Prince Wu's Mansion, the main entrance.
Zhou Xin was dressed in a rich brocade suit, with her hands behind her back and her head held high as she waited.
Zhou Xin was over forty years old and was from Kuaiji County. He came from the Zhou family in Kuaiji County, which was different from Zhou Yu's Lujiang Zhou family.
The Zhou family in Kuaiji County is not simple, it is a powerful family in Kuaiji County. When Wu Commandery was conquered by Zhou Yu, and after Kuaiji Commandery was pacified, the Yu family in Kuaiji was disposed of, but the Zhou family was preserved because of their submission.
Zhou Xin, the head of the Zhou family, is not very capable. He is good at making friends and has a wide range of connections.
When Zhou Xin was young, he went out to travel and went to Luoyang to become his master, Chen Fan. With Chen Fan's relationship, Zhou Xin rose to prominence and was soon sent to Danyang County as the prefect.
During his tenure in Danyang County, Zhou Xin had a good relationship with Cao Cao. So when Cao Cao attacked Dong Zhuo, Zhou Xin supported Cao Cao with more than 10,000 elite troops. When Yuan Shu took control of Jiujiang County, he sent Wu Jing to Danyang County and directly drove Zhou Xin away.
Finally, Zhou Xin returned to Kuaiji, attached himself to Wang Lang, and worked under Wang Lang.
Wang Lang was killed, and Zhou Xin turned to Gu Tong, the prefect of Kuaiji arranged by Lu Xuan.
Although Gu Tong is young, Gu Tong's ability is not weak. He can win over the Zhou family and divide the interests of the Zhou family little by little. Even though Zhou Xin is a veteran, there is nothing he can do against Gu Tong. After all, Gu Tong is in power.
Zhou Xin had actually been waiting for Lu Xuanzheng.
After all, he once served as the governor of a county. From the beginning to the end, he never waited for conquest.
Therefore, Zhou Xin left Kuaiji County and lived in Shu County, hoping to become famous in Shu County and then be recruited by the royal palace.
While Zhou Xin was in Shu County, he also gathered some wealthy families from Yangzhou. Everyone chatted with each other and promoted each other's reputation and status.
This time, during the assessment of scholars from poor families in the Five Classics Hall, Lu Xuan was going to host a banquet at the Qionglin Banquet to meet with the top ten scholars from the Five Classics Hall. Such a result clearly showed that he valued the scholars from poor families. After Zhou Xin thought about it, I think it's profitable.
This is his chance to get ahead.
As long as he suppresses the poor people, he will further become famous.
So after thinking about it, Zhou Xin took the initiative to find Zhang Zhao. After all, he and Zhang Zhao were about the same age and both came from wealthy families. Moreover, Zhou Xin's past status was more prominent than Zhang Zhao's.
While Zhou Xin was thinking, the sound of footsteps came, and an attendant came out, looked at Zhou Xin, and said, "Follow me."
Zhou Xin was in high spirits.
He followed his personal entourage and soon arrived at Zhang Zhao's duty room. He cupped his hands and said, "Zhou Xin, Kuaiji County, pays homage to Zhang Shangshu."
Zhang Zhao examined Zhou Xin.
He knew Zhou Xin when he was in Xuzhou. When he took refuge in Jiangdong, Zhou Xin was driven away by Wu Jing and fled back to Kuaiji County in embarrassment. In his eyes, Zhou Xin was from a wealthy Zhou family, but he had a false reputation and was flashy.
A person who has been running Danyang County for several years cannot even stop Wu Jing. What is he not a waste?
Zhang Zhao was serious and asked seriously: "What do you want, sir?"
Zhou Xin did not beat around the bush and said directly: "I came down to see Zhang Shangshu because Zhang Shangshu, as the head of the officials of the Wu Kingdom, cannot benefit the Wu Kingdom. It is really inappropriate."
"Furthermore, Zhang Shangshu, as the head of the civil service, does not have his own governing ideas and ideas. It is probably even more difficult for him to become a famous official of the Wu Kingdom or even leave his name in history."
"I looked through the history books and found that people who can leave a name in history must have their own ideas for governing. For example, Emperor Gao's Xiao He, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Huo Guang, and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Deng Yu all had their own ideas."
“If you don’t have a governing philosophy, you are just a vassal.”
"As the head of a hundred officials, Zhang Shangshu now has no opinions of his own. He only obeys the orders of King Wu, although he will not make mistakes. But the result is that he is submissive, just like the prime ministers during Emperor Wu's period, who were just puppets on strings."
When Zhou Xin said this, she raised her voice slightly: "I believe that Zhang Shangshu must make changes. Only in this way can he step into the ranks of famous ministers. Otherwise, Zhang Shangshu will leave the impression of incompetence to future generations. Two words.”
Zhang Zhao's expression was even colder.
inability?
Submissive?
Zhang Zhao looked at Zhou Xin, who looked like he was giving guidance to the country. Originally, he had some patience. At this moment, his patience was completely worn away, leaving only irritability and anger.
His character is inherently upright.
Just because he met Lu Xuan and was suppressed by Lu Xuan in various ways, he became what he is today. He had thought about becoming a representative of a powerful family before, but what would be the final result?
