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As their status continued to rise, the contradictions between Zhang Song and his brother Zhang Su became increasingly prominent, and the two brothers often quarreled.

At first, the reason for their dispute was only political disagreement, but then many contradictions arose due to political differences, which made the contradictions more and more violent, and they could no longer live under the same roof.

So Zhang Song moved out of the mansion in a fit of rage, and built a larger mansion opposite his brother Zhang Su's mansion, whose lintel was extraordinarily richly decorated, while Zhang Su's mansion was dwarfed and eclipsed.

Obviously, Zhang Song's move is clearly angry with Zhang Su. Its original intention was to declare that his political proposition was right, and to get Liu Zhang's weight and give him a generous gift; His brother Zhang Su was too pedantic and conservative, so that he stood still for many years and could not move forward.

However, Zhang Su didn't think so, and even less recognized what his younger brother Zhang Song did. Especially every time he returned to the mansion, looking at the people and traffic in front of the gorgeous Zhang Song's mansion, and then looking at the situation that no one cared about in front of his house, Zhang Su couldn't help but get angry and repeatedly slammed the door and left.

Over time, although the Zhang brothers lived door to door, they rarely interacted, and the brotherly relationship gradually dropped to the freezing point, as if they turned against each other, and there was a tendency to not get along with each other.

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and after turning the corner, they stopped in front of the house. As the coachman opened the car door very skillfully, he saw a short, different-looking middle-aged man walking out of the car, but the brocade robe on his body was sewn with the best Shu brocade. The workmanship is exquisite, the color is bright, and people feel extravagant from afar. It is really an extremely rare and superior work, and those who can be worthy of this gorgeous costume must be rich and noble.

This person is Zhang Song, the word Ziqiao (the Chinese character Yongnian in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms), the current Yizhou Don't Drive, and is a close minister of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang.

Zhang Song is short in stature, different in appearance from ordinary people, perverse and uninhibited. But he is very intelligent, witty and eloquent, and quite talented. This may be the so-called extraordinary place for gifted people.

In the early years, when Liu Yan took Yizhou. Zhang Song was already out of office, but at that time he was only engaged in the main book, even so, because he was born in the Zhang family of Shu County. Only then did he win an official position. During Liu Yan's tenure as state pastor. Zhang Song was not appreciated by Liu Yan because of his different appearance, but he had been a small official for many years, and he could not be among the "court", and he had no chance to make military and political decisions, so he was given a cold reception. The reason why this is the case is because the Eastern Han Dynasty had an old bad habit in the process of selecting talents, but it was accepted by most high-ranking officials and nobles: "judging people by their appearance".

In short, it is. Compared with those with mediocre appearance, those with dignified appearance are more likely to win the appreciation of officials. It is the people who came out of office in the early years and obtained high positions without exception are "burly and talented". For example: Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Lu Bu of Wenhou and Liu Yan of Yizhou, etc.; These state ministers and generals who had achieved high positions in the early years were all "handsome men among the people", and were unanimously recognized as beautiful men by the Chinese military officials and the noble class.

In comparison, Cao Cao, who stabbed Dong alone, Liu Bei, who had big ears and shoulders, and Yuan Shu, who had thin eyebrows and small eyes, were dwarfed and far from each other in appearance. Therefore, if they want to be appreciated by the hundreds of officials in the court and the respect of the Son of Heaven, so as to obtain a high position, they must pay several times more effort than the good-looking people, and even after several setbacks, they are still inferior to others in the end.

This is by no means alarmist, nor is it taken out of context, but a fact that really exists. In the same industry, the same unit or the same position in the process of competition, in the case of qualifications, ability and background are almost the same, the people with outstanding appearance always have the upper hand and have an innate advantage. This is because everyone has a love for beauty, people's pursuit and yearning for beautiful things have always been the same, aside from other hidden factors, in terms of appearance alone, most people's choices are the same.

It is because Zhang Song and his brother Zhang Su are both under Liu Yan's account, and they are from the same background, and they are all children of the Zhang family in Shu County; In terms of talent alone, Zhang Songzhi's talent is far above his brother Zhang Su, but the two brothers' experiences are completely different. After coming out, Zhang Su was quite appreciated by Liu Yan, and he was soon promoted to another driver, while Zhang Song was a small official under the state government's main book, and it took a year or two to get an official position in the main book. Two brothers born to the same mother, just because of the great difference in appearance, they suffered two completely different treatments, and the difference between the other driving and the main book is thousands of miles, and there is no comparison at all, because the official rank of the other driver itself is above the main book.

Because of this, the contradictions between Zhang Song and Zhang Su brothers have been around for a long time, just because they were born to one mother but have completely different appearances, which invisibly made the two brothers treat them two times since they were young. Zhang Su is not only the eldest son, but also born with a dignified appearance, while Zhang Song is the second son, and his appearance is more casual; It is conceivable that the growth experience of the two brothers must be two completely different environments. This age-old gap may slowly fade away with age and experience, but there is a premise for this, that is, the discriminated person has a strong ability to adjust his mentality, his comprehension is amazing, and he needs to be open-minded, and most importantly, he can no longer be stimulated.

