The Three Kingdoms started from fooling Jia Xu

Chapter 329 Meeting Old Friends
Nanyang, Longzhong.

Longzhong is famous all over the world because of Longzhong Dui, and it is also Zhuge Liang's masterpiece.

And this Longzhong is also called Wollongong.

In the early years, Zhuge Liang worked here, but because Zhang Xiu tied him out of the mountain, the name of Wollongong has not been revealed.Now, Wollongong has long been a place for Guo Jia and others to drink and have fun.

At this time, under the hills of Wollongong.

Zhang Xiu was dressed in plain clothes, followed by Hu Che'er, and more than a dozen personal guards, each holding a horizontal knife, leading a few sheep, and carrying some meat.

But all of them looked around with stern faces.

"My lord, what are we doing here?" Hu Che'er frowned, there was nothing worth coming to Wollongong, it just imprisoned Guo Jia, Zhou Yu and others.

"When you have nothing to do, it's a great blessing in life to find old friends to drink and have fun with." Zhang Xiu explained with a gentle smile.

Hu Che'er curled his lips helplessly,

Anyway, he doesn't understand, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu are just prisoners, what's there to drink and have fun with?

For a moment, there was a large open space halfway up the mountain in the distance, and there were many thatched huts on the open space. Outside the thatched huts, there were patches of land surrounded by fences.

Looking at it from below, it is green and oily, and it should be that a lot of vegetables have been planted.There are still a few fences, but there are some hens in captivity, looking down for bugs.

Not far from the thatched cottage, there is a stream with gurgling water, extremely clear, flowing towards the foot of the mountain.

But by the stream,
A beautiful figure of a woman appeared. The woman was dressed in coarse linen clothes. She didn't wear makeup on her face, but she could still see her beauty. At this time, she was holding the mallet and smashing the clothes on the stone.

Bang, bang, bang!
Every time the mallet was hit, there was a lot of water splashing.After smashing it many times, the woman's forehead was sweating, she raised her wrist and rubbed it, and continued to smash her clothes.

But at this time, beside the woman, a gray-yellow earth dog instantly raised its tail and barked at a group of people coming up from a distance.

"Dahuang, be quiet." As she said, the woman raised her head and met the eyes of the man in the distance.

The woman is Sun Shangxiang. Since Zhang Xiu killed Sun Ce and pacified Soochow, Sun Shangxiang came here, and Sun Quan and the others lived in seclusion here in Wollongong, living a life of coarse linen.

Looking at Zhang Xiu, Sun Shangxiang's beautiful eyes trembled.

It was a bit of hatred, but the next breath she was relieved, she lowered her head again and smashed the clothes again and again, and didn't pay attention to Zhang Xiu.

Although she hated Zhang Xiu for killing Sun Ce,
But she also knew that the path Sun Ce chose was full of life and death, she guessed it rather than hated it, and she had already thought about Sun Ce's ending.

Zhang Xiu raised her eyebrows slightly, logically speaking, Sun Shangxiang should still be in a husband and wife relationship with herself.Of course, he and Sun Shangxiang are like Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang.

Although they are husband and wife, there is a curse from heaven.

In the end, it is impossible for Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang to have results.

"Okay?" Zhang Xiu said calmly.

Sun Shangxiang didn't stop moving her hands, but after she tapped it three or five times, she slowly raised her beautiful eyes and said without a wave of emotion: "Very good!"

Wearing sackcloth, eating grains of chaff, spinning and farming more than ten days a day, washing and cooking, feeding chickens and ducks in the morning and evening, living an ordinary life,

Although it was tiring, it was really fulfilling.

"Hey, I brought you a few sheep. They are all ewes with lambs in their stomachs, and there are two males. It's good that you can drive the sheep if you have nothing to do."

Zhang Xiu pouted, indicating what he had brought this time. He came here to pick out some pregnant ones, at least to give Sun Shangxiang something to look forward to.

It is estimated that these sheep will be able to give birth to lambs in October this year.

"Thank you!" Sun Shangxiang's eyes lit up.

She didn't refuse, perhaps because she was used to this ordinary life during this time, and it was because of the ordinary that she knew the value of these sheep.

"Hey, I brought some meat. You can make some meat soup later, okay?" Zhang Xiu took the pork from Hu Che'er's hand and carried it with a straw rope. It was estimated to weigh three to five catties.

"Let's put it!" Sun Shangxiang finished speaking flatly, looked at the wine jar in the hand of the guard, and said, "Both Zhou Yu and Guo Jia went fishing in the back mountains and waters.

If you are looking for it, you can go to the back mountain to look for it. "

Zhang Xiu nodded and strode away with the people.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Xiu stopped again, without looking back, but said lightly: "If you need any help, you can ask someone to find me at any time."

After speaking, Zhang Xiu strode away.

……

Behind the mountain, at the lake.

