Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 124 Returning to Chang'an
  In the seventh year of Yonghe, on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, it was raining and snowing, and Chang'an, covered in silver, stood on the vast white land.

In the Weiyang Palace, Aman put on a new suit and was held in the arms of her grandmother Sima Xingnan and teased:

"Aman, your father is coming back today, are you happy?"

But Aman had just celebrated the Hundred Days Banquet a few days ago, and was only over three months old. He couldn't speak, he just opened his dark eyes and looked at everything around him curiously.

Xie Daoyun was filled with joy when she saw that her aunt loved her eldest grandson so much, but she still asked:

"Uncle, my husband is coming back to the city today. Could it be that we really don't want to go outside the city to greet him?"

Sima Xingnan said nonchalantly:
  "It's freezing outside. What should I do? What should I do if my little Aman catches the cold?"

Since Aman was born, Huan Xi's status in Sima Xingnan's heart can be said to have plummeted. As for the old slave, it cannot be lowered.

Sima Xingnan said, and asked Xie Daoyun:

"Why hasn't Ayuan come yet?"

Xie Daoyun replied:

"I have already sent someone to Yutang Palace. I think my sister must have been delayed because of the child."

Sima Xingnan nodded and she said:

"In half a month, my granddaughter will celebrate the 100-day banquet. So far, she doesn't even have a name. I wrote to ask, but no one responded.

"Alas, I haven't even seen my father since I was born."

After Huanxi left Chang'an, he welcomed another daughter. However, Huanxi was away fighting and never had time to come back to see her.

Soon, Li Yuan brought her daughter over. After saluting Sima Xingnan and Xie Daoyun, she explained:
  "The child has been crying early in the morning. I just put him to sleep, but I came late."

Sima Xingnan laughed and said:
  "This child must know that her father is back. Otherwise, she is usually quiet, so how could she suddenly make a fuss today."

As he spoke, Sima Xingnan stretched his head, looked at the baby girl in Li Yuan's arms, and said:
  "Aman and Xi'er seem to have been carved out of the same mold when they were young, but my granddaughter is more like Ayuan."

Xie Daoyun chuckled and said:

"My sister was born with the beauty of the country. I once felt pity for my uncle when I saw her. Come to think of it, my daughter will also be a beauty who will conquer the country and the city from now on."

Although Huan Xi's daughter was born to Li Yuan, Xie Daoyun was her legitimate mother and was naturally Xie Daoyun's daughter.

Xie Daoyun reached out and took the baby girl from Li Yuan's arms, with a look of love on his face.

In fact, this was not done to her intentionally because Sima Xingnan was present.

Xie Daoyun loved this beautiful baby girl from the bottom of his heart and regarded her as his own.

Of course, if Li Yuan gave birth to a bastard who was about the same age as Aman, this love would be greatly reduced.

After all, there is no mother who does not think about her biological son.

Since Huan Xi was away fighting all year round, Xie Daoyun and Li Yuan were his companions most of the time, and the two had a very good relationship.

Li Yuan was also sincerely happy to see her daughter loved by Xie Daoyun.

Sima Xingnan said from the side:
  "Ling Jiang is right. It's a good thing that she looks like her biological mother."

As she spoke, she changed the subject and made no secret of her pride:
  "But there is no need for my granddaughter to entertain people with her beauty. Unless my nephew is much older than her and can't wait for her to grow up, otherwise, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let her go to Jiankang and become a queen."

Li Yuan disagreed, she said:
  "Actually, I just hope that she can marry into a good family in the future, and I will be satisfied."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone outside the door praising:

"Ayuan said it well!"

The man who came in was Huan Xi, who had just returned from the war for several months.

Seeing Huan Xi, the three women happily greeted him. Huan Xi first took Aman from Sima Xingnan's arms and lifted him high.

In fact, it was impossible for Aman to remember his father's appearance. After all, he was only a few days old when Huan Xi left.

But today, when he saw the 'stranger', he was not afraid. Instead, he grinned and smiled. Maybe this was the subtle connection between father and son.

It's just that Huan Xi has teased his son for a few days, so Aman is naturally not as new to him as his daughter.

Huan Xi handed Aman back to Sima Xingnan, and carefully took his sleeping daughter from Xie Daoyun's hands. He said to Sima Xingnan:
  "Ayuan is right, and it is exactly what the child wants to say. Although the queen's position is noble, it is not something that our Huan family should be greedy for."

After all, what Huan Wen and Huan Xi wanted was the emperor's position.

If you really send your daughter to Jiankang to become the queen, she will be caught between her husband's family and her natal family, and it will be difficult for her to live on both sides. Sima Xingnan knew that he could not speak to him, so he had to change the subject:

"Okay, okay, even your father doesn't dare to speak loudly in front of me. It's better for you to scold him as soon as he comes back.

"Now that I'm back, let's give the child a nickname."

Huan Xi muttered:
  "When she was born, I was fighting in Luoyang. How about calling her Luo Niang?"

That is to say, Deng Xia was not present, otherwise, he might have muttered, why not call her Yang Niang.

The three girls felt that the name Luoniang was not as smooth as Aman, but it was just a nickname. Since Huan Xi had already made up his mind, he settled on it.