Zhang Zhao's eyes became colder and colder. He temporarily suppressed the anger and irritability in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Then what do you think I should do under the current situation to leave a name in history?"
Zhou Xin's eyes lit up.
Hooked!
Although Zhang Zhao is the official minister, he is still a human being. As a human being, he has interests and his own ideas.
Zhou Xin looked serious and said solemnly: "Zhang Shangshu is from a wealthy family in Pengcheng. He is a famous scholar in Pengcheng. He should represent the wealthy family in Wu. Now the King of Wu promotes a scholar from a poor family in the Five Classics Hall. This incident has caused an uproar in the whole country."
"Countless people are talking about it."
"There are also countless young people from rich families who are angry and alienated from King Wu. What King Wu did is really ridiculous. It is simply ridiculous to promote these poor people who have no background, no ability, no knowledge, and nothing. .”
"Of course, King Wu has high prestige."
"If you directly block the Five Classics Museum of King Wu, you will definitely be attacked by the King of Wu. Therefore, in order to adhere to his ideals and to gather the popularity of the world's big families, Zhang Shangshu secretly thought that he should encourage the King of Wu to build another one that is different from the Five Classics Museum. The academy.”
"To put it simply, it's like Taixue, which only allows the children of my rich family to enter and study."
"The scholars of the Five Classics Hall will have a Qionglin Banquet, and we, the rich people, will also have a Qionglin Banquet, even more luxurious. Once this is successful, Zhang Shangshu will definitely be a model and leader of the Wu Kingdom's rich people."
There was expectation in Zhou Xin's eyes, and she looked like she had the pearls of wisdom in hand, and said: "This is the governing strategy that Zhang Shangshu should adhere to, and it is the basis for his foothold."
Zhang Zhao sneered in his heart after hearing this.
The basis for a foothold?
What a joke.
He looked at the self-righteous Zhou Xin with growing disgust.
This person wanted to take advantage of him, let him fight against Lu Xuan, and then follow behind to take advantage. Thinking of this, the anger in Zhang Zhao's heart burned once again, and he was so furious that he couldn't suppress it at all.
He has always liked playing chess. When he is free, he plays chess by himself to pass the time.
Now I looked down and saw the chessboard on the desk, and saw Zhou Xin's appearance, and I couldn't control my anger. In addition, he thought about it in his mind and made an instant decision. He grabbed the Go chess piece on the desk and strode towards Zhou Xin.
"You, what are you going to do?"
When Zhou Xin saw Zhang Zhao coming with the chessboard, a look of panic appeared in his eyes.
Zhang Zhao approached Zhou Xin, picked up the chessboard and smashed it down.
boom! !
The chessboard hit Zhou Xin on the head.
Zhou Xin screamed, covered his head and fell to the ground. He endured the pain and said loudly: "Zhang Zhao, you just hit people with a chessboard, you are in vain to be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. I, Zhou Xin, will not give up."
boom! boom! !
Without saying a word, Zhang Zhao picked up the chessboard and smashed it down.
Zhou Xin was lying on the ground, screaming so loudly that many people outside the duty room heard it, but did not dare to look.
"Stop fighting, you're going to kill someone."
"Zhang Shangshu, stop fighting."
Zhou Xin kept begging for mercy.
Zhang Zhao smashed for a while until there were blood stains on the chessboard before he stopped. Zhang Zhao looked at Zhou Xin lying on the ground in front of him and said coldly: "A good chessboard was ruined by you, it's a waste!"
He threw the chessboard on the ground and said coldly: "What do you know about Xiao He? What do you know about Huo Guang? What do you know about Deng Yu? People like you want to incite your own officials and seek death! I tell you, I am in the Ministry of Officials One day, you, Zhou Xin, don’t even think about getting ahead of yourself.”
He kicked him out again.
ah!
Zhou Xin screamed again.
Zhang Zhao scolded: "Get out!"
Zhou Xin's face was full of pain, and his body was stained with blood. He stood up crookedly, looked at Zhang Zhao with some fear and some anger, and staggered out. When he reached the gate, he stopped again, glanced at Zhang Zhao, and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Zhao, you will regret it."
"I never regret it!"
Zhang Zhao answered decisively.
He sneered in his heart, Zhou Xin was so self-righteous that he had never gotten along with Lu Xuan and had no idea what kind of person Lu Xuan was.
Fight against Lu Xuan.
That's courting death!
Zhou Xin saw that Zhang Zhao's expression did not change, but he looked a little desperate. Zhang Zhao, the Minister of Civil Affairs, expressed his position that if he was not given any chance, his situation would be even more difficult, but he did not delay and left with his body that was about to fall apart.
Zhang Zhao watched Zhou Xin leave and said, "Come here."
The attendant entered, his back hunched, looking cautious.
Zhang Zhao ordered: "Take care of yourself, I want to go see the king immediately."
"Here!"
The attendant answered immediately.
Zhang Zhao clapped his hands, straightened his clothes, and strode out of the duty room, heading to the study where Lu Xuan was. It's impossible for these damn big clans to use him to fight against Lu Xuan.
