Soldiers come to the world

Everyone sat down in the lobby, and a maid served them tea. Then Liu Jing smiled and asked Zhong You, "This time Mr. Zhong is on an envoy to Jiaozhou, how is Uncle Liu Huang?"

Zhong Yao has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has a deep understanding of many subtexts. For example, Liu Jing should ask about Cao Cao's physical condition, but at this time he asked Liu Bei's physical condition. In fact, he wanted to know about his envoy to Jiaozhou. , but he couldn't ask directly, so he implicitly used Liu Bei's body instead.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Uncle Liu Huang still doesn't seem to be well adapted to the climate in South Vietnam, and his health is not very good. Uncle Liu Huang obviously didn't care too much about my minister's mission to Jiaozhou this time. The general talk ended in less than a quarter of an hour. It's about the body."

Zhong Yao also euphemistically told Liu Jing that his mission to Jiaozhou this time did not produce any results. Liu Jing smiled, and the topic changed to Yedu, "I have fought with Wei Gonggong for more than ten years, and so far there is no victory or defeat. It is a kind of fate to become the son-in-law, but it is a pity that the law of heaven is ruthless. Wei Gong is old and has few lives. I hope that in the last few years, I will not fight with him again, so as not to hurt the friendship between Weng and son-in-law. If Zhong Gong returns, Wei Gong asked, Zhong Gong can convey my greetings to him, and at the same time, I will abide by the agreement reached by both parties and cease fighting with each other."

Zhong Yao nodded, "I will definitely convey it!"

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhong has been on an envoy to Jiaozhou for the past two months. He may not know the situation in Yedu, but I do know a little bit. Would Mr. Zhong want to know?"

Although Zhong Yao felt that it was inappropriate to talk too much about Ye with Liu Jing, he also wanted to hear Liu Jing's opinion, which was also something Cao Cao was interested in, so he smiled and said, "I am all ears!"

"Wei State has been in chaos for the past two months. The Seven Jian'an Cases have been concluded. Five people, Chen Lin, Liu Zhen, Ying Yu, Xu Gan, and Wei Tun, were executed. Hundreds of officials and countless civilians were implicated. , Cui Lin also unfortunately died of illness, Xiahou Dun was transferred back to Yedu and served as a general, Cao Zhen was appointed as the left-behind of Xudu and the governor of Yuzhou. The Qinghe Cui family cleared thousands of peasant households and [-] hectares of land, and the rest of the Bohai Gao family, Fanyang Lu family, Boling Cui family, Taiyuan Wang family, Hongnong Yang family, Xingyang Zheng family, etc., all failed. spared."

Liu Jing listed them one by one, and Zhong Yao listened with a heavy heart. He didn't expect that the official purge in Yedu would be so stormy, and he didn't expect that Cao Cao would be so ruthless that he would clean up all the major clans. No wonder Yang Biao would appear in Chang'an. Especially Cui Lin's death made him sad. After a long time, he asked in a deep voice: "Other noble families, besides Cui Lin, who else has suffered misfortune?"

"I have never heard of this. Cao Cao used Qinghe Cui's family to kill chickens and monkeys. Aristocratic families from all over the world responded to the order. In just two months, Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Bingzhou have cleared 20 households. People and millions of hectares of land, the decree is still being implemented, and it is said that it will be implemented until the end of next year, and it is estimated that there will be an increase of one million self-cultivating farmers in the end.”

Zhong Yao sighed, "It's a pity that the foundation is also destroyed."

Liu Jing also smiled, "I can understand Cao Cao's helplessness. He is forced to. There is no land to cultivate, but there is no population. Even the officials can't support them, let alone the army, but he should have done this a long time ago. It should not be delayed until now."

Zhong Yao shook his head, "The key is only for the gentry, not for the powerful, the position is unfair, no matter how good the intention is, people will be criticized, but I can understand that these gentry no longer love him, it's nothing more than adding to their illness .”

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Jing laughed again: "Nei is very good at calligraphy, and I have longed for Zhong Gong's works for a long time. Today, if I have a fate, can I ask Zhong Gong to give me the calligraphy?"

Because of the long-distance riding on horseback, Zhong Yao's wrist felt uncomfortable for the past two days, and he was not satisfied with the words he wrote. He pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness is so kind, how can Zhong Yao refuse to obey, but I happened to twist my wrist a little yesterday, I'm afraid I can't write the characters that His Highness is satisfied with, so I wrote some characters that I am more satisfied with when I was in Jiaozhou. If Your Highness doesn't think the characters are old, I would like to give it to His Highness."