Obviously, the fact is that it backfired, Liu Yan's differential treatment of the Zhang brothers' situation made Zhang Song deeply hit again, which also made his personality more and more withdrawn and weird, perverse, and uninhibited, which also made the contradictions between the brothers accumulate deeper and deeper, laying hidden dangers for the future.

In history, Zhang Su learned that Zhang Song was the mastermind of rebellion, and he was afraid of affecting himself, so he denounced Zhang Song to Liu Zhang, resulting in Zhang Song being executed. It is not difficult to see from this that the contradictions between the Zhang brothers are by no means an overnight effort, but the result of accumulation over time. It is necessary to know that since ancient times: fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. Zhang Su was afraid that he would be implicated because of his younger brother's rebellion, so he advanced his secret, so that his siblings were slaughtered; There must be an unknown deep-seated reason for this phenomenon of ignoring family affection, and it is an indisputable fact that there are contradictions between brothers. Otherwise, who would have guillotined their own brother with their own hands?

?????? Don't drive in Yizhou, Zhang Song's mansion.

As soon as he walked into the mansion gate, the gatekeeper quickly ran to Zhang Song and said respectfully: "My lord, there are guests in the mansion." (In this era, there is no "master" title, and the servants and domestic slaves all respect the master as "lord" to show reverence; The maidservant or the singer of the Qinglou called it "the official family or the son", and the prince was the prince and nobleman from a famous family. The title of lord originated from the common people, and it was named because of its age, high seniority, and high morality; Or a businessman's family, the job of serving someone has to be managed, and if you have money, you are the master! ）

"Guest?"

Zhang Song was surprised when he heard this, his small eyes flashed with doubt, and he couldn't help but brush his beard, and said suspiciously: "In recent days, the situation in the state capital has been tense, and many colleagues have lived in seclusion after the discussion, and they will not go out and walk around. The same is true of my Zhang Mansion, no one has visited for nearly half a month, why are there guests coming to the door today? Who is the comer, who is the surname, but there is a famous thorn? Indeed, Zhang Song's words are true.

More than half a month ago, in the counties and counties of Dongchuan under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, there were successively family members and county officials who exposed the history of the governor of Yizhou, and the general Zhao Wei of Zhengdong Zhonglang formed a party for personal gain, secretly contacted the major families and scholars, plotted against him, and was suspected of supporting the army and self-respect, and wanted to commit a conspiracy and rebellion.

For this reason, a number of officials in the state government have discussed a lot, each insisting on its own words, some of them defended Zhao Wei, some of them exposed Zhao Wei for accepting bribes and wantonly promoting their cronies, and some of them had an unclear attitude and sat on the sidelines. At the same time, the people in Chengdu were panicked, and the major families and gentry of the noble clans were silent, closing their doors, as if they were holding the attitude of sweeping the snow in front of the door, and did not want to get involved, so as not to cause trouble and be implicated needlessly.

On this issue, Zhang Song's attitude is very clear, and Huo Ran stands in the camp of exposing Zhao Wei's conspiracy and rebellion. Although he did not have the real evidence of Zhao Wei's plot in his hand, he held the attitude that he would rather believe that he had something to believe or not, thinking that Zhao Wei's power in the long history was too great, and there were many protégés and former officials, and once a rebellion was launched, these people would be the henchmen who followed him to rebel, directly shaking the foundation of Yizhou, and the danger was extremely great, and it was impossible to prevent it.

Of course, this is just a superficial statement, in fact, Zhang Song has deeper intentions. This is that he is now a driver in Yizhou, and the road to promotion has been blocked, and it is Changshi Zhao Wei who stands in front of him. In addition, he has not been in the same camp as Zhao Wei since he came out, he represents the interests of the local families and scholars in Yizhou, while Zhao Wei is an outsider, like the "leader" of foreign forces.

The contradictions between these two forces are extremely deep, involving fundamental interests, and neither side will make concessions, nor will there be a way out. Once there is a collision, it will be a fierce battle to the death until one side is completely defeated.

However, judging from the current situation, the situation is not optimistic.

Zhao Wei has been operating in Yizhou for many years, and all counties have their henchmen, and they have close contacts with major families and scholars, and their influence is very large. The most important thing is that Zhao Wei was the first veteran minister to follow Liu Yan into Shu, and it was he who tried his best to promote Liu Zhang to succeed him as the pastor of Yizhou, and then made great contributions in the process of Liu Zhang's promotion of Yizhou.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for Zhao Wei's help, the position of Yizhou Mu would definitely not fall on Liu Zhang's head.

Therefore, Zhao Wei's status in Yizhou is very transcendent, and he is deeply trusted by Liu Zhang, and he relies on him for everything.

Just when Zhang Song was stunned, the janitor respectfully handed over a famous thorn, but put it in front of Zhang Song for a long time, but he didn't see him reach out and take it.

Until the little servant's hands were sore, he had to remind softly with courage: "Lord, this is the famous thorn of the guest in the mansion." He claimed to be a good friend of the lord, and this time he came to visit him because the villain did not dare to slack off, and after the lord made it clear, he welcomed him into the second hall for a while, and it has been half an hour. ”

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