not mean that Liu Hui has no relationship with the party members at all. He is an upright person. Even though Yuan Shao suppressed the party members, which caused many people in Jizhou to alienate the party members, he still had a good relationship with the party members.
So when Xun He came to see him, Liu Hui was not surprised, and even vaguely guessed something in his heart. In the past two years, Jizhou has suffered successive defeats, and people everywhere are panicked, and many people have taken refuge in Luoyang.
After entering the atrium, we arrived at the lobby. There were only a few servants in Liu Hui's home, and his family members were all in his hometown of Shan State. He took office in Yecheng alone and had no property. He was honest, clear-minded, and upright. This was also the reason why he served in Guangzhou, Jizhou
Reasons for being respected by colleagues.
After the servants served tea and drinks, Xun He and Liu Hui sat down. Liu Hui did not sit at the main seat, but sat opposite Xun He to show respect. Xun He was already over sixty years old this year, but his hair was gray.
, so old that he seems to be in his eighties.
Seeing that he was so old, Liu Hui asked in confusion: "Mr. Gongshu, I remember the last time I met him was in January last year. Calculating the time, it's only been a year since I last met."
Xun He nodded: "Yes, time flies very fast. The last time we met was indeed in January last year. After the New Year, I occasionally felt cold, so you came to my mansion to visit me."
"Then why..."
Liu Hui looked at his white hair. The last time they met, Xun He also had white hair, but it was just black and gray at most. Unlike now, his hair was already gray, as if he was about to die. He had aged twenty years in a year.
age.
Xun He said calmly: "In August last year, my son sent me a letter saying that my old wife at home died of illness. I asked Yuan Shao to come back, but he didn't allow me to stay. I missed my deceased wife and grew old all night."
"Xun Gong..."
Liu Hui wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, all her words turned into a sigh, and no words came out.
The reason why Yuan Shao kept old party members like Xun and Chen Yi in Jizhou was of great significance because Yuan Shao himself was a member of the party and was a backbone of the party. He was then trained by Wang Fen as the leader of the younger generation of the party.
Historically, Yuan Shao did not rise to the position of leader of the Kwantung Army by pulling the Yuan family's tiger skin. When he was in Luoyang, he sided with He Jin with the party members and the forces in the DPRK.
At the same time, he made friends with celebrities and friends from all over the world, laying a foundation for his reputation.
In the records of "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", this situation is introduced as "Shao has good looks and majestic appearance, and he loves his scholars to make a name for himself. After many years in Taisi, he has been home to guests, and they are all devoted to each other. Everyone competes to go to his court, and the scholars are of no rank."
, resisting the etiquette, carrying supplies and firewood, and filling in the streets."
Therefore, Yuan Shao's rise to power actually relied to a large extent on his fame and prestige among the scholar-officials group.
The scholars at that time were actually party members, or in other words, these party members themselves were the big bosses among the scholars. The three gentlemen, eight heroes, eight people, eight people, and eight chefs were just the most famous part of the scholar-bureaucrat group.
This group of people controlled the public opinion and the right to speak in the court, and they could make whoever they wanted famous. Yuan Shao mixed with them, and was naturally regarded as a member of the scholar-bureaucrat group.
In this way, after Dong Zhuo's chaos, Yuan Shao had almost become the leader of the scholarly community. When he plotted to seize Jizhou as the governor of Bohai, he almost went smoothly without any obstacles.
It's not that Han Fu didn't think about resisting, but he couldn't resist it. At that time, all the scholars in Jizhou were leaning towards Yuan Shao. The general trend was the general trend, and in the end there was no way.
And the foundation for all of this was laid as early as when Yuan Shao made friends with party members and established his reputation.
It's different now.
Wang Fen is a big boss in Shilin and one of the Eight Chefs. Although he is relatively low in the ranking, all the people in front of him are dead, so the Eight Chefs naturally become the leader of Shilin.
Yuan Shao was still only the backbone. If Wang Fen had not died, Yuan Shao's prestige among the scholars would not be as high as Wang Fen, Chen Yixun and others. Naturally, there would be no way for the Jizhou scholars to join him and plot to seize Jizhou.
But after Wang Fen passed away and he was appointed as his successor, the situation was different.
Although he suppresses the party members, it is because he does not want the party members to restrict his power. However, his power is given by the party members, so he must not break up with the party members.
Just like Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the White Lotus Sect and the Red Scarf Army. Before he achieved great achievements, he had to rely on the White Lotus Sect and the Red Scarf Army, and he could not fall out with them.
