I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 144 Cai’s reaction

Luoyang, Bu Guangli.

Cai Yong suddenly received a greeting from General He Miao.

Strictly speaking, Cai Yong was able to enter Beijing because of a memorial written by He Jin.

Now that He Jin is staying behind closed doors, He Miao naturally represents his relative, the He family.

Cai Yong has wasted many years. Although he has not changed his original intention, he is no longer as reckless as he was when he was young. There is no reason not to pay attention to it.

Then he got a headache.

It's not okay to refuse, but you can agree...

For some people, becoming a relative is a great blessing, but Cai Yong doesn't think so. He is still frightened by the political suppression he experienced in his early years. If it were not for the convenience of revising books, he would not even want to be an official.

Although Cai Yong believed that Liu Bian would be a wise monarch, who could say clearly about the affairs of the harem since ancient times!

He Miao's trip was more to reveal Queen He's attitude to Cai Yong, and he had no immediate intention of giving a definite answer.

After He Miao left, Cai Yong breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning around, he saw that his wife was very happy after hearing the news: "My husband is the prince's teacher. According to the queen's wishes, wouldn't it be better to kiss her?"

But after Mrs. Cai finished speaking, she saw that Cai Yong seemed to have a sad face.

When she asked, Cai Yong sighed.

"This is indeed a good thing..."

"But madam, you don't know where the palace is... Looking at the late emperor and the current emperor, has the position in the palace ever been stable? It would be fine if my clan could help Zhao Ji, but..."

It's not that Cai Yong is bragging. He thinks that his daughter is more than enough to be a crown princess or even a queen. But if there is an eventuality, how much protection can he, Cai, provide?

His early experiences gave him some pessimistic thoughts. He Miao's arrival came suddenly, and he was not mentally prepared.

Mrs. Cai didn't think much of it at first, but she was shocked when her husband said it so seriously: "Why is it like this? How could it become such a bad thing?"

Not long after, Cai Yan came over after hearing the news, and learned the cause and effect from his mother's mouth.

There is poetry and calligraphy in the belly, which will make the sixteen-year-old Cai Yan stand tall and graceful.

People at that time were generally precocious, and Cai Yan's words and deeds were more leisurely than a year ago.

"Father and mother, don't worry..."

Cai Yong and his wife looked over. They knew that their youngest daughter was always smart and might have some good ideas.

"Since the general has come in person, it means that the matter is a foregone conclusion. If father refuses, he will definitely cause trouble for the family."

Cai Yong was originally concerned and confused, but now after hearing Cai Yan's words, he had to admit that what his daughter said made sense.

Mrs. Cai hesitated and said, "But your father said..."

Cai Yan said: "Didn't my father always say that His Highness the Prince has a kind personality in the past? Why has it changed again now?"

Cai Yong also changed his position after hearing this and said: "This is exactly the reason. It is this reason. It turns out that I am worried in vain."

Mrs. Cai rolled her eyes at Cai Yong, "You are the one who says it can't be done, and you are the one who says it is okay." Little did she know that after knowing that he could not refuse, Cai Yong had decided to make full use of his connections so that his daughter could have enough support from outside the court in the future.

Cai Yan added: "My daughter thinks that even if the future is unknown, as long as she can have books as her companions, this life will be enough." "How did my son come up with this idea at such a young age?" Mrs. Cai asked with concern, she still This was the first time I heard such negative words from Cai Yan. He immediately took his daughter's hand and emphasized, "If my son doesn't want to, don't worry, my mother and your father can always think of a way..."

After saying that, Mrs. Cai gestured to Cai Yong, who said yes repeatedly.

Cai Yan saw all this in his eyes, smiled knowingly, and shook his head: "My daughter has no objections."

She knew very well that it was very rare for a husband and wife to be as loving as her parents.

Cai Yan suddenly recalled the first meeting more than a year ago. Although she could no longer remember her face as time went by, she still remembered the words - "Does Zhao Ji have the aspirations of the Cao family?"

She, Cai Yan, Cai Zhaoji, of course have Ban Zhao's aspirations.

……

After Cai Yan left, Mrs. Cai asked: "Zhao Ji said such things just now, why didn't you say a word?"

Cai Yong was not worried, and said: "This time, Madam, she is unfounded. Zhaoji likes to read books and rarely communicates with others. She said this not because she can see clearly, but because she has seen little and experienced nothing. Not much."

Having said this, he sighed slightly: "I hope she will have less worries in the future... Madam, from now on, she will have to take care of Zhao Ji and get along with the female relatives of each family."

Although he felt that these were trivial matters given his daughter's intelligence, he still had to plan for a rainy day.

So, in the next few days, Cai Yong visited many close friends one after another, as close as his relatives, Wei Yangxu, and as far away as his friend Ma Rixi, the Taiwei he had made while compiling the book.

……

In Yuntai Palace.

Liu Bian is summoning Guan Yu who has returned.

Guan Yu lived up to his expectations in Hanoi, achieved great results, and also increased a lot of revenue for the national treasury.

Liu Bian took Guan Yu's hand and said with emotion: "Yun Chang's trip has been very hard. If there are more people like Yunchang in the world, why worry about the officials being unable to manage!"

“Without His Highness’s support, where would we have achieved today’s results!”

Guan Yu once heard Zhang Wen say that since he appeared in Hanoi County, the court had issued a memorial to impeach him as a bad country, but the prince had always ignored it.

Although most of the people he dealt with were powerful people who could not stand up to the stage, he still made some people with a guilty conscience feel a sense of crisis.

After the mutual praise session ended, Guan Yu began to tell Liu Bian about what he had seen in Hanoi.

The biggest difference between Hanoi and Luoyang is that the county magistrates can engage in corruption openly, while the county governors sit idly by for various reasons.

The chaos at the grassroots level in the countryside is certainly worse than in Luoyang.

"On the contrary, the villages where wealthy families live are well-ordered. For example, the Sima family in Wen County, although their clan owns a large area of ​​land, there are also people with different surnames in the surrounding areas who own dozens of acres. I have specifically verified that over the past few decades, the acres owned by the Sima family have In fact, there are more and more. I also checked the acres of land that Sima has acquired in recent years. The sellers all said that they sold them at the market price, which should be true."

It's not that Guan Yu has never thought of finding some prominent wealthy families to attack, but the hurried inspection time was not enough for him to dig deep, and the wealthy families themselves generally have a good reputation. With the enemy in the dark and ourselves in the clear, Guan Yu ultimately achieved nothing in this regard.

Of course Liu Bian understood that the rich and powerful family cared very much about their reputation, and the countryside was their foundation. They would never do anything to exploit the wealth openly.

For the rich and powerful families who already control most of the social resources, they only need to wait for natural and man-made disasters, and they will be able to obtain more naturally. As long as they eat better and look better, they can also gain a good reputation, so why not do it!

And it is undeniable that poetry and books have really cultivated some scholars who are willing to start from their own hearts.

Morality has not been corrupted yet.

(End of this chapter)