My husband Zhuge Kongming

The Sima clan in Hanoi came after Sima Mao.

Continuing for hundreds of years, it has spread from Wen County, Hanoi to various counties in Hanoi. There are more than a dozen branches in the genealogy alone.

However, when he arrived at Sima Fang's place, he couldn't control the other tribes in other counties. After all, the tribes were already divided.

What he wanted to think about was the Sima clan in Wen County, Hanoi, which was his most direct lineage.

In the early years, he admired Cao Cao very much because he had talked with Cao Cao several times and felt that Cao Cao was extremely talented. Even though Cao Cao was not as good as Yuan Shao, he recommended him several times and praised him highly.

Later, after Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he raised troops in the countryside and walked all the way to his current position, which shows that he had a very accurate vision.

Logically speaking, Cao Cao would not exterminate the Sima clan.

Even if Liu Bei really captured Cao Cao, he would not be able to ignore the Beidi family.

If the Han Dynasty were to revive again, it would require a large number of talents to go to various places, and most of these talents would have to come from aristocratic families.

However, the real crisis for the family was not the loss of the land accumulated by their ancestors for generations, but the Chu paper invented by Chu Anjun in the south and the printing technology promoted.

The first step of that queen was to promote Chu paper, and let various aristocratic families compete to be the first agents. Then she collected books and allowed people to copy them. At the same time, she also promoted printing with printing technology, so that the price of books in bookstores is now ten times higher. It dropped nearly ten times a year ago.

In the past, classics and history books, even the most common Analects of Confucius, cost at least a hundred dollars.

A copy of The Analects of Confucius today only costs ten dollars.

In the past ten years, literati and common people have accepted this price, and no one thinks it is abnormal.

The rise of children from poor families has become inevitable, and ordinary people can even read a few words through gritted teeth.

The advantages of the wealthy families in Wenzhi Road will gradually be evened out.

In the second step, the female monarch began to think of ways to take away the family's property.

Originally, only the southern states implemented this policy, but under huge pressure, Cao Cao had to follow suit. This also ruined Cao Cao's reputation in the eyes of aristocratic families, and made Liu Bei win over the hearts of aristocratic families all over the world.

By then, although aristocratic families have a family history that has been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, they will no longer have a monopoly and advantage in knowledge. Without the land accumulated by their ancestors for generations, they will become ordinary wealthy families.

If no one in the clan becomes an official, it will even decline quickly.

This made him feel very emotional.

He heard that what the female gentleman learned was taught by the layman who cultivated flowers.

What kind of person can make a girl grow to this point?

It is a pity that the immortal layman has passed away long ago. Even if he goes south, he will never see him again.

But one thing, he was sure of, was that if he wanted to pass on the family forever in the coming changes, he would have to have people serving as officials from generation to generation, paving the way for future generations of the clan.

Therefore, someone needs to go south, and someone needs to serve as an official under Cao Cao.

In this way, whether Cao Cao wins or Liu Bei wins, the Sima family will still be the Sima family.

After thinking about this, Sima Fang rubbed his head. As he got older, his energy was really not as good as before.

Sima Kui was right. Sima Xun and his younger brothers could be allowed to take their families to the south.

However, he was really not sure how Cao Cao would treat Sima Lang and Sima Yi after learning the news.

Because the Cao Cao now is no longer the Cao Cao before.

The next day, under the leadership of Sima Kui, he met the shopkeeper who delivered the letter, an elegant and upright middle-aged man.

"I'm Sima Fang, please forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting." To show his sincerity, Sima Fang was the first to receive the greeting. The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and returned the greeting, "I'm Xu Shu, I've met the old gentleman."

Xu Shu? Sima Fang was also stunned. This was Liu Bei's military advisor. Unexpectedly, the person responsible for connecting with their Sima family turned out to be this person.

However, Sima Fang didn't care and was soon happily invited upstairs by Xu Shu.

"The old gentleman is energetic and admirable." Seeing that Sima Fang, who was already over sixty years old, was still so strong, Xu Shu praised him with a smile.

"I'm old." Sima Fang waved his hand, looked at the tea served by the attendant with a smile, pointed at Sima Kui, and said, "I'm the fourth son, Sima Kui."

"Brother Sima, you are polite." Xu Shu said with a smile.

Sima Kui naturally returned the favor.

He had heard some of Xu Shu's name, but he didn't know much about it.

"Yesterday I saw the letter from Duke Heming. I was very moved." Sima Fang took a sip of tea and raised his eyebrows slightly. This tea is not bad.

Xu Shu just smiled and listened to Sima Fang continue.

"The world is in chaos, and it's time to change. Now the situation is gradually becoming clearer." Sima Fang put down his cup and said with a smile, "I think of my Sima family. Our ancestors still died for their country when they fought against Chu. I thought that the road to the north was... He wants to help the world, but he never expected that he would usurp the Han Dynasty with the dignity of the prime minister."

The smile in Xu Shu's eyes became even bigger.

This Sima Fang is always interesting.

He used to be very optimistic about Cao Cao, and his eldest son and second son both served as officials under Cao Cao.

Now that he saw the situation clearly, he felt that Liu Bei was on the right track, so he said such a high-sounding statement, which he did not expect.

No wonder A Chu wrote that everyone in the Sima family is quite smart.

"What the old gentleman said is true." Xu Shu's expression became a little more serious, "Since Cao Cao's behavior in the past, my lord has known that he was cruel and unkind, and my lord has always acted with kindness, so he has countless wise and resourceful people accompanying him. I have the confidence to help the big man."

Sima Fang nodded silently. In fact, Cao Cao was not so cruel before.

However, as Cao Cao gradually became more powerful, he did become more and more cruel.

"It's a pity that I saw it wrong." Sima Fang sighed.

Xu Shu smiled and shook his head, "How could the old gentleman know what happened today?"

Sima Fang still sighed and then said, "Yesterday I saw Duke Heming's letter and said that he wanted a few incompetent juniors to do things. I thought about it for a long time and felt that following Duke Heming's footsteps is the right way."

Xu Shu was slightly surprised. He thought he had to pay something, but he didn't expect that Sima Fang would just agree. So he handed over his hand and said, "Old sir, you are very righteous."

Sima Fang shook his head, "It's not because I'm righteous, but it's about the survival of the man and the family. I have to do this."

Xu Shu smiled and nodded, and then listened to Sima Fang, "But my eldest son and second son are now serving Cao Cao. For their safety, I hope this matter will not be too publicized."

"I understand." Xu Shu nodded naturally.

Originally, in these troubled times, it was common for brothers within a family to serve different lords.

But now, no one dares to challenge Cao Cao's benevolence. If they lose their relatives because of this, everyone will be heartbroken.

"The old man wants Jida and his four younger brothers to take their families and go south at the same time in two months." Sima Fang said about his arrangement, "I hope Duke Heming will send someone to take care of him at that time."

third chapter.