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Unlike those other "indigenous" families in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu's father was a Luoyang order, so he has always worked in Luoyang, and even lived in Luoyang for a long time with him.

It wasn't until later that Zhou Yu, who grew up, returned to his hometown of Shu County to settle down with his mother's family in order to receive education, and only then did he have the experience of making a name for himself in Jiangdong.

Taking this opportunity to return to Luoyang, Zhou Yu only felt that compared with the past, the changes here are really great.

For example, the spectacle of the sundial in Luoyang City was something he had never seen before when he lived there, as well as the brand-new streets and the uplifting expressions on the faces of the people, all of which were Luoyang before. something that doesn't exist.

Although more than ten years ago, Luoyang was already the most prosperous place in the whole Han Dynasty, but at that time, this kind of prosperity was more reflected in the palace and elegant gardens, and in the mansions of those dignitaries and nobles, just like now It's the same as the General's Mansion where he is.

But now, Zhou Yu could clearly feel that the lowest and most ordinary people seemed to "live" one by one, and it also made the whole Luoyang lively from the inside out.

This change surprised him who hadn't seen it as much as later.

Now that place is said to be near the sundial left by Zhang Yan, a small square has been spontaneously built by the residents. In their free time, there will always be people chatting and walking there, bragging with those outsiders about how magnificent Luoyang is. Magnificent, what a great thing to leave behind.

In the two days since Zhou Yu's arrival in Luoyang, he has seen businessmen from the Hu country in the Western Regions visit there spontaneously more than once.

As for the matter of building bridges and roads at the grassroots level and seeking convenience for the people, I don't know why it has continued like this.

Yes, almost a year after Zhang Yan went to Lujiang to take up his post, what he did before is still going on.Now it is none other than the one who is taking over from him and organizing the people in Luoyang to beat them here and there. It is none other than Zhang Rang, the censor in the eyes of the people, the big devil who is the leader of the cholera regime.

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Look, the eunuchs and ministers who have been exploiting the people's fat and anointing for a long time will actually pay for the well-being of the people out of their own pockets, isn't it so new?

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Maybe it was because he wanted to gain a good reputation for his adopted son; maybe it was because Zhang Rang finally figured it out and planned to salvage his rotten reputation; Zhang Rang said it was just a small amount of money, nothing at all...

All in all, what appeared in Zhou Yu's eyes was that Zhang Rang was continuing to recruit scattered people in Luoyang on a small scale in the name of his adopted son Zhang Yan, and at the same time carried out long-term work-for-work relief by rectifying Luoyang's infrastructure. .

And these people are not all fools. Zhang Rang has been helping them for more than a year now, and many people have already realized that the statement they accepted before that the collapse of the Han Dynasty was all caused by eunuchs may not be correct. .

It's as if everyone knows that Zhong Chang Shi Zhang Rang is a big villain, but this villain has never done anything that directly harms their interests.

In addition, because Zhang Yan went south, the content of Zhang Rang's work-for-relief in Luoyang was no longer to build some spectacle buildings that were divorced from real life, but more on the basic livelihood construction, which led to the current At the lowest level of the people in Luoyang, Zhang Rang's reputation is better than before.

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"After all, if you say that he is a regular servant who sells officials and nobles, is he robbing the money of my common people?"

Of course not!

The money he earns is obviously the money of those officials, and he didn't steal my money, so what does it matter to me whether he is greedy or not?

The money in the hands of my common people was not robbed by Zhang Rang.

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"From another point of view, Zhang Rang robbed these officials of their money. Is this a good thing?"

"Or... are those people who asked him to buy officials good people?"

Of course not!

Just look at the way those people did all kinds of crimes after becoming officials. If these people who bought the officials were good people, why would the lives of their ordinary people be so difficult?

These people who buy officials will definitely not be good people.

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"That's right, you said that those who bought official positions are not good people anymore, so what does it have to do with whether we, ordinary people, live well?"

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Of course it doesn't matter.

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In this way, under the influence of this kind of practical favor, Zhang Rang's reputation in the hearts of the people at the bottom is slowly but steadily rising.

This is not to say that Zhang Rang is such a rare and kind person. On the contrary, Zhang Rang is not only not "good", but also at the top of the entire exploitation chain, which can be said to be the ultimate expression of "evil".

In fact, if Zhang Rang hadn't set a precedent of publicly selling officials to sell nobles, then these "bad officials" might not even have the chance to take office.

And even these huge assets that Zhang Rang "robbed" by selling officials and nobles, in the final analysis, were scraped from their common people by these aristocratic families, and then willingly handed over to Zhang Rang.

It's just that in this day and age, those at the bottom of society who are really cornered don't have the ability to think about this.

At the beginning they were able to listen to the words of the aristocratic family and regard the Zhongchang Attendant as the root of the corruption of the great man, but now, they will not think about those deeper problems.

They only feel that they have been treated unfairly by those officials, and Zhang Rang treated these officials with an "unfair" attitude.

This is helping them "revenge" in disguise.

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It can be said that this is the "ignorance" of human nature, or the "fun" -

In the eyes of these low-level people in Luoyang, since Zhang Rang earned money from those officials and spent the money on himself, the enemy's enemy is a friend.In other words, Zhang Rang can also be regarded as half of their "insiders".

This kind of special point of view even gave birth to a "pro-eunuch" opinion among the low-level people in Luoyang out of thin air.