Here is a naturally formed mountain depression, with water accumulated all year round, so the green willows on both sides are reflected on the blue lake, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Green mountains and green waters, very good!
There are even many waterfowls on the water chasing the one who wants to mate, and the one who does not want to mate, often plunges into the lake water, and emerges from nowhere for a moment.

On the shore, two men were fishing.

It was Zhou Yu and Guo Jia.

Zhou Yu looks handsome and relaxed, but Guo Jia is more uninhibited and free-spirited. He always holds the flagon in his hand, and almost never stops drinking.

"Hehe, I've taken the bait again." Zhou Yu chuckled lightly, then lifted the bamboo pole, and a half-jin crucian carp emerged from the water, with a dark golden back.

"Feng Xiao, Feng Xiao, if you don't change your bohemian character, I'm afraid you'll return empty-handed again today, and then you'll have to eat the fish I caught again."

Zhou Yu shook his head and chuckled, jokingly.

There is no way, this Guo Jia has not done this once or twice, he is used to it.

"Hehe, Gongjin! So far, fishing is really for fishing? What's more, if Guo Fengxiao is no longer unrestrained, is he still Guo Fengxiao?"

Guo Jia laughed and said something out of nowhere.

After finishing speaking, he grabbed the wine gourd, and raised his head again to sip the dirty wine. Drinking too much of this wine would hurt his body. Although it is made from grain, this kind of wine has no special treatment and is harmful to the body.

Obviously, Guo Jia's complexion is not very good.

"Haha, well said," Zhang Xiu shouted loudly from behind, and then strode forward.

Zhou Yu and Guo Jia frowned slightly and were obviously taken aback. They never expected that Zhang Xiu would come here today. After all, the two of them can only be regarded as dying people.

The reason why he can live to this day is mainly due to Zhang Xiu's kindness of not killing.But they vaguely heard that Zhang Xiu had calmed down Yuan Shao's main force, and he was in the limelight for a while.

"Come on, drink!" Zhang Xiu grabbed a jar of fine wine, and sat down next to Guo Jia, which confused Guo Jia.

Brother, we don't know each other well!
However, the tip of his nose twitched, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and said with a smile: "What a delicious wine."

After speaking, he was not polite at all.

As soon as he lifted the altar cloth, without waiting for Zhang Xiu's consent, he directly hugged the wine jar and started drinking.

"Okay, good wine!" Guo Jia said boldly.

He had tasted wine for half his life, but there was really no such good wine. Thinking of this, he drank a few more gulps.

Compared with Guo Jia's free and easy, Zhou Yu is more restrained, or suspicious, because he still doesn't know the purpose of Zhang Xiu's coming here for no reason.

"Prime Minister Zhang, what's the wind that brought you here!" Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows, looking at Zhang Xiuhu and questioningly.

"Hehe, come here uninvited, aren't you welcome?" Zhang Xiu smiled lightly, and then said with a regretful expression: "Hey! Now the big man is prosperous, but you two can't see it."

"Big man? I guess the dynasty will change soon, right?" Zhou Yu shook his head and chuckled. Although he has lived here for a long time, he still knows some things.

Zhang Xiu chuckled and didn't answer directly.

Zhou Yu said again: "Prime Minister Zhang, Yu has the guts to wonder when you plan to abolish the Han and stand on your own feet?"

"Why do you have to abolish the Han?" Zhang Xiu raised an eyebrow and asked back, is this Zhou Yu talking clichéd?

Zhou Yu didn't take it seriously, put the bait on a string, and threw it into the lake again, saying at the same time: "That's right, the world is still not safe, and the Prime Minister understands that he didn't think about it."

"Hehe, Gongjin, didn't we say it before, maybe the world will go farther in the hands of Zhang Xiu. If that's the case, why do we need to ask more questions?"

Guo Jia interrupted and said with a loud smile.

"Zhang Xiu, no matter what you do here today, don't come home until you're drunk with me." Guo Jia grabbed the mouth of the altar and gulped down a lot of wine.

This is an unusual wine, which is made from fine nectar, which can regulate the body and nourish the soul.

"Hehe, Feng Xiao is as free and unrestrained as ever." Zhang Xiu sighed, without Guo Jia as his opponent, it was somewhat lonely and painful.

As he said that, he also drank with Guo Jia with a glass of wine.

Next to him, Zhou Yu also shook his head helplessly. Originally, he was going to get something out of Zhang Xiu's mouth, but now it seems that he was directly disrupted by Guo Jia.

"Feng Xiao, tell me, if the world is unified again, how will the world be governed?" Zhang Xiu drank a few sips of sake and asked curiously.

The reason why he came here was to meet old friends on the one hand, and to hear more advice on the other hand.As for how to preach, that is his business.

"Hehe, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu, aren't you humiliating me? Now that Jingzhou is rich and the people are strong, isn't this the world of great rule you want?"