Therefore, Yuan Shao wanted his absolute power and excluded the party members from power, but he also did not want to completely beat the party members to death, causing his prestige and reputation in Shilin to plummet, and becoming a white-eyed wolf that everyone shouted at.
Therefore, his choice was to put the party members in a high cabinet and support them as three ministers and nine ministers without real power. But if they wanted to resign and leave Jizhou, they refused to agree, which was equivalent to house arrest in disguise. Many people in Jizhou knew that,
I just don't dare to say it.
Now Liu Hui saw Xun He's vicissitudes of life, and his heart was full of sympathy. However, he had no way to do anything about this matter. Even if he wanted to help, he could not do anything.
Xun He looked deeply in the direction of Yingchuan, moved his mouth, but stopped talking. After a moment, he smiled bitterly and said: "Let Zihui laugh."
"My condolences to Mr. Xun."
Liu Hui had no choice but to agree.
Xun He shook his head and said: "I have lived to this age, what else can't I see? I just remembered that when the party was in prison, my deceased wife and I ran away in all directions, getting together less and leaving more. After the party imprisonment was lifted, we were together.
My days were very sparse, and I was not even with her when she died, so I felt full of guilt for her. In this life, I may only be able to return to Yingchuan when I die."
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Liu Hui finally couldn't help but ask.
Xun He did not answer directly, but said: "Zi Hui, we have known each other for more than ten years."
"Well, fourteen years."
Liu Hui replied.
Since Wang Fen became the governor of Jizhou in the second year of Zhongping, he recruited him as a special officer. At that time, Xunhe came to Jizhou to visit Wang Fen. At that time, it was just a few acquaintances. Later, after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Xunhe
After coming to Jizhou to seek refuge with Wang Fen, they had been in contact for a long time.
Xun He looked at him almost pleadingly and said: "Zi Hui is an old official of Wen Zugong, and I am an old acquaintance of Wen Zugong. For Wen Zugong's sake, I only hope that I can return my favor before I die."
Can I visit my late wife’s grave?”
Liu Hui said bitterly: "I really can't do anything about this matter. Duke Xun knows about it, and Duke Yuan..."
Xun He frowned and said: "What benefit did Yuan Shao give you? Wenzu publicly founded the party in order to help the Han Dynasty. Now that Duke Bo'an has inherited the power in Luoyang and Liu Bei has been deposed, if Yuan Benchu is loyal to the Han Dynasty
, you should have turned back a long time ago, do you really think he is some kind of brave and loyal minister? You still want to serve him to the death!"
This sentence is already considered treason in Jizhou. This time Xun He came out in the name of visiting relatives and friends. In certain matters, Yuan Shao did not dare to go too far. But if Yuan Shao heard this sentence,
I'm afraid that Xun He's imprisonment will have to be further deepened, and he will not even be able to leave the house in the future.
Liu Hui was stunned by what he said. After a moment, his expression became even more bitter. He shook his head and sighed: "I don't know what Mr. Yuan is thinking. It's just that after all, I am an old official of Mr. Wen Zu, and Mr. Yuan is Wen Zugong."
If it weren’t for special reasons for the Jizhou pastor appointed by my grandfather, I’m afraid..."
According to historical records, Liu Hui was a relatively upright person, but Shen Pei and Feng Ji were also upright. Being upright does not mean that they must care about the Han Dynasty and help the Han Dynasty. As scholars, they also have their own masters in their minds.
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Obviously Yuan Shao is the unparalleled king in Shenpei Fengji's eyes.
In fact, the reason why Liu Hui has always followed Yuan Shao is because of the dual monarchy concept of the Han Dynasty. Liu Hui was conquered by Wang Fen, so he was Wang Fen's disciple and former official, and was not so loyal to the court and the emperor.
Yuan Shao was the heir to Jizhou appointed by Wang Fen. He legally inherited Wang Fen's position as Jizhou pastor, and naturally he also legally inherited the property Wang Fen left to him.
As Wang Fen's disciple and former official, Liu Hui was naturally among the inherited property. With such an intermediate relationship, between sympathizing with the party members and following Yuan Shao, he naturally preferred the latter.
Hearing Liu Hui's words, Xun He's old face showed a look of disappointment. He looked towards the south with sad eyes and murmured: "I know, I know... I can only die of old age in this life."
Now that we are in Jizhou, I still hope that the imperial army will regain Jizhou as soon as possible."
