Three Kingdoms

A letter and a few secret codes can certainly be considered a "coincidence".

But what if?

It's like a courier boy receiving a one-dollar reward, or a toll collector receiving ink-stained bills at a highway intersection. Maybe it's just a false alarm when the troops are mobilized, but if you ignore it, maybe it's just a few A life!

Maybe every fuss is just in vain, but at least the things displayed in the process will make onlookers feel comforted.

In the early years, Xun You took his wife and children out to live in Chang'an for a while, but his parents-in-law and others did not come out because they were older, so his wife later returned to Yingchuan to fulfill her filial piety to the elderly. , his eldest son went back with his mother, so from this perspective, Xun You may not have any objection to Fei Qian.

Whether in the Han Dynasty or in the feudal dynasty of later generations, one should be filial to his parents, and his parents-in-law are also his parents. After all, when Xun You was not yet powerful, being willing to marry his daughter to Xun You is ultimately something worthy of recognition.

Fei Qian had met Xun You's child once, but he didn't have much impression of him, because most of Fei Qian's memories of the Three Kingdoms came from Mr. Luo, so Fei Qian knew almost nothing about the characters outside of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Xun You is very powerful, Fei Qian knows it, but Fei Qian doesn't know whether his son is very powerful...

Xun You had previously asked his wife and son to return to Yingchuan, but Fei Qian did not interfere. After all, apart from loyalty and filial piety, this is what most wealthy noble families generally do. The eldest son inherits the family business in his hometown, while the second son goes out to work hard. Although Xun You's status in Guanzhong is obviously higher than that in Shandong Many, but after all, Yingchuan, Yuzhou is Xun You’s hometown, so the rural plot is understandable.

Fei Qian was able to get rid of the constraints of the Fei family. On the one hand, it was because the Heluofei family was very small, not a big family, and the population was not large. On the other hand, Fei Qian had the habit of future generations, worshiping and worshiping the family. The sense of belonging is not as strong as that of the native-born gentry children of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, it may not be the family. In later generations, many elderly people are not willing to immediately get used to places, such as old friends in street parks and so on. Even children may have better living conditions and material standards in big cities.

Therefore, it is understandable that Xun You's parents-in-law are unwilling to leave their hometown. But most things in the world are not good things. Just like the old saying, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten.

Xun You's parents-in-law think that the country is good, but Xun You's tribe may not think that Xun You is so good. Some people talk about being brothers and fathers, but they may not be able to act on it.

Apart from anything else, Xun You has not brought any direct benefits to the Xun clan at all. Under such circumstances, how high will the clan's recognition of Xun You be?

A bandit leader who committed murder and arson may be praised by everyone in his hometown because he would distribute the wealth he robbed in his hometown.

An honest and upright official may be criticized by his hometown people, because as soon as he comes to power, he targets his own people first and shows no personal favoritism at all.

So who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?

Where are the standards?

Where does the butt fall?

As parents, most of us want the best for our children.

For Xun You's parents-in-law, they may feel that the few acres of land and houses in Yingchuan are the best things left for Xun You and their daughter. At least when Xun You may be unhappy in the future, there is another way. As a retreat, you can go home and farm, so that you won't have no food at all. If they leave their hometown, the untended acres will either be abandoned or occupied, and the unoccupied houses will either collapse or be ruined...

Xun You's parents-in-law were also willing to guard this retreat for Xun You.

And Xun You, who is also a father, also wants the best for his children. Although Chang'an is good, it is too prosperous. Young people with insufficient moral integrity may lose themselves in such prosperity. It is better to settle down and study in your hometown, accumulate and grow, and you will have a better future. development of.

After all, Xun You was in Chang'an. He left early and came back late every day. He was very busy. If someone failed to take care of it, and the child eventually turned into a slippery and clever child like Wei Kang, wouldn't his life be ruined?

Xun You believes that only personal ability and talent provide the confidence to speak and the real escape route.

The plan was good and the idea was correct, but now maybe for some reason, some people vented their anger on Xun You's family. Something happened, which may have made Xun You's son aware of the danger...

The Xun family has not been at peace recently.

Not everyone will look for the reasons within themselves. Many people prefer to accuse others of their mistakes. It seems that as long as they say that others have done something wrong, they are right.

Yes, anger will accumulate, like a flood, and it will always find some way to vent it on others, no matter whether the anger is correct or biased.

After Fei Qian thought for a moment, he ordered: "Come here, I heard that Director Si Kan is coming!" 』

Although it is unclear what role Xun You's son played in Yingchuan, since Xun You found him and said that his son might be in danger, it was naturally impossible for Fei Qian to turn a blind eye and do nothing.

Not long after, Kan Ze came and met Fei Qian and Xun You.

"In Yingchuan, is there any new news recently?" Fei Qian asked Kan Zedao.

Normally, if there is any important information, Kan Ze will sort it out and report it, but for some things that are not very important or not urgent, Kan Ze will summarize them and report them every three to five days.

Since Fei Qian asked, Kan Ze didn't ask any more questions. He just started thinking, "Return to my lord... Recently, I just heard that the emperor wanted to hold a celebration. This is one of them... The other thing is the matter of Kong Wenju, which is still unconfirmed." ...Anything else...』

Kan Ze glanced at Xun You.

