My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 319 Reunion in Luyang
"How cruel Zhuge Liang scolded him back then was why Wang Situ had such a big reaction." Su Chen took a step back, tilted his head and asked Jia Xu in a low voice.

Jia Xu wanted to laugh but couldn't. He suppressed the corners of his mouth and lowered his voice: "Only the Grand Governor Cao Zhen knows what happened before the formation."

Su Chen was also quite troubled when he saw this scene. For Wang Lang to be so extreme and self-destructive, you can only imagine how much shadow Zhuge Liang left in his heart at the time. It can't be said to be much more cruel than in the script.

At this time, Zhuge Liang over there was also shocked. He already knew who the other party was. What he said just now was just a joke. He didn't expect that the other party actually said these words. For a moment, he really didn't know what to say. Talk to the other person.

"It turns out to be Wang Situ. I haven't seen him for a long time, and his words are extraordinary."

"Where is it?" Wang Lang handed over, "I can't be as dedicated as Prime Minister Zhuge. After so many years of the Northern Expedition, the Han Dynasty has not been revived. Can you find the reason for it and reflect on it?"

As if a sore spot had been poked, Zhuge Liang's smile faded.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Wang Lang lowered his hand and stared directly at each other. Their gray beards were stroking slightly in the breeze. The moment their eyes narrowed, Su Chen suddenly waved, "Let's go, let's go."

The surrounding generals originally wanted to watch the battle, but they reacted to this and told them to leave. Only Zhuge Liang and Wang Lang were left in the vast team still looking at each other.

Wang Lang stroked his long beard and said, "Zhuge Villager, I am no longer what I used to be..."

What answered him was Zhuge Liang's fist, which hit his right eye socket. His entire eye socket was black and blue. He stumbled and squatted down, instinctively holding his head, and was punched and kicked by Zhuge Liang for a while.

The latter picked up the feather fan and snorted at Wang Lang who was on the ground, got on the four-wheeled vehicle, and was pushed away by the soldiers.

Here, Su Chen led the generals into the prosperous Luyang City from the Xuanchun Gate in the north. This was once the capital of the Wei State. After being captured by Su Chen's soldiers, it was restored to its original appearance after several repairs.

Ma Yunlu and Lu Lingqi were riding on horseback, looking at the streets of this big city in the Central Plains with curiosity. Yanjing in the north was naturally more prosperous and had a large population. Most of the surrounding generals had been here and even entered the palace. I think there's something interesting about it.

After entering the city, Su Chen got off the imperial chariot, changed to a war horse, and talked with Xia Houyuan and Zhang He.

"Master Dong, General Guan, and General Zhang have all returned with their troops?"

"They are all on the way. Dong Zhuo's troops are faster. They are already halfway through the journey. Ma Chao is one step ahead. They should be able to reach Luyang this afternoon."

Xia Houyuan's ability to lead a single party is still very powerful. At least a large city with hundreds of officials down to the intelligence can only manage it in an orderly manner. As long as he does not boast of being brave, he can just go and do the work of a soldier.

While Wang Lang was talking, Jia Xu, who was following brothers Su Chen and Xia Houyuan, turned to look at him and frowned slightly: "Situ, your eyes..."

Wang Lang sat on the horse and was indignant, spitting.

"I miscalculated. Villager Zhuge was unreasonable this time and actually took action..."

Then, looking at Zhuge Liang who was being pushed by the soldiers a little ahead, Wang Lang turned his face away with a snort, hissed, covered his black eyes, and babbled on the horse.

"A village man is a village man... Taking advantage of his height to be taller than me, and bullying me because he is old and frail and unable to defeat him, he unexpectedly attacked me secretly and showed no respect for martial arts!"

While he was speaking, Su Chen in front asked Xia Houyuan and Le Jin about the venue for the martial arts performance. According to his opinion, it cannot be placed in the imperial city. Although the imperial city is large, there are many buildings taking up space. The only square is filled with tens of thousands of people. People seemed crowded, and it was difficult to run, let alone perform martial arts.

When the order for the martial arts performance was sent here, Xia Houyuan was asked to set up a martial arts performance field at Longqiao in the east of the city, level the land, and build a viewing platform and several beacon towers.

Now that I heard that it was basically completed, I stopped asking any more questions. After returning to the palace, I asked Zhuge Liang about the political affairs of the Central Plains alone. The Yan script that had been implemented previously had been changed, and I switched to Chinese style. Changing it day and night was indeed a bit troublesome and annoying. .

After the order was issued, Zhuge Liang did encounter resistance. However, as the new imperial examination system was about to be piloted in the North, the students and scholars who were originally resistant changed their previous resistance and even asked someone to ask someone from within the government. An acquaintance helped me buy Chinese culture and books from the North to learn first.

You know, it is almost even more difficult for civilian students to get ahead in the imperial examinations like in the past. Especially for those who are good at work but not good at classics, this is simply a blessing.

There are specializations in the art industry, which is something that many people have in mind.

