Chapter 141 The Unforgettable Book
At this moment, Zhuge Gui was looking through the papers of the current magistrate Mou, who was also the former magistrate Fei. The more he read, the more he felt that this person was going to be dealt with thoroughly.
The former County Magistrate Fei was born in Xiaolian. After serving for three years, Shangshu Lang was sent to their Taishan County to serve as County Magistrate Fei. After three years of serving, he moved to the left to be the magistrate of Mou County. It can be said that the official career is prosperous.
Now this person is just County Magistrate Fei and dares to embezzle Mo's military salary. Later he will be in Mou County and then go to the central government. How much Mo Mo will he embezzle and how much people's support will he amass? Therefore, this seedling must be nipped in the bud, otherwise it will grow into trouble sooner or later.
It stands to reason that ordinary people know that this gentleman has a bright future, so they will make a good relationship if they can. They must know that their children and nephews may need this person to promote filial piety and honesty in the future.
But Zhuge Gui is not an ordinary person. The Zhuge family is an innocent family and would rather not be an official than to be promoted by such a shameful person.
He was about to call the Eastern Supervisor to come over and ask him to patrol Mou County. Even though the postal supervisor is just an official with a hundred stones, it is an important position. He has the power to supervise the county magistrate, county lieutenants and various officials at the county level. He has the power to arrest and interrogate the county magistrate, but he cannot kill without authorization. Of course, if the governor wanted to risk his life, he would kill the county magistrate after being caught.
Although the postal governor in the east was established by Zhang Ju, the prefect, we have always been on good terms with him and he is courageous in taking on tasks. If you leave this matter to this prince, you will not be disappointed.
But at this moment, Zhuge Gui saw Shi Bianwei coming into the recording office. He immediately showed his face and stood up to greet Bian Wei.
Although Bian Wei was a member of the prefect Zhang Juna, his friends with Zhuge Gui never looked at who he belonged to, but only what kind of person he was. And Bian Wei is undoubtedly the type of person he admires. He has a clean family background, is a man of romantic eloquence, and has rich rhetoric. He is a talented person.
Zhuge Gui stood up to welcome Bian Wei to his seat and said with a smile:
"Shizai, why do you have time to come to me today? You came just in time. I recently got a cursive calligraphy by Zhang Boying. Come and take a look."
After saying that, Zhuge Gui took Bian Wei to the quiet room in the side chamber and took out a volume of calligraphy. While handing it back, he praised:
"I didn't expect that the son of Old Sinong, who spent his whole life as a soldier, would be as good at writing as a saint. Shizai, you don't know that Zhang Boying's calligraphy and stickers can be said to be indispensable in Kyoto. This one was also given to me by a classmate of Taixue University. My great gift.”
Bian Wei Youcheng Mansion, even though he was thinking about Zhang Ju's instructions, his face remained calm. He opened the book sticker, took a closer look, and saw that the writing skills were exquisite, and praised:
"Although this cursive calligraphy method only emerged in this dynasty, it is not a small way. First there was Qi Xiang Dudu, who was known as a good writer. Later, there were Mr. Cui Yuan and Cui Shi, also known as Jingong. I have been fortunate enough to meet several people who wrote calligraphy. , Du's calligraphy has strong bones, and Er Cui's calligraphy is skillful. Now I look at Boying's calligraphy, it can be said that it has both, extraordinary and holy!"
Zhuge Gui laughed loudly:
"Sure enough, I said Shizai You must like it. Come on, let's sit down and talk. You don't really come here to read any words."
Bian Wei took his seat, gathered his clothes and bowed:
"Ashamed, I am entrusted by others, and I do not hide my loyalty from Lord Zhuge. I really want to discuss something with you."
"Please speak."
"There is one thing. The prefect asked me to ask if the former Fei County Magistrate Zhang He could make up for all the money he had inked. Let's just forget about it. You know, if this is really done, Zhang He will be dead. "Jun Cheng, you can't bear to let the talents cultivated by the country go to waste."
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Gui stood up and scolded:
"What's the waste? These thieves and traitors should be punished by the national law. If they are allowed to continue to run free, I don't know how many people will be harmed. Five hundred thousand dollars! Do you know that if you accept this five hundred thousand dollars, Li Shu below?" How much will it cost to save a few dozen dollars? How much will it cost to you, Bian Shizai?”
Bian Wei's face turned green and red after being scolded. He knew that this matter was a hard job, but he had no choice. Not only for himself, but also for Zhuge Gui in front of him, it was best to handle this matter according to the prefect's method.
He tried his best to persuade:
"Jun Cheng, I have something that feels stuck in my throat and I won't spit it out quickly. These are my words from the bottom of my heart. Please listen to me."
Seeing Bian Wei's solemn words, Zhuge Gui, who had already fluffed his sleeves, sat down again. He wanted to listen to what Bian Shizai had to say.
Bian Wei solemnly said:
"Jun Cheng, the way to be an official is indeed to ask for orders from the people, but in reality we are herdsmen for the country. Whether we herdsmen are good or not depends essentially on how the superior officials judge. No matter how many things are done below, we cannot see what is done above. , If you don't want to see it, what's the use? Therefore, the most important thing for an official is to be harmonious and harmonious. For example, if the Feixian camp mutiny is exposed, it will not be Feixian's business. It's a matter of our entire Taishan County. Now that the governor is in a very critical period, why should you, Commander, be so strong as to go against the entire Taishan County officials? Why not just pretend it didn’t happen?”