Liu Jing laughed and said, "I wouldn't think so, thank you Mr. Zhong for the word!"

Zhong Yao went to fetch three brocade scrolls in person, and presented them to Liu Jing. Liu Jing was overjoyed, and asked Zhang Ji to arrange doctors, so he took the brocade scrolls and left.

Zhong Yao and Zhang sent Liu Jing away, and they returned to the inner hall. Zhang Ji said worriedly: "Yedu is not peaceful. If the Duke returns, he will be killed by Cao Pi. The King of Han treats the Duke with sincerity. Why don't you stay?"

Zhong Yao sighed, "No matter what, I have to go back!"

It has been two months since Liu Jing's family lived in Weiyang Palace. At first there were discussions in Chang'an City, but most of them were in favor of King Han staying in Weiyang Palace, even including Cao Cao. There was not much criticism, and it seemed very calm. The reason is very simple. At the beginning, when Liu Jing was named King of Han, the imperial edict made it clear that he had the same etiquette system.

More importantly, even the Duke of Wei can live in the Tongque Palace, why can't the King of Han live in the palace?If you attack Liu Jing for this matter, wouldn't you be criticizing Wei Gong secretly? No one would be so stupid as to ask for trouble. As for the puppet Tian Liu Xie, Cao Cao has strictly prohibited ministers from contacting him without authorization. Even if he knew about the matter, no one would take his words seriously.

Two months later, Tao Zhan and the others gradually got used to life in the court. Everyone also had their own residence, most of which lived near Yaochi Lake with beautiful scenery. Eating dinner, gathering and chatting, etc., these are habits that everyone is willing to maintain, otherwise living alone in a small room will make people very lonely.

Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the palace is decorated with lights and festoons everywhere, even the eight cruise ships on the Yaochi are also covered with colorful lights. Everyone especially likes the Kunlun Tower in the Yaochi. The Kunlun Tower is slightly smaller than the Phoenix Tower where Tao Zhan lives, but It is also five feet high and has nearly a hundred rooms. Before the snow fell, most of their gatherings were held in the Kunlun Building.

At this time, there is a thick layer of ice in the Yaochi, and Weiyang Palace is also a world of ice and snow, so everyone has an extra entertainment item, riding a sled or skating on the ice, which the children especially like.

Tao Zhan stood in front of the window, looking at the children playing on the ice in the distance, with a smile on her face, a brazier was lit in her room, and it was extraordinarily warm. At this time, Jiang Shi, the matriarch of the palace, said at the door: "Is the princess looking for me?"

Jiang was the housekeeper of Liu Jing's mansion when Tao Zhan was married. She has been with Tao Zhan for ten years and is loyal. Everyone likes her very much and calls her Po Jiang. She will arrange everyone's daily life.

Tao Zhan closed the window, turned around and walked back to the room with a smile, "Have all the midwife arrangements been made?"

Xiao Qiao is about to go into labor, and Da Qiao is going to give birth next month. These are two important things, even more important than celebrating the New Year. Tao Zhan is very worried about this, and she wants to find more experienced midwives.

Mrs. Jiang bowed and said: "Princess, don't worry, everything has been arranged. There will be someone responsible for all kinds of taboos, so there will be no problems."

Tao Zhan smiled and said, "I know that mother-in-law Jiang arranges the birth of our children. I am already familiar with these things, but if I care about them, it will cause chaos, so I have to ask more."

"Princess, don't be so polite."

Tao Zhan sat down and thought for a while, and then asked, "What does Mr. Zhao say about the maid going home to visit relatives?"

As the new year is approaching, according to the custom, women have to go home to reunite with their parents. Tao Zhan specially investigated the maids and found that there were more than [-] parents. Tao Zhan was very upset about violating the palace etiquette system, but she still hoped to get the approval of most people, including Director Zhao.

Mrs. Jiang hesitated for a moment and said: "Princess Qi, I have talked with Manager Zhao, and he is still firmly opposed, but I don't think it's appropriate."

"How do you say that?"

"Director Zhao said that when the maids go home, they will make up things about the palace, and even make up some vulgar things, and then spread them around, and the more they spread, the more vulgar they are, which will affect the reputation of the princess and other wives. If there are some incidents between men and women, if you become pregnant, it will make the palace even more restless, so I also think it is not appropriate to let the maids go home for the New Year, let them write letters from home."

After all, Tao Zhan was still young, and he didn't know much about philistines. He didn't have a long history like Jiang, and he didn't have experience like Mr. Zhao. Jiang's words surprised her secretly