Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 857
The study room is very large. There are few such scale study rooms in Luoyang. The bookshelves are full of various books. No matter what kind of books, you can always find them here. Books left behind by people are not considered isolated here. The southernmost part of the study room is actually a little dark, because there are too many books around, piled up to the top, and there is only a gap for one person in the west.

In this darkness, the old man sitting here alone slowly raised the chess piece in his hand. In front of him, there was a chess game. The old man held the chess in his hand. He didn't know how long he was in a daze. Finally, the chess piece fell down. , but there was no smile on his face, and there was no one in front of him, which was extremely strange.

Two young men rode fast horses, dressed as rich men, chatted all the way, and rode their horses towards the gate of Luoyang City. One of them, younger, was talking all the way, and his figure was quite sloppy. There was the deceased Shi Zhongling Zhifeng, and the other one was a little older, and his whole person was relatively calm, holding his beard, listening carefully to the words of his friend beside him, without saying a word.

"Xiao Gong, you are a little carried away. This is Luoyang, the center of the temple. Here, you'd better maintain a little awe. In short, you are not very big in this Luoyang. What is it, there are more than a dozen servants in the temple, when you meet the officials, it is best to be respectful." Finally, the older one spoke.

Zhong Changtong smiled, "Yuan Zhi, don't you know me yet? I have followed Duke Xing for a long time, and I have always been respectful and polite in dealing with people. Disrespectful."

Xu Shu didn't know if he believed him, so he glanced at him, and then said: "When you enter the city later, go to my mansion to settle down first, and then go to Shangshutai to meet Duke Xun Ling, then to Duke Lu Ling, and finally go to Meet Zhuge Linggong." Zhong Changtong shook his head, "Don't worry, we will meet sooner or later, it's rare to go back to Luoyang, these few days, let's go around Luoyang."

"If Lord Xun Ling knew that you had arrived here but didn't go to see him, he would inevitably blame you."

"Why would Duke Xun Ling blame me? You, you still have too much prejudice against Duke Xun Ling in your heart. He is the only gentleman in the temple. Don't think about him like that. If it wasn't for his gift, what would I do?" Will there be a chance to come to Luoyang?" Zhong Changtong grinned, feeling good, for many years, he was forced to be the prefect, and he was unable to come to Luoyang for a long time.

Every year, his political achievements are the most crowned among the big men, and no prefect can compare to him in all aspects of promotion, but even so, he still cannot be reused, just because of his various remarks, he disrespects ghosts and gods, no, he is hatred Ghosts and gods, he doesn't believe in the theory of destiny, and he openly challenged the ram. One of the core of the ram is the destiny of the ram.

And the emperors starting from Emperor Xiaokang were all born in rams. It is very normal that he, who is hostile to rams and has repeatedly abused rams for deceiving people, was not promoted. In these years, he has not been besieged by rams. It was also because of his teacher, he took Xing Ziang as his teacher, and Xing Ziang was He Zi's disciple, so the Gongyang School regarded his anti-destiny theory as a struggle within Gongyang, and did not attack it in groups.

When He Xiu commented on the Gongyang Biography, he reflected on the many internal struggles in the past, and believed that these were the root causes of the desolation of the Gongyang School, so he left a loose internal environment for the Gongyang, and anyone can comment on the Gongyang Yang Chuan, to express one's opinion, Gongyang disciples can't fight because of internal disagreements, if they get angry, they should go to beat Gu Liang, and they can't do anything to their own family members.

In this regard, only Gu Liang expressed his confusion, but Ram did not have much opinion.

Yuan Shu, Cui Yan, and Cao Chong have completely different understandings of Gongyang. Even so, the disciples of these sects are friendly when they meet each other.

These things about Zhong Changtong are not so serious. The most serious thing is that he clamored for the prosperity of the country with business. Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is the foundation of the country, and this guy scolds the country every day, which is also valued by the emperor. His talent, otherwise, if he were someone else, he would probably be eating tea in the embroidered clothes prison at this moment. After years of hard work, Zhong Changtong was actually promoted, and he was promoted by meritorious service.

On weekdays, this would be a major event that shocked the government and the public, but now all the ministers' thoughts are on the system of equalization of land, but they have relaxed the suppression of Zhong Changtong.

Zhong Changtong, who rushed to Luoyang, felt that the usual shackles were gone, and his whole body was very relaxed. Looking at the huge city in front of him, he almost couldn't help but let out a long cry, extremely excited, for Xun who had promoted him. Yu, he was also very grateful.

Xu Shu said disdainfully: "You were bought after just one promotion? Don't forget that he is our greatest enemy if we want to realize our ambitions."

Zhong Changtong also calmed down, "The future of the great man is in our hands. Nongsang may be the foundation of the great man, but it is definitely not the way out for the future of the great man. Don't worry, I am very grateful to Xun Linggong for discovering I am talented, and I will benefit the big man, but I will not get close to him."

"You are really humble..." Xu Shu sneered and praised him.

The two were chatting, and when they came to the gate of the city, they suddenly saw a fat man rushing out of the crowd, shouting excitedly: "Mr. Zhong! Mr. Xu!!" The fat man was sweating profusely, panting, and waved his hand. At first, the voice was loud, Zhong Changtong was stunned, he exchanged a glance with Xu Shu, and immediately got off his horse, of course they recognized this person, and they both had a good relationship.

"Liu Jun?"

