Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1222
On the Nanshan Mountain, everyone is as powerful as a tiger, talking like a knife, talking about the world, discussing the government, and the excitement is like a fire.

But in Minghou Mansion, it was a little quiet.

All eyes have been focused on Nanshan. This place, which represents the administrative center of the Minghou Mansion, naturally does not appear to be as lively as it used to be.

In a gazebo in the back courtyard, a conversation with a somewhat low atmosphere is being staged.

"Hu Changshi, this tea is a new tea in Nanzhong this year, try it!"

Cai Yan sat on his knees, with a light veil covering his face, dancing on the tea table with his slender fingers of white jade, and within a short while, a pot of Pu'er tea with a strong fragrance was out of the oven.

"This tea has a strong fragrance and is sweet in the throat. It has a touch that makes people want to aftertaste!"

Hu Zhao knelt and sat outside the bead curtain, looked at the hot tea brought by the little maid, took a sip, and said in admiration, "This is better than the tea we usually drink, I don't know how many times better, it's very unique!"

"Husband, he likes this tea better. He calls it Pu'er tea. The previous craftsmanship was a little unfamiliar, so it made my husband a little angry. He asked Jingping Company to build ten tea houses in Nanzhong last year, and asked the Academy of Science and Technology to build ten tea houses in Nanzhong. Bian Churen has improved another method of frying tea, which can retain more tea aroma!"

Cai Yan said with a smile: "Currently, this tea is not on the market yet!"

"My lord, tasting tea is the best in the world, but..." Hu Zhao did not hesitate to slander someone in front of Cai Yan: "His tea art is a bit intimidating!"

"Ha ha!"

Cai Yan covered her mouth, smiled lightly, and said, "Don't say Hu Changshi's words in front of your husband. Your husband is not big-hearted. If you use his words, he will put on your shoes every minute!"

"It's still Madam who knows everything!"

Hu Zhao smiled wryly.

In terms of the world structure, Mujing is broad-minded. Those who are able to forgive will never be held accountable. Many things are held high and then put down gently. Even if it is an enemy, he has enough magnanimity.

But when it comes to small things, his mind is definitely one of the best. You can't speak ill of him, otherwise he will make you want to die.

"Hu Changshi made an appointment to see my concubine today, I'm afraid he didn't come to praise my wife's understanding of my husband!" Cai Yan gently changed the subject.

"Ma'am, Zhao came here today to ask for an interview. There is indeed a matter that has reached the point of attention, and I need to discuss it with Madam!" Hu Zhao said, "And this matter must be kept from the Lord!"

"The concubine knows a thing or two about what Hu Changshi wants to say, but Hu Changshi knows her husband well, and he is not a person who can easily submit!" Cai Yan's pretty face covered under the white veil, was full of excitement. A trace of sadness, sorrow does not know where it comes from.

"It is precisely because I know that the lord is not easy to give in, that's why I asked my wife. If there is any other way, how dare Hu Zhao trouble my wife!"

Hu Zhao took a step back, knelt down and kowtowed in salute, and then said, "This time the Lord was assassinated in Nanshan, did Madam hear about it?"

"My husband has reported this matter to be safe, and there is no serious problem!"

Cai Yan replied.

"But does Madam know the impact of this matter?" Hu Zhao asked again.

"Influence?" Cai Yan frowned.

"My lord was assassinated, life and death are uncertain, there has been no bad news, no news, but it has already made the entire Minghou Mansion uneasy, turmoil is inappropriate, and everyone is in a state of anxiety!"

Hu Zhao cupped his hands and said word by word: "They are afraid from the bottom of their hearts, not the fear of the lord's life and death, but the fear of what will happen to the lord, a kind of fear of the future, this kind of fear will make people take risks. , as far as my subordinates know, someone has already started planning for the funeral!"

"My husband is just here, and no bad news has come out. Why are you here?"

Cai Yan gritted her teeth and said gloomyly.

"This is the human heart!"

Hu Zhao said calmly: "We are all loyal to the Marquis of Ming, and also to the Marquis of Ming, but not everyone can live and die with Marquis of Ming. On the body, they advance and retreat with Minghou's mansion and share the world, but when they learned that Minghou was assassinated, they panicked, because they had no future because of it."

"I know what Hu Changshi wants to say!"

Cai Yan took a deep breath, a cold light flashed in her beautiful eyes.

She is a talented woman.

Not only does she read a lot, she is knowledgeable and smart, and even has a sense of touch in the political field, which is comparable to all men. If she is not a daughter, she will also be a counselor who will rise in troubled times.

Just being a daughter has already limited her future.

Even if Mu Jing dared to take a risk that no one in the world dared to take and let her take charge of the Mingfeng Bank, she could only take charge of it secretly, not in the open, because she was a woman.