Guo Jia was annoyed and a little helpless.

He is good at strategizing, but it doesn't mean he doesn't understand internal affairs. He naturally knows that Jingzhou at this time may be the real precursor to the great rule of the world, and the executor is Zhang Xiu.

As for him and Zhou Yu, they are just passers-by in history.

"Jingzhou is only one of the thirteen prefectures in the world, but now, most of the thirteen prefectures in the world are lost. Now the war has been raging for a long time, and the people are suffering unspeakably."

"If I am lucky enough to be able to rule this world of great controversy, how can I restore people's livelihood, how can I use official positions, and how can I make the common people of the Han Dynasty live happily and in peace."

Zhang Xiu said what was on his mind.

Jingzhou is not what he needs to see, what he needs to see is Yanzhou, and Yuzhou is prosperous, what he needs to see is that barbarians in Bingzhou dare not live in various places for a long time, and Wuhuan in the north dare not be arrogant.

In short, he needs to do it all.

"Throughout the ages, the easiest way to restore the people's livelihood is to lighten the tax and reduce the tax. In addition, the war-torn land should be exempted from taxes for several years, so as to reduce the pressure on the people."

"Of course, there are many more. As for the use of official positions, do you want to abolish Ju Xiaolian?" Guo Jiarao looked at Zhang Xiu with interest.

"Hehe, the useless system will be abolished naturally, and the promotion of filial piety and honesty is the monopoly of the family. It is precisely because of this that the Yuan family has been created with disciples and old officials all over the world."

Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, he had no feelings for Ju Xiaolian, and even had some resistance.

Ju Xiaolian is too disgusting. Almost all talented people who want to enter the court need to be recommended by someone, so it naturally forms an unwritten rule.

He even suspects that Lingdi's system of selling officials may be stronger than this so-called filial piety.After all, many people with enough family power can easily become filial and honest officials.

"Hehe, it is a good thing to abolish the system of filial piety and honesty." Guo Jia agreed with a smile, and he raised his hands in favor, because he has always been disgusted with this system.

He is from a humble family, and it is difficult to be filial.

The reason why he was able to assist Cao Cao and become famous was mainly because of his friend Xun Yu's recommendation. Without Xun Yu, he would still be unknown.

"It's just that have you ever thought about what kind of system will replace this system? After all, it's impossible to be without officials for a day." Guo Jia showed his seriousness, and he was also very curious.

Listening to Guo Jia's words, Zhou Yu also looked at Zhang Xiu curiously. Although the two of them were prisoners, they had some respect for Zhang Xiu.

"As early as the Zhou Dynasty, talents from all over the country were screened through township elections. But in the Spring and Autumn Period, rituals and music collapsed, and there were various ways to screen talents, but they were all linked to background."

"Later, Emperor Gaozu established the procuratorial system, trying to select talented people from each county for his own use. Although the original intention was good, as time went by, the procuratorial system evolved into a filial piety."

"In the end, today's disaster was brewed."

"I think that as an official, you should be fair and just, at least try to be as fair and just as possible. And this system I will make it the imperial examination system."

Zhang Xiu looked suddenly, and said in a deep voice.

When the words came out, Zhou Yu and Guo Jia looked at each other, and the former said with doubts: "Dare to ask Prime Minister Zhang, what is the imperial examination system?"

"The imperial examination system is divided into civil and military. From the whole country, the best people are selected by civil and military, and then entrusted with important tasks. For example, those who know how to govern the country and the people can be appointed as local officials."

"For example, those who are brave enough to fight fierce tigers! They can be appointed as generals to take the lead in killing the enemy. For example, those who know how to march can be appointed as the chief general or trained as a coach to lead the army to kill the enemy."

"Of course, this is just an idealization. It may actually be implemented, and it will take many years of accumulation." Zhang Xiu shook his head. The imperial examination system is considered a relatively good system.

At least this is the system that can still be used today.

Whether it is the civil service exam or the student exam, it is all about cultivating talents in different industries. This is a relatively fair competition in the journey of life.

"This..." The two were taken aback.

This is the first time they have heard of this system, but it is not the first time they have heard of this concept, because there was a similar prototype before, but it still disappeared later.

The main reason is that other people's cakes are braked by the imperial examination, and those who rule the dynasty are often the people at the top.How can they continue to practice if they touch their cakes?
However, they were looking forward to it.

Because if there is such a system, it will at least double the national power of the Han Dynasty, or even more.Instead of spending your mind on currying favor with others to help promote filial piety.

"Hehe, what an imperial examination system. If he said this out of his mouth, I would laugh at his naivety. But you are different. I guess you are the only one in the world who can do it."

Zhou Yu said something loudly, not exaggerating.

The imperial examination system is a joke in the eyes of most people, but only Zhang Xiu can make this joke come true, because Zhang Xiu has completely broken the world.

(End of this chapter)