Sima Xingnan said to Huan Xi:

"Your father sent a letter, asking me to bring them back to him no matter what, so that he could meet them and stay in Jiangling for a while before sending them back."

After Aman was born, Sima Xingnan sent someone to Jiangling to announce the good news. Huan Wen was overjoyed when he learned that he had a legitimate grandson, and held a banquet for his generals in the nunnery.

Soon after, the news of Luo Niang's birth was also sent to Jiangling. Huan Wen already knew that Huan Xi wanted to keep the child by his side to take care of him, but he still couldn't wait to see his grandchildren.

At this time, Xie Daoyun also said:
  "Husband, I have been in the north for a while, and I also want to go back to see my parents, brothers and sisters. Why don't you let me go with my aunt. When I come back, I will take Aman and Luo Niang with me."

Xie Daoyun has not seen her family for a year since she and Huan Xi went north, and she misses them a lot.

Although Huan Xi finally came back, when she thought about her son being taken to Jiangling, she really couldn't bear to leave A Man, so she wanted to take this opportunity to go with Sima Xingnan.

When Huan Xi heard this, he nodded slightly:
  "Okay, why not wait until Luo Niang's 100-day banquet before setting off."

As he spoke, he solemnly warned:
  "Ling Jiang, if you want to go to Jiankang, you must not take Aman with you."

Obviously, Huan Xi's worries were unnecessary. Xie Daoyun was not Sima Xingnan, so how could she not have any political wisdom? How dare she take Aman with her? After all, the court did not dare to detain Sima Xingnan, but in the face of Huan Wen The only grandson, Huan Xi's only son, there is no chance that he would go crazy and forcibly keep Aman as a hostage.

"Don't worry, husband. If I don't go to Jiankang, I will persuade my father and mother to reunite with me in Jiangling."

Seeing Xie Daoyun say this, Huan Xi also breathed a sigh of relief. Sima Xingnan laughed and said:

"Then the matter is settled like this. After Luo Niang's Hundred Days Banquet, I will set off now.

"Xi'er, during this time, you should stay in Jiaofang Palace to accompany Ling Jiang. You and your wife have reunited after a long absence. This time, we have to wait for several months before we can see each other again.

"As for the military affairs, I see that Wang Jinglue (Wang Meng) has also handled them in an orderly manner, so let him continue to worry about it for you. It won't be too late for you to take over after Luo Niang's Hundred Days Banquet."

According to Huan Xi's past habits, he naturally wanted to take some time off after class to spend time with his family, and he readily agreed, but there was one thing he still wanted to ask about.

After meeting with his family, Huan Xi hurried to the military mansion. Due to the cold weather outside, not only did Sima Xingnan and the others not go out of the city to meet them, but even Wang Meng and other generals, Huan Xi did not let them stay in the cold. Waiting in the wind.

Arriving at the military mansion, everyone who stayed behind heard the news and came to pay their respects.

Huan Xi met everyone, and after chatting with them for a few words, he asked the generals and subordinates to go back to their posts and perform their duties, leaving only Wang Meng alone.

"I wonder how the more than 30,000 households I moved from Luoyang will be accommodated, sir?"

Although Huan Xi only returned to Chang'an on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, it was because Huan Xi had stationed troops in Tongguan to monitor Fu Jian's movements, so he delayed it until this time.

As for the people of Luoyang, they had been sent to Chang'an one after another as early as mid-October.

Wang Meng laughed and said:

"My lord, there is no need to worry about this matter. Thirty thousand households have been settled. As early as after the autumn harvest, I sent some of the people from Jingzhou that my lord brought back to Qinzhou, so that the people from Luoyang would not have to risk their lives when they came to Chang'an." The wind and snow continue to move westward."

In fact, the urgent demand for labor in Guanzhong is far less serious than that in Qinzhou. The Longyou area is truly vast and sparsely populated. Today's Qinzhou includes the former Qiuchi State. It is a huge state with a population of But there are only 40,000 to 50,000 households.

Huan Xi's previous migrations of people were all settled nearby in the Sanfu area of ​​​​Guanzhong.

Therefore, while Yongzhou was able to flourish, Qinzhou lagged far behind and developed slowly.

Separating part of the population to enrich Qinzhou and use it as a food and grass base for future attacks on Qianliang was also a consensus that Huan Xi and Wang Meng had discussed long ago.

Huan Xi nodded approvingly after hearing this. Although this approach would cause some hardship to the people of Jingzhou, it was better to let them move to Qinzhou before winter than to let the people of Luoyang brave the wind and snow to walk from Luoyang to Tianshui, and so on. If I do, I'm afraid many people will freeze to death along the way.

In fact, even Fu Jian had no choice but to place the people of Luoyang in the southern part of Bingzhou and did not dare to let them go far. As for Zhang Yu's tribe, they were all placed here to select the elite and eliminate the old and weak for the people.

Huan Xi then discussed the expansion of the army with Wang Meng. After the population under his rule reached 300,000 households, expanding the army was naturally on the agenda.

Although Wang Meng was in charge of internal affairs, he also agreed with Huan Xi's idea of ​​expanding the army. After all, without a strong military force, how could he defend the results of so many years of hard work.

The two discussed for a long time and decided to temporarily expand the number of troops by 5,000, bringing the number of troops under Huan Xi's command to 30,000. These 5,000 troops were mainly infantry.

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