Fei Qian waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, Derun said so." 』

Kan Ze raised his hands and said, "Xun Wenruo is still looking for bachelors in agriculture and engineering, and he is recruiting young people from poor families from Yingchuan to serve as their replacements..."

No wonder Kan Ze glanced at Xun You, after all, it was the Xun family that was causing trouble.

However, since the last incident involving Wang Ming, Cai Yu and other agricultural and engineering bachelors, Fei Qian has given instructions to those potential personnel not to make too big moves for the time being. If they feel dangerous, they can evacuate.

Moreover, it is normal for Xun or to continue to conduct investigations. After all, there is a precedent, and a thorough investigation is what it should be. Isn’t it that spies can obtain higher positions and positions only after they have not been exposed in internal investigations again and again? More important information?

"Derun, this is a letter from Quanzi..." Although Kan Ze didn't say anything, Xun You understood Kan Ze's concerns, so he took the initiative to explain to Kan Ze, "There was a secret message in the letter..."

Kan Ze took the letter, read it, pondered for a moment, frowned and said, "It's not that I'm hiding something... I'm sorry, there really is no news in this regard..."

Xun You was a little disappointed, but it was understandable.

After all, You Wensi is not omnipotent and can understand everything. As an undercover spy under the jurisdiction of the Youwen Division, he also reports on important matters. How can he care about the fights within a family? Even if someone happened to know about it, I'm afraid they would just skip it and not waste energy and time on risking reporting such a small matter.

Kan Ze glanced at Fei Qian and said, "My lord, do you need me to send some manpower..."

Fei Qian did not immediately answer Kan Ze's words, but asked Xun You: "Gongda, what are you going to do about this matter?" 』

First calling him "Gongda" and then "you", Fei Qian has not been fooling around in the past few years.

Xun You smiled bitterly and said: "I... I originally thought that Wen Ruo could take care of me a little bit... I also asked my lord to lend a helping hand in the hope that my wife could escape danger..."

Xun You left the table and fell to the ground.

Fei Qian stepped forward to help Xun You up, and then patted Xun You's arm for some comfort.

In Fei Qian's view, Xun You's approach is actually similar to that of later generations of migrant workers who left their wives and children in their hometowns. Of course, this has certain benefits, but there are also many problems with left-behind children. It's just that most of the left-behind children in later generations did so because their parents' financial conditions did not allow it, while Xun You's thinking was more his own and may not have turned around.

For a long time, Xun You had not considered what his wife and children would be like in Yingchuan, perhaps because of his longing for his hometown, his trust in Xun You, or some other reason. I thought that under Xun Yu's care, I would live a good life.

But now it seems that is not the case.

I’ve talked about Xun You in vain, but wasn’t this also true for the three Zhuge brothers in history?

The children of aristocratic families are accustomed to diversifying their bets, but sometimes the results of diversified bets may not always be good. It may also be like the three Zhuge brothers, who have broken eggs.

At the same time, the Cao family's regime in history was not smooth sailing from beginning to end. Even the children of the "martyrs" of the Xiahou family who died early had to work like ordinary people, going out of the city to collect firewood and so on...

Therefore, the Cao family and the Xiahou family are like this, so there is no need to talk about the Xun family.

Xun or also has a lot of things to do every day, how can he take good care of these left-behind children at all times? At most, I only ask a few questions occasionally, and send someone to send something during the New Year and festivals, etc., which is enough. It seems that someone wants to attack Xun You's children, or is using some pretense to create difficulties. Even if Xun You's son wants to find Xun or ask for help, he may not even be able to get through the gate. In addition, his parents-in-law are not members of the Xun family, so people in the Xun family sometimes have concerns when they want to help.

Help the manager or not?

In fact, most of the time, it is to help relatives but not to take care of children.

Do we still need to make more choices within Xunshi and outside Xunshi?

This is the reason why the king of hell is so easy to deal with.

However, since Xun You expressed this attitude at the moment and wanted to pick up his wife and the whole family, there are two ways. One is to take the official way, which is to directly arrange a car and horse to pick him up, and the other is to go privately Send someone down below to pick him up quietly. Both methods have their own pros and cons.

"The emperor wants to hold a celebration..." Fei Qian thought, since both methods have advantages and disadvantages, it is better to do both. "How about using this name to expressly congratulate the emperor... If we can get Gongda's wife, that is Use the mission to protect him, if that's not possible... just take him out privately! 』

"Thank you, lord!" ” Xun You thanked you.

Xun You thanked Kan Ze again, and then withdrew first, saying that he would write a letter and give it to Kan Ze as a keepsake. Xun You still had a lot of things to do at the Chancellery. Even if he was worried about his children, he couldn't just leave them alone.

Kan Ze needs to stay and finalize some details.

Xu Chu, who was guarding at the side and knew what happened before and after, his expression changed slightly, and he seemed to hesitate to speak.

"Zhongkang, what do you have to say?" Fei Qian asked after seeing Xu Chu's expression.