But this should not be shown, she is politically sensitive and has a thorough understanding of things, this is a talent.

She looked at the shaking bead curtain, and Hu Zhao, who was looking through the bead curtain, knocked his head on the ground fiercely, with mixed feelings in his heart.

She knew that Hu Zhao was right.

But she is also just a woman.

For a woman, all she thinks about is her husband's love and the fulfillment of her family. Now even if Zhang Ning has half of Mu Jing's heart, she still thinks that this is already the best life for a woman.

Can……

After all, Mu Jing is not an ordinary person, he is the king of the Southwest, a person who is expected to gather in the Central Plains and achieve unrivaled hegemony.

It's not just an honor.

It is also a responsibility.

He shouldered too much, the survival of tens of millions of people in Jingzhou and Yizhou, countless civil servants and military generals who followed Minghou through life and death, and the son who was still fighting for Minghou's mansion on the front line...

How many people have pinned their hopes on becoming famous, honoring their ancestors, being rich and honored, on him.

"Perhaps Hu Changshi, you didn't do anything wrong. For the sake of the overall situation, for your husband, you have devoted your heart and soul. You are really a loyal minister. Your husband is Minghou, the lord of Minghou's mansion, who shoulders the responsibility of ending the troubled times and creating a prosperous world. , he should consider for the people of the world, that's right!"

Cai Yan said softly: "But Hu Changshi has thought about it. The husband is only one person. He wants to control his own destiny strongly. He never wants others to control his destiny, so he fights all the way. Zhan, now we want him to submit, how can he submit, even if that person is me!"

"No matter what, this subordinate believes that it is necessary to give it a try!"

Hu Zhao raised his head, his eyes glowed with a firm light, and said, "Madam, please help me!"

"You are embarrassing my concubine!"

A bitter smile appeared on Cai Yan's face.

"For the Minghou Mansion, the subordinates have no choice!" Hu Zhao said solemnly.

"Hu Changshi's story has come to this point. If the concubine refuses, I am afraid that the reputation of being jealous will spread to the world. Today's world is already sad in troubled times, and how many people do what they want!"

Cai Yan sighed: "It's also my fault that I and You Ji have nothing to do for a long time. They are of the Mu family's blood. Even if my husband hates me, I have to do this!"

She is a talented woman and smart, but after all, she cannot escape the shackles of Confucian etiquette.

It is a crime for a woman to have no offspring.

She has been married to Zhang Ning and Mu Jing for many years but has nothing to do for a long time. This is a heinous crime. Whether it is for the Minghou Mansion or for the Mu family's blood, she has to accept it.

"Is there anyone for Hu Changshi?"

Cai Yan asked.

"The subordinates have carefully selected!" Hu Zhao took out a playbook from his long sleeves, held it up with both hands, and handed it over respectfully.

He came prepared.

Naturally, there will be no unprepared battles.

So the candidates have already been prepared.

"Spring tea, bring it up!"

Cai Yan ordered.

"promise!"

Chuncha, the big maid in the backyard of the Minghou Mansion, is not only Cai Yan's right-hand man, but also her best bodyguard. After all, Zhang Ning personally trained a master. Chuncha's martial arts are not simple. He opened the bead curtain, went out, took this memorandum, and handed it to Cai Yan.

Cai Yan gently opened it and looked at it.

"Ren Hongchang? Is it Xiu'er?"

Cai Yan looked at the first candidate, his eyes moved slightly.

"This is the adopted daughter of Situ Wang Yun of the former dynasty. She was later named Diao Chan. She was once the most beautiful woman in Chang'an. It is rumored that she has the color of a fish and a wild goose. She was once favored by Lu Bu in the past. Wang Yun once intended to win over Lu Bu and promised her. However, during the Guanzhong incident, bloody battles continued, Wang Yun died in battle, and Lu Bu took refuge in Cao Cao. When this girl was in Chang'an, she was controlled by the Mujun, and she might have some value in her body. She was always under the watchful eye of Jing Wusi, and finally she was sent to Yu and placed under house arrest!"

Hu Zhao explained: "The lord is a first-class prince in the imperial court, and even the king of the southwest. Even if he marries a concubine, his status should not be too low. The daughter of Wang Yun is a perfect match for the lord!"

In the final analysis, what he meant was that since the concubine is Mu Jing, there should be benefits. Who he chooses is very important. Marrying a good person can bring different benefits to the Minghou Mansion.

"Situ Wang Yun of the previous dynasty had no children all his life and was lonely. Later, he adopted a daughter. I had some relationship with her, she is indeed a beauty!" Cai Yan nodded, and then said: "Now my husband has no shortage of soldiers, horses, food and grass. There is no lack of power in the world, the only thing that is lacking is to convince the scholars, if you can marry her, it will indeed give him a bit of fame in the scholarly circle!"

