The Collection of The End

——A.D. 180——

During the Xiping period, there was a great plague in Sili. There were rebel generals Bian and Han in Xiliang who took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation. They swept across 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 generals to conquer the west. One hundred thousand warriors from the three regions of Hedong and Hedong marched westward to quell the rebellion.

This Hedong County was established by the Qin Dynasty. Its administrative seat is located in Anyi and it has jurisdiction over 24 counties. Because it produces salt and iron, and is close to the horse-producing area of ​​Bingzhou, people who are skilled in bow and horse have 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 use them to be loyal and loyal. 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 civil affairs in the county. The locals laughed and called him "a county magistrate with a smooth flow 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.

With his free time, 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 already 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 achieved outstanding results.

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 my 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 were unable to significantly increase their income, so they gradually The county magistrate was displeased.

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, 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 "Spring and Autumn" and read more "Spring and Autumn"."

"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 'Yunchang'."

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, rebellion in Xiliang, 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 as Guan Yi in the local area.

Guan Yi? Formerly engaged in civil affairs? Is the observance of filial piety over? 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 that 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 usurped the Han Dynasty,

The stupid method of enfeoffing feudal states has been used again. Counting the currently reigning Ling Emperor, there have been four consecutive emperors succeeded by branches of the enfeoffed feudal states. Coupled with the arrogance and domineering "Ten Constant Attendants", If this continues, 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 wild 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 execute 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 yearns for is the kind of "handsome man" who can lead an army in battle, fight alone, and can adapt to changing circumstances on the battlefield and decide on a winning strategy - and Huangfu Song is such a person.

Although "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 expeditions were 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.

Recruitment by the imperial court 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 yuan to join the army?! Understand, we are here to work for our lives, it's your turn to give us the money!" "You dare to play tricks on the imperial conscription? 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 person in charge of recruiting troops was indeed the subordinate 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 to equip 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. .”

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, and they could tell everything about the county. Although they were considered secrets, the grandson overheard the father and son discussing official matters. Nothing.

Those so-called war horses, armor, and horse weapons were basically the harvest of the rangers from Liangzhou and Bingzhou who exterminated the horse thieves. The really good things had long been taken away by the people who captured them, and the remaining medium and inferior products were 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 what do these guys mean, 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 coins." At least he couldn't 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, and 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 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 also a group of people who aroused Guan Yu's interest. Their names were Zhuan Zhu , Yaoli, Nie Zheng and Jing Ke.

This was not an impromptu idea on his part. In fact, it was these guys' inaction and disorderly behavior 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 that faint official? He had previously said that he would join the army. The long-handled knife, an extremely common weapon, is used by at least thousands of people in the county. He just needs to kill them with one knife while no one notices them, and then use the excuse of being dissatisfied with the recruitment office to force-sell them to other places. Just surrender to 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."

us"? 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 standing in a corner with him, obviously ready to help if there was any trouble.

"I'm Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, who are you?" Finally, Guan Yu put down his long sword and said.

"Liu Bei, Liu Xuande." The young man smiled.