Liu Hui remained silent. After a while, when he saw Xun He standing up tremblingly and preparing to leave, he couldn't help but said: "Mr. Xun, although I can't do anything for you, if you
If you still have any unfulfilled wishes, I can help you."
Xun He laughed miserably and said: "You can't help me with anything. But if you are really willing to help, there is really a small thing. I used to have an imperial vassal who protected me and was kind to me. He is now
He serves as an assistant officer in the army. If you want to help, please help me repay this kindness and promote him."
"I'll take care of this little thing."
Liu Hui agreed without hesitation.
Xun He told him the name and position of the imperial subordinate, and finally said: "The reason why I say this is because when he came to visit me last time, he casually complained that his superior officer had bullied him many times.
If you want to do something, just help him become his superior’s superior."
Liu Hui agreed: "I can't help Mr. Xun with other matters, but I will take this matter seriously. Please rest assured, Mr. Xun, I will issue a transfer order in a few days."
"Then it's up to you."
Xun He turned his head and slowly walked out of Liu Hui's mansion.
Liu Hui escorted him to the door, watched him get on the carriage, carefully recalled what Xun He had just said to him, and then remembered the name of the person and his current official position in his heart.
"Zhou Tao is a Canglin official. His superior officer is the Canglin Lingcheng."
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After Xun He came out of Liu Hui's mansion, he returned to his home.
In the afternoon, Zhao Gong came over.
The two met at home.
After sitting down, Zhao Gong asked: "Gongshu, how was your chat with Liu Hui?"
Xun He shook his head: "This man is quite foolish and loyal, and is unwilling to betray Yuan Shao."
Zhao Gong also sighed: "I went to find that Xun Chen."
"How did he say?"
"I also mean that I don't want to."
"well."
Xun He sighed.
He has actually played the emotional card, and the death of his wife can be regarded as a heartache for him.
After ten years of life and death, he and his wife were rarely together and separated frequently. After learning the news of his wife's death, Xun He was indeed extremely sentimental.
Therefore, he was also very eager to return to Yingchuan to see his wife, or at least to see his wife's grave before he died.
Xun He felt a little regretful that he did not persuade Liu Hui this time. Because Liu Hui was Yuan Shao's senior adviser, if he was willing to help, it would be much easier to defeat Yuan Shao.
However, Xun He was not discouraged, and still found a way to insert a chess piece into the middle level of Yuan Shao's army, and it was the important position of grain and fodder quartermaster.
Previously, this kind of position had been held by Yuan Shao's confidants, and no one with connections to party members could get in. Party members could only serve as low-level assistants, and could not climb to important positions at all.
But now with Liu Hui's help, I believe this chess piece may play a key role, such as finding out where Yuan Shao's army stores food and the location of the food and grass.
Although Liu Hui may have noticed something strange, Xun He also understood Liu Hui's personality. Even if he had some suspicions in his heart, he might not want to think too deeply about it because of his sympathy for him and because of Wang Fen's relationship.
As long as this goal is achieved, then this emotional card will at least be in place.
"But it's not entirely without gain."
Zhao Gong said again.
"oh?"
Xun He cheered up: "Xun Chen, are you willing to do something for us?"
Zhao Gong shook his head: "He told me that because of Xun Yu's relationship, he couldn't say much to Yuan Shao, so he planned to keep silent in the future and no longer offer advice to Yuan Shao."
Xun He suddenly became happy, nodded repeatedly and said: "If this is the case, You Ruo has done a good thing."
Xun Chen and Xun Yu were brothers, and he and Xun He were also clan brothers.
So in fact, the Xun clan was deeply involved between Jizhou and Qingzhou. Since Xun Yu was in Qingzhou, Yuan Shao was a little suspicious of Xun Chen, fearing that he would collude with Liu Bei as an internal agent, so he gradually began to alienate him, and some core information was no longer available.
Share it with him.
This made Xun Chen feel insulted, because although Xun Chen and Xun Yu were brothers, they had exchanged letters before, which meant greeting each other. Everyone was their own master, and with his integrity, he would never betray him.
But Yuan Shao was so suspicious of him that Xun Chen was also dissatisfied, so when Zhao Gong came to him and hoped that he could help them, even if he did not help the party members, he planned not to give advice to Yuan Shao anymore, but to keep his mouth shut in the future.
Don't talk about it, just watch the war between Hebei and Qing Dynasty.
After learning about this incident, Xun He felt much better. He looked towards the south again and murmured to himself: "That's all I can do. I hope everything goes well for him when he returns there."
At the beginning of the third year of Yonghan, the war between Qingzhou and Jizhou was about to break out.