"Why are you here?" Zhong Changtong approached cordially and greeted Liu Yi with a smile. The person in front of him was Liu Yi, the emperor's relative. Liu Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly: " I'm busy, why are you here? Oh, yes, you have been appointed as a servant."

"Haha, I thought Liu Jun came here to pick me up, so I was so excited." Zhong Changtong said with a smile, this person is indeed respectful and polite to others, and he definitely does not show the slightest hint of madness Demeanor, on weekdays, she would never get angry and curse at others, unless she encountered alchemists or the like.

"Oh, how would I know when you came here? You don't know. These days, I'm so tired that I almost died. Luoyang will be expanded and divided into two. I have also been appointed Henan Yin. Now, these two counties are under my jurisdiction."

"split into two?"

"Yes, there are too many people in Luoyang, and it will be divided into two counties."

The two talked for a long time, but Xu Shu just watched them chatting without opening his mouth. Liu Yi sent them both into the county seat himself, and then said: "These days, I arrange the transfer of officials at the gate of the city, and I still can't get out. , I will go to your mansion another day and visit in person," Zhong Changtong nodded with a smile, and the two separated.

After entering the county seat, Xu Shu just said, "Okay, don't think about the matter of visiting Luoyang, just now so many people saw you with Liu Yi, and those officials also heard Liu Yi's address." , the news of your arrival in Luoyang has already spread, so we should honestly go to the Jifu to report first."

"Well, that's okay. Anyway, it will take several days for the servants to arrive. I just went to the priest's mansion to take a look." Zhong Changtong agreed to Xu Shu. The two didn't know where they were going, so they asked a few people. He led the horse and rushed to the Jifu. On the way, Zhong Changtong really understood why Liu Yi wanted to divide and rule Luoyang, and Luoyang was so crowded that it was difficult to travel.

This must be divided and conquered.

When the two arrived at the Jifu, more than an hour had passed. It was not so difficult to rush from Liangzhou to Luoyang. Zhong Changtong walked to the door. This is a relatively remote area, and the people who come and go There are still not many, of course, compared to other regions, Zhong Changtong shouted: "The servant of the Jifu is here, you can come out to meet it!!"

Just yelled, and someone in the mansion exclaimed. Not long after, a group of people rushed out. Zhong Changtong looked at these people seriously. There were probably nearly twenty people. These people were wearing official uniforms. Zhong Changtong hurriedly bowed, and Zhong Changtong hurriedly returned the salute. Only then did someone step forward and take the reins, and Zhong Changtong thanked him.

The officials were pale and looked very frightened, but Zhong Changtong turned a blind eye and led everyone into the mansion.

One person followed him. Among the crowd, this person was considered the calmest. He was not young, had a long beard, and had a demeanor of not being angry and arrogant. I saw this person said: "My subordinate Yang Lian , whose name is Meng Qing. Serves as the Zuo Cheng of the Sacrificial Mansion." The man's voice was hoarse, but Zhong Changtong gave him a curious look, and then asked, "Then I will trouble you to support me a lot in the future."

"Don't dare."

Xu Shu followed Zhong Changtong, and everyone thought they were followers, so they didn't care. Zhong Changtong took his seat, and everyone sat down one after another. He saw Xu Shu sitting at the end, and when he was about to speak, he saw Xu Shu shook his head and didn't ask him to come. He smiled and said, "I'm called Zhong Changtong, and I will deal with you in the future. I hope you can help me a lot."

Everyone said they didn't dare, and introduced themselves one after another. Zhong Changtong didn't know why, these people seemed to be a little afraid of him.

"Well, I already remember you gentlemen, but I have just arrived at the Jifu, and I don't know about the Jifu, who can explain a thing or two to me?" Zhong Changtong asked, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent. , No one spoke again, Zhong Changtong looked at them with some doubts, but still looked at Yang Lian at the side, and asked, "What can you say about Yang Jun?"

Yang Lian nodded and said just now: "The sacrificial mansion is responsible for the sacrificial offerings. Whenever we go out to the army, or natural disasters, or even hunting, or harvests, the emperor's three orders require sacrifices, and that's when we act."

"Oh, that is to say, we are mainly responsible for deceiving people?" Zhong Changtong asked with a smile.

Everyone was speechless, Yang Lian thought for a moment, and then said: "In addition, we are also in charge of the various religions in the country, such as Buddhas, alchemists, etc. They are all under our jurisdiction. Only with our permission can they build temples. For some activities, such as the bathing of the Buddha in Xuzhou and the worship of heavenly masters in Yizhou, we need to send people to carry it out.”

"Hahaha! That's great! It turns out that he is still in charge of cracking down on counterfeiting!" Zhong Changtong clapped his hands excitedly, then looked at the crowd, and said happily: "From tomorrow, the Jifu will officially start operation, and you will be in charge of the Jifu. All the officials are called, I have something to order!"

"But, Mr. Zhongchang, all the officials of our Jifu are here," one person said in a low voice.

"Ah? Just you people?? Then how can you do the work of the sacrificial mansion? No, there are too few. In this way, you go to recruit a hundred people and find some strong men. In addition, go to the military mansion to ask for some ordnance."

"Mr. Zhongchang, we are in charge of offering sacrifices...this...this...you need to be strong, what's the use of weapons?", the official's words were trembling.

"All the sacrifices in the world are under our control, and the suppression of Yin priests should also be under our jurisdiction, right?"

"yes."

"We recruited these people to eliminate Yin priests!"

ps: I am very grateful to the leader who is already a salted fish, thank you very much.

(End of this chapter)