These people think that they and others should strongly support Zhang Rang, let Zhang Rang replace them, and punish those officials who do evil and evil.

As for places other than Luoyang, the wind direction is different.

In a place a little farther from Luoyang, because most of the voice of the territory is still in the hands of the aristocratic family, the people at the bottom do not know what Zhang Rang is doing.

In their eyes, most of them still regard Zhang Rang as a villain who does all kinds of evil, and at the same time uphold an attitude of "no one who is an official is a good thing, and you Zhang Rang is not a good thing".

These people silently watched the two factions fight each other, wishing that Zhang Rang and the officials and gentlemen on his head could bite dogs.

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Recalling what he had seen and heard in the past two days, Zhou Yu suddenly discovered that the current Luoyang is no longer the previous Luoyang. All the changes in Luoyang City are more or less related to the current prefect Zhang Yan of Lujiang.

After forcibly suppressing his inner resistance to Zhang Yan, looking at it from the perspective of a normal person or a passer-by, Zhou Yu even faintly felt that the other party was really a different person.

It's not about how strong Zhang Yan's personal ability is, or how noble his sentiment is...

Just judging from the behavior of the other party, any one of Zhang Yan's actions can be traced to the root cause, and it unexpectedly coincides with the word "etiquette" that has been handed down since the Zhou Dynasty.

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What is etiquette?

Etiquette can be not only the national spirit of self-improvement, but also the noble quality of loyalty and selflessness, and it can also be the social norms of people-oriented.

There are actually many, many things that can represent etiquette.

In Zhou Yu's eyes, what he realized in the process of studying and asking questions for so many years is that this so-called etiquette is to restrain one's behavior with a code of ethics far higher than ordinary people's standards, and at the same time pay enough for it. action.

This feeling almost made Zhou Yu feel a chill down his spine.

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In this day and age, there are often people with high moral standards, but those who are willing to assist in their practice are rare.

Since the period of the Warring States period, the importance of etiquette as a standard of conduct has gradually been replaced by the "interests" of oneself and the family in the hearts of the aristocratic families, or the middle-level ruling class inherited from those "countries". .

Perhaps when a hundred schools of thought were contending, a "pianpianran gentleman" could still be found, but at the end of the Han Dynasty where he lived, more people were "pianpianran like a gentleman" like Zhou Yu, but Actual actions will inevitably be affected by personal interests, clan interests, and even the interests of the lord, and become no longer so pure.

On this point, even he, Jiangdong Mishuro, is no exception.

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"It may be said that if there were no such things at the beginning, I might get along well with him now, and I might even work under his account..."

Zhou Yu sighed silently in his heart.

According to Zhou Yu's personality, Zhang Yan is definitely the kind of protagonist he admires very much. His words and deeds are so full of "gentleman" spirit, and he can be said to be a man who is willing to sacrifice for the country and the people.

It's just a pity that after that thing happened between the two, all this cooperation and allegiance was no longer possible.

As if thinking of something bad, Zhou Yu's eyes trembled slightly, and at the same time he clenched his fist tightly.

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Thanks to Zhang Yan, the prefect of Lujiang, the backbone general.Let him understand where his flaws are, let him understand the necessity of growth, and let him yearn for something that can actually protect himself now compared to the 16 years he lived before.

That is power.

Perhaps without Zhang Yan, Zhou Yu might have changed and grown, but he would never have grown as fast as he is now.

If it wasn't even Zhang Yan, Zhou Yu would most likely maintain his current personality until one day in the future, when he faced someone better than himself, he would have to pay a heavy price like blood for this personality.

As for now...

It can only be said that he is Zhou Gongjin, and Zhou Gongjin after growing up.

That arrogance is still there, but at the same time, he is more pragmatic than ever before.

If not, he would not have appeared in front of He Jin.

Forcibly stopping his wild thoughts, Zhou Yu turned his gaze back to the somewhat strong man in front of him.

Different from the burly warriors, He Jin was taller and mightier than his uncle Sun Jian or his eldest brother Sun Ce, but he also looked a little bloated.

Looking at He Jin in front of him, Zhou Yu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although many things have changed in this city of Luoyang, there are also some things that have never changed.

Just like the magnificent General's Mansion right now, and the Great General in front of me.

Compared with the He Jin I saw when I was a child in the past, today's He Jin hardly changed at all.

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Ever since Zhou Yu witnessed the little changes in Lujiang, now facing the majesty and oppression in the general's mansion, he can't say that he doesn't feel it at all. something like that.

For example, in front of the large library in Lujiang, what Zhou Yu felt was the precipitation of history and the brilliance of civilization. Zhou Yu can also feel this feeling near the sundial in Luoyang.

In contrast, the majesty of the General's Mansion seems to be piled up purely with money and treasures, which is meaningless, and it seems a bit childish and pretending to be an adult.

If you think about it carefully, it is probably from the precipitation of the entire civilization to a feeling of showing off your muscles.

If it were Zhou Yu before, he might still be interested in this kind of jewelry.But after going through a lot of things and seeing a lot of things, Zhou Yu now only feels that He Jin "showed his muscles" by showing him this kind of thing today, it is very likely that He Jin's "game understanding" has developed some question.

Ten years, my lord, times have changed.

The current general, He Jin, has undoubtedly lagged behind everyone by more than one major version update.