Mujing has been against Shilin since the beginning of his fortune.

The origin itself is already criticized.

At the beginning, it was so publicized that it almost offended all the scholars. Among the scholars, it was notorious under the spread of the scholars.

So he went the hard way.

There is no need to think about how big the gap is between reading and not reading. Although many people think that scholars are hypocritical, if they are asked to choose someone to be an official, they must have read books, not the kind of people who do not have big characters. Know a few.

Without the support of scholars, Mu Jing walked a tightrope at every step at the beginning. If he hadn't been able to become stronger on the battlefield, there would be no way to stabilize his position.

That's why Mushan married Cai Yong's daughter forcefully back then, and established a road for Mujing.

Over the years, even if this road is not easy to walk.

It is best to have the support of Cai Yong, so that Mujing can break out of the encirclement step by step, establish his own education system, and establish his own scholar training system.

Only then did a slight improvement occur.

This is how today's Nanshan discusses politics.

Without Cai Yong's support, there would not be so many scholars willing to join him. Why would he argue with Southwestern Confucian scholars?

Cai Yong was a giant in Shilin.

So is Wang Yun.

Wang Yun has no successors and is the only daughter. All the fame and resources have fallen on this woman.

If you can marry it.

It is tantamount to obtaining Wang Yun's legacy among scholars.

Among the scholars, Wang Yun was even more prosperous than Cai Yong, not only because of his knowledge, but because he was better at managing the connections among scholars than Cai Yong.

"However, Xiu'er is the daughter of Wang Situ after all. We can't force it. Now that she is in Yudu, after I chat with her, I am making a decision!" Although Cai Yan has decided on this matter, he is still determined by his personality Influence, do not do too strong things.

"Yes!"

A cold light flashed across Hu Zhao's eyes, this matter can't be left to that orphan girl.

"Huang Yu, whose name is Anhui, is sixteen years old, and just reached Ji..." Cai Yan continued to look at another name, her expression changed slightly, and she said, "Is this the daughter of the Huang family in Yizhou?"

"The aristocratic family in Yizhou is the lord's trouble. If we can get married, it will relieve a lot of pressure on the lord. At least it can stabilize the aristocratic family and let the lord take care of the local wealthy families first in the New Deal!"

Hu Zhao explained.

The people he picks, each one, have a particular chill.

"I'm afraid not!"

It is Cai Yan who understands Mujing: "The marriage has already disgusted him. If this matter is intertwined with the New Deal, I am afraid he will object even more!"

"It's because my subordinates didn't think thoroughly!" Hu Zhao heard this, and after thinking about it, his own judgment of Mu Jing's character was sometimes not as accurate as Cai Yan's.

"Hu Changshi, this concubine is willing to cooperate with you. One is because the Marquis of Ming has the responsibility of the Marquis of Ming. I can't make him feel sorry for the people in the southwest. The other is because I, as the daughter-in-law of the Mu family, have not been able to provide for the Mu family. Branches and leaves!"

Cai Yan said quietly: "But there are some things that can't be done too much. You want to accomplish one thing and another. It's good to kill two birds with one stone, but in the end it makes him feel too despicable. He is not that kind of person, he is not willing to do that kind of thing, why should we force him!"

"Madam is right, it's my subordinate Meng Lang!" Hu Zhao admitted his mistake, after all, he didn't know enough about Mu Jing.

Cai Yan shook her head lightly, the matter has reached this point, no one can back down, even if it will anger Mu Jing, she can only do it, because it is not only Mu Jing's wife, but also the wife of Ming Hou's mansion She is still the daughter-in-law of the Mu family, not only responsible for the Minghou Mansion, but also responsible for the blood of the Mu family.

"Huang Shuo? Jiangxia Huang's family?"

Cai Yan continued to read, and the information on the third page surprised her: "Huang Chengyan's daughter, how is this possible?"

But she knew that the Jingzhou gentry now had the heart to eat Mujing.

Huang Chengyan also hates Mujing the most.

Will marry his daughter to him.

"Nothing is impossible!"

Hu Zhao cupped his hands and said: "Now the Jingxiang five prefectures have entered my Minghou Mansion, and no one can change them. Even if they want to continue to be strong, they have to consider whether the lord will tolerate them, so relax with the lord. Relationships are necessary, and they have no choice but to choose. As far as the Jingzhou gentry are concerned, the aristocratic families must not be able to. After all, the Lord is suppressing them now. If they marry their daughters, it will inevitably lead to their ups and downs again. , will affect the current New Deal. No matter what, the lord will suppress them for a few years and not give them a chance to breathe. Since the aristocratic family is not good, then only Qingliu is left. Sima has no daughter, the daughter of the Pang family None of them fit, only one left..."

(End of this chapter)