"Your Majesty..." Xu Chu lowered his head and handed over his hands, "This... the parents and wives of some of the tribesmen below... not all of them came with me back then..." At that time, Xu Chu led his tribe to defect to Chang'an, but at that time Xu Chu himself didn't know if he could. Living in Chang'an for a long time, it is normal for some clan members not to bring their wives and parents with them.

Although some people would do what Liu Bei did, not everyone thinks that Liu Bei's ideas are right, and abandoning his wife and children is a matter of course...

Talking about Adou, since Liu Bei was able to give birth, but he had no heirs before Adou, it may not be impossible. In fact, when he was wandering around, the concubines around him might have been pregnant, but the real owner ran away, so in the end he had to find He was a pick-up boy or something, so he was originally a child of the old Liu family, but in the end he became someone else's child.

Anyway, the Han people have many customs that are similar to those of the Hu people, such as the attitude towards children. Don't worry about DNA or anything, as long as it is in name only, I think some boxers in the future will be very happy...

You just need to be able to accept that you may be used and discarded at any time like the old Liu family.

Fei Qian retracted his racing thoughts and nodded slightly, "This is indeed a problem." It’s not just Gongda, Zhongkang... We also have many officials from Shandong. Now or in the future, they may encounter the same problem as Gongda..."

"This matter should not be made public..." Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin and said, "After all, there are a lot of people... In this way, we should first make a formal announcement at the Shangshu Desk. If they are officials who are not native to the pass and are willing to Those whose families move to the customs can receive a settling-in fee, and the specific amount will refer to their salary level..."

Fei Qian wrote a warrant and had it passed to the Chancellor's Desk outside the Qianfu.

Problems that can be solved with money are generally not big problems. In this way, most middle- and lower-level officials can freely choose according to their own circumstances.

After all, although there is opposition between East and West now, communication has not been severed. If ordinary middle- and lower-level officials really wanted to come, they could just go with the caravan, and it wouldn't be too much trouble.

As for people like Xun You, they will be focused on, and they will be more troublesome.

"In addition, the Youwen Department has set up a special transshipment office to be responsible for contacting and arranging some transshipment channels as a means of emergency response..." Fei Qian continued, "Don't follow the caravan this way..."

This requires a new approach.

Fei Qian thought.

Caravans are time-sensitive and do not leave during rainy or snowy seasons. So if there is an emergency, why can't we just wait until the next caravan arrives?

In addition, those who can follow the caravan are basically people who have no problems, or that no one cares about too much, while those who are eager to leave often have some troubles, and these troubles are with the caravan. , it may become a problem for the caravan, or even be betrayed...

After all, businessmen weigh the pros and cons almost every day, so once a businessman discovers that his interests may have been harmed, the interests of the family and the country may not be a sufficient weight, even if the businessman is usually bullish. How loud.

Xu Chu coughed softly at the side, and then said: "Master... I have some ideas about this matter... but it may be a little inappropriate..."

"What's the way? Let me tell you." Fei Qian said.

Xu Chu pondered for a moment, and then said with some caution: "Lord, there are many rangers in Shandong... Actually, they are rangers, but in fact most of them are idle people who usually work for money... But if these people accept Money, most of the time, is about keeping promises..."

There are those who are trustworthy, and of course there are those who are not.

This is not only true for rangers, but also for people from other professions.

Fei Qian had previously purged the rangers in Guanzhong Sanfu because there were too many evildoers among the rangers. Although it is said that rangers have a reputation of putting trust in promises and despising lives, there are also some stories about sending wives off thousands of miles away...

Well, Guan Yunchang's Thousand Miles Riding Alone was actually transformed from the knight-errant culture of the Han Dynasty.

But among the rangers, most of them were idle. Every day they would either blackmail one or bully that one, dominate the market, go to a newly opened shop and pay a penny to sit there for a day, etc.

Therefore, in order to develop the economy of Guanzhong, Fei Qian made great efforts to eliminate this kind of idle and profligate people from the beginning. When the sand and gravel are falling, there is naturally no way to carefully screen them.

"In Shandong, especially in Jiyu, the knight-errant style is quite popular. "Xu Chu saw that Fei Qian had no expression of disgust or opposition, and continued, "And in private, most of these people are proud to fight against the government... There are many intersections among these people, including villagers, villagers, and county soldiers. We all know each other... If we were to find these people in a hurry, there must be some secret ways to avoid the checkpoints..."

Rangers are humans too and need to eat.

The more famous a person is, the more people they have to support, so there are many people who appear to be upright knights but then engage in dirty deeds behind the scenes, and there are not a few. But in any case, this seems to be a way, completely different from the caravan. In order to maintain the superficial reputation, these heroes may really go against the government as Xu Chu said.

The more the government wants to arrest him, the more he must protect him, so that more people will come here to seek refuge in his name, and then he can become more and more "hero".

Fei Qian didn't need to care about the final outcome of these heroes. He only needed to give money and let these people safely transport some people in emergencies to Guanzhong.

But this matter requires a bridge.

Fei Qian looked at Xu Chu and suddenly understood that Xu Chu could provide this bridge...