Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 238 Luoyang Order

Luoyang is the capital of the Han Dynasty, so the Luoyang order is naturally more important and more powerful than ordinary county magistrates.

At least in terms of authority, he is not inferior to the prefect of a county, just like the position of captain of Sili is half a level higher than that of governors everywhere.In addition, those who can become Luoyang order will also serve as his position in the imperial court.

The sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked young master dragged his injured leg to the gate of the county mansion, and as soon as he approached, he yelled at the guard in front of the gate, "Hurry up and help me into the mansion!"

The guard looked like he was a beggar on the side of the road, but his voice sounded so familiar.

Going forward, it turned out to be Chen Yuan, the county magistrate's nephew.

"What's wrong with Mr. Chen? Was he beaten by someone?" The guard asked in surprise. In his impression, Chen Yuan was always the one who beat people. It's time for someone he dared not offend.

"Stop talking nonsense, help me to see my uncle!" Chen Yuan glared impatiently. The guard bowed his head and shut up when he saw it. Chen Yuan is the most beloved junior of the magistrate. If he offends him, he will be punished. Bad luck.

The guards helped Chen Yuan into the mansion, and the housekeeper took him over.

"Oh, Mr. Chen, what's the matter!"

"Don't ask the old housekeeper, where is my uncle?"

The butler was also surnamed Chen, he and Chen Yuan were relatives, and when he saw Chen Yuan was covered in injuries, he knew that he had fought with someone again, and he must have come to the county government to seek revenge from the magistrate.

So he waved his hand to let the guards leave, and softly comforted him: "Master Zhishu is meeting guests in the front hall, the old man will help you to go to the study to wait."

The housekeeper did not address the county magistrate but the governor of the book, because the Luoyang magistrate also served as the censor of the book.

The censor of governance was first established in the Qin Dynasty, and it has been used in the Han Dynasty. It has the power to pick up officials and officials. Although the official title is not as high as that of Jiuqing, it is a veritable role of an important minister in terms of power.

Passing by the front hall, Chen Yuan glanced inside, and saw a scribe with a goatee sitting high on the VIP seat. This person Chen Yuan knew was Dong Zhuo's confidant Li Ru.

"Uncle really has close contacts with Master Taishi, and he is also the censor, as long as Liu Yu'an is charged with a crime, Master Taishi will definitely punish him!"

Chen Yuan secretly listened outside the door for a while, and then went to the study to wait in peace.

At this time in the front hall, Li Ru was chatting with Luoyang Ling more politely.

"Starting tomorrow, the grain hidden in the underground palace outside the city will be transported into Taicang one after another. I have just been entrusted with the important task of supervising the grain transportation by the grand master. The transfer of grain and grass is of great importance. Someone needs to be present to supervise when it goes out of the warehouse and enters the warehouse. , and I can’t separate the two ends, so I want to ask Brother Jian to go to Taicang to help keep an eye on it.”

The brother Jiangong that Li Ru talked about was an old man in his sixties. It was said that people would become very amiable when they got old, but this man's face was very majestic.

"Sima Fang won the support of the Grand Master and the invitation of the Tingwei Tairen. Of course, he dare not neglect. I will go to Taicang to wait in person tomorrow morning. All the grain and grass that have entered the warehouse must be fully counted!"

After Sima Fang finished speaking, he bowed his hands in the direction of Yong'an Palace with a serious face, expressing his gratitude to Dong Zhuo. Li Ru nodded happily after seeing it, and then got up to leave.

Sima Fang, styled Jiangong, was a prominent family in Hanoi.

This person has an upright and fair personality, and even in a leisure place like a banquet, he often maintains a dignified appearance, but a person cannot be judged by his appearance. Under this dignified appearance, there is a very smooth and self-protecting temperament hidden in troubled times.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, if anyone wanted to say who was the most forbearing, it must be Sima Yi, the ancestor of the Jin Dynasty, and Sima Fang was Sima Yi's biological father.

At this time in history, Sima Yi was only a child in his teens, but his elder brother Sima Lang had already reached the championship.

When Sima Fang was recruited to Beijing by Dong Zhuoqiang, he knew that he could not refuse and was worried that his family would be in crisis because he served Dong Zhuo. So after careful consideration, he decided to let his eldest son Sima Lang move from Hanoi with his younger brothers and family. Li Yang took refuge.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the princes to beg for Dong Dajun and fought several battles with Dong Zhuo's army in Hanoi, and it was Sima Fang's decision that saved the Sima family from the wars of the princes begging for Dong, thus preserving the Sima family.

It's just that Sima Fang took Li Ru's order today and went to Taicang to supervise the storage of grain and grass, but he didn't want Sima's family to fall into many difficulties because of this.

This is a later story, let me say that Sima Fang sent Li Ru away and went to the study to see his nephew.

Chen Yuan is the only son of Sima Fang's younger sister. After his sister died of illness, Sima Fang took special care of Chen Yuan.

Although he has long seen that Chen Yuan is not a man to be made, he still wants to protect him as much as possible to be a son of a rich family.

"What's wrong with Yuan'er? Who beat you? If it's not your fault, uncle will seek justice for you!" Sima Fang checked Chen Yuan's injury with concern.

I heard Chen Yun grinning and said: "The child was beaten by that Liu Yu, and his legs were almost broken. I ask uncle to make the decision for the child!"

"Liu Yu! King Zhongshan?" Sima Fang raised his head in surprise.

"It's him! Just because I didn't salute him in West City, I ordered his subordinates to beat him up. Uncle must impeach such a virtuous person for the court!"

The censor who governs the book has the job of prosecuting all the officials, so it is a bit clever for Chen Yuan to use this to frame him.

But Sima Fang knew his nephew's virtue, so he definitely wouldn't listen to his one-sided words.

"Then Liu Yu's reputation has always been very good. How could he make such a big fuss over a trivial matter? I'm afraid there must be something else in it. Yuan'er should tell the truth and don't hide it. Otherwise, instead of helping, uncle You will be punished!" Sima Fang gave him a stern look.

"This..." Chen Yuan didn't expect that his uncle who loved him so much would become so serious, so he didn't know how to say it.

Sima Fang only wanted to protect himself, even though he was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the Luoyang Order and concurrently as the governor and censor, he never had any entanglements with the royalists.

His philosophy is not to offend any faction, but to take care of his main business, the Luoyang Order, to handle the affairs of the people in the city well, and to get out on the grounds of old age when the situation is stable.

So he will not impeach Liu Yu, the king of Zhongshan who is in the limelight, for a trivial matter.

And when he saw Chen Yuan hesitated and dared not look at him, he knew that his nephew must have offended Liu Yu first, and that's why he was beaten like this.

As soon as Sima Fang thought that Liu Yu was the one whom both the Xiliang faction and the royalist faction were trying to woo, he felt that Chen Yuan must have caused a catastrophe, so he hurriedly asked what happened in the West City.

Chen Yuan had no choice but to tell the whole story after being questioned.

(End of this chapter)