Seeing that Zhuge Gui was about to explode, Bian Wei suddenly said:
"Brother Jungong, listen to me. I am doing this for you. In this officialdom, you are blocking other people's way, and some people will be really ruthless. You may not be very clear when you come to Mount Tai to be an official. It is said that the people of Taishan County are unruly and unruly, and killings of officials occur from time to time, but don’t really think that they are all mountain people!”
To be honest, Bian Wei's reminder was very obvious, which was to ask Zhuge Gui to bow his head to the prefect Zhang Ju, otherwise there would be real danger of killing.
Zhuge Gui was silent now. The great advice over there was effective, and it immediately became a hot iron:
"Brother Zhuge, I know that you are the only official in the Zhuge family now. Your brother is still studying at Taixue, and you have two sons, both of whom have not yet grown up. Therefore, the future of the Zhuge family depends on Brother Zhuge."
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Zhuge Gui remained silent.
In the end, Bian Wei knew that the matter was probably done. Seeing that Zhuge Gui didn't say anything, he just thought that he was a proud scholar and was sensible and not pushy, so he said goodbye.
After a long while, Zhuge Gui moved. He stood up and wrote five words on the ruler book:
"A Letter of Farewell to My Brother"
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Taishan County, Mou County, Changshaowei.
Changshaowei is located 30 miles northwest of Mou County and 70 miles east of Ying County. It is the most important mountain pass in and out of Mount Lu. So naturally, a fair trade market for mountain goods was formed here. Business travelers from Yingxian, Mouxian, and Fenggao all came here to exchange coarse salt and coarse cloth for mountain goods with the mountain lairs in Mount Lu. However, unlike other polder cities, there is a battalion of a hundred soldiers stationed here. The reason for this is because of the extremely tight geographical situation here.
Since ancient times, there have been three routes to attack Qingzhou from the Central Plains. One is to enter along a narrow passage at the northern foot of Mount Tai on the south bank of Jishui River. Here, the two cities of Zhua and Lixia serve as fortresses to defend this passage. In history, Geng Yanfa and Zhang Bu took this path.
The other two are all used by Lu State in history. One is through the mountain road between Mount Tai and Mount Lu in Ying County. From Tugu County, you can enter the Lubei Plain in the hinterland of Qingzhou. The other is to go from Mou County, through the mountain road between Yishan Mountain and Mengshan Mountain, and then out of Linqu County, you can go straight to Linzi, the important city of Qingzhou.
Both of these passages are located between the Laiwu Valley on both sides of Wenshui River. It can be said that the Laiwu Valley is the most important throat area between Qi and Lu.
Therefore, in this valley, the three cities of Fenggao, Yingxian, and Mouxian formed a "pin" shape and tightly surrounded the Laiwu Valley.
Taishan County has three thousand standing troops. Five hundred troops were stationed in Fei County to guard the Nimeng Pass and control the eastern passage from Xuzhou into Taishan County. Then the county administration was entrusted with a thousand standing troops to guard the county administration. After that, Ying County stationed 500 troops to guard the mountain road between Mount Tai and Lu Mountain; Mou County stationed 500 troops to guard the mountain road between Lu Mountain and Yi Mountain; and the rest each guarded other counties, either fifty troops or some. One hundred, or even none in some places. And this small Wei city in Changshaowei can actually garrison a hundred troops, which shows that the Taishan County officials attach great importance to this place.
Today is a big fair in Changshaowei. Households from the nearby villages and villages all flocked to this fair, making it very lively.
At this moment, there was a street stall selling small muddy objects, including gun heads, copper arrow clusters, and even rusty copper swords. At first glance, they looked like old objects dug out of the soil. .
This attracted two men wearing black turbans. They squatted in front of the stall, pulling these small objects and asking:
"Where did this come from? Look at some years."
The vendor was dozing off with his eyes squinted. The midday sun was like this, shining directly on people dozing off. After being awakened by these words, the man hurriedly said:
"Everything dug here is good. Put it at home to ward off evil spirits."
"He came out of the soil? And he can ward off evil spirits?"
When he heard that these two people didn't believe it, the merchant became anxious and must refute this, otherwise his goods would not be sold here. He said anxiously:
"It's him in this soil who can ward off evil spirits. Don't you know that the weapons in this soil are used by ghost generals and soldiers, specifically to kill wandering ghosts. If you put these weapons and spears at home, how can ordinary evil spirits dare to come?"< br>
This makes sense. A man wearing a black scarf touched the mud on Ge's head and said to his companion:
"This thing is probably a relic from the battlefield when Qi and Lu fought in the past. We are all here. Buy one and take it back. There is a reason for it."
After saying that, he turned back and asked the vendor:
"How much does this gig cost?"
When he heard that there was business, the merchant held out three fingers:
"This number."
"Thirty dollars?"
The merchant shook his head and made another gesture with his three fingers.
The two black headscarves understood, and then they stood up in unison and walked to the next vendor.
Are you kidding me, three hundred dollars? It costs three hundred dollars to break the sword, why not grab it?
When the two of them were about to leave, the vendor grabbed one of them by the hand and said mysteriously:
"Man, I, Sun Er, have never missed it. The two of you have a dragon and a tiger sitting on your head. You will be the generals in the future. This Gu Ge will make you two more powerful, and it will help you two increase your killing power." , if you pass by, you will miss it.”
After hearing this, Erhei Jintou's eyes froze, one of his hands was already tucked into his wide sleeves, and then he said solemnly:
"Then you must see through it and don't tell it, otherwise..."
This person was about to threaten, when suddenly there was a noise outside Wei City, and then a burst of guard drums was heard, and the soldiers guarding Wei City shouted:
"Thieves are coming, prepare your troops!"
(End of chapter)