"What's the reaction of those rich people?"

The door of the study room was closed tightly. Su Chen lit the candle and sat across from Zhuge Liang. "I just finished dealing with these things over there in the north. When I got here, I was still worried about these things. I used to shout about beatings and killings. I really sat down like an emperor." Only in this position do I know that being the boss is not easy.”

"The big families are nothing more than interested parties. Your Majesty doesn't want to compromise with them, and you don't want them to cause trouble, so just let him go!"

Zhuge Liang himself is a member of a wealthy family. He sees their harm and the stability of the people more clearly than anyone else. But now that he has come to this world, he does not need to bear the burden of a wealthy family. If he can let go and rectify it, it will be better for him. It's not difficult.

But thinking about the past, when he took over everything, it was detrimental to the emperor's growth. Now that he said the word 'fu', he stopped talking.

抚？
Su Chen leaned back on his chair and narrowed his eyes. He had already given up some of his official positions in the Central Plains court to those wealthy families, so what else could he do?
and many more!

The word "Fu" is taken apart, one hand, nothing.He suddenly reacted and raised his eyes to look at Zhuge Liang. He saw Prime Minister Zhuge gently shaking his crane fan, looking at him with a smile, and nodded slightly, probably asking him to follow this idea.

One hand, nothing.

What does Zhuge Liang mean by taking away everything the other party has?
Weapons are definitely not good. The Central Plains have only just recovered. This is the land of economy and food. When he is hoarding strength, if he plunges the Central Plains into destruction, he will obviously suffer the loss. It is better to maintain the status quo.

Since he doesn't want to destroy, but he also wants to take away everything from the other party... to draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, this is what Zhuge Liang mentioned to him before.

Use the current Wei money to buy grain from those aristocratic families, allowing them to keep hoarding money. Finally... Wei money is abolished and exchanged according to proportion, such as six for one, eight for one.

Their assets shrank by more than half in an instant.

Now that they have food, they will be beaten hard to reduce the strength of these wealthy families, but if they don't notice, it is better to leave this matter to Jia Xu, who is very handy in this regard.

Afterwards, Su Chen invited everyone to have lunch in the palace, and everyone returned to the military camp to prepare for the martial arts performance. Zhao Yun took his wife to the western suburbs of the city, waiting for Ma Chao, who had no idea of ​​his sister's arrival.

"Husband, my brother will come over later. I don't know what his expression will be."

Ma Yunlu urged the horse to walk back and forth, feeling a little anxious. When she heard that her brother had died of illness in Hanzhong, she locked herself at home for two days without eating and cried all day long.

Although my brother has done many wrong things, relatives are relatives. They came out from Xiliang together and settled in Shu. There are fewer and fewer relatives around them. Each one of them is extremely important. Now that we are about to meet each other, I am naturally very excited.

The sun gradually tilted.

Just when Zhao Yun was feeling a little anxious, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance on the official road leading to the west, and a cavalry of 2000 people turned into dozens of cavalry and came along the official road.

Ma Yunlu recognized the three leaders at just one glance, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Brother, cousin Ma Dai...and brother Pang Pang are also here!"

These were the same people when they left Xiliang together. Ma Yunlu inserted the spear in his hand into the ground, clamped the horse's belly, and galloped out, "Brother!!"

Ma Chao, who was leading the cavalry, was stunned for a moment when he heard the sound. Ma Dai and Pang De, who were behind him to the left and right, were also stunned.

"Brother, it's Miss Yunlu!" Ma Dai happily pointed forward on his horse.

Ma Chao was still in a trance on the horse, and gradually slowed down. Looking at the woman running towards him, his eyes gradually became moist.

"Yunlu..."

"elder brother!"

When the white horse came in front of him, Ma Yunlu tightened the reins, smiled on the horse as if only a sister could show her brother, and called out again obediently.

"elder brother!"

For a while, Ma Chao nodded with tears in his eyes, then burst into laughter, turned over, dismounted, strode over, and hugged Ma Yunlu, who had just jumped off the horse.

"Good girl...for brother...for brother I miss you so much!"

Ma Dai and Pang De also got off their horses and came around. When they saw Ma Yunlu, they held their hands and looked at her with the eyes of a brother who loves his sister.

"We are reunited again!"

Ma Chao held Ma Yunlu's hand, then Pound's hand, and repeated: "We are reunited again, and we will never be separated again!"

Pang De looked at Ma Chao in front of him. Originally, he was feeling complicated, but after recent observations, he found that Ma Chao was different from before. He seemed to pay more attention to his family and colleagues, rather than the willful and selfish General Shenwei Tian.

"Let's go into the city, call my brother-in-law, and let's have a drink!"

Ma Chao took Ma Yunlu and Pang De away, while Ma Dai led three horses and chased after them, "Brother, there is me, wait for me!"

Not long after, on the next day, the Tang Army, Xiliang Army, Yizhou Army, and Bingzhou Army came over one after another, making the whole city even more lively.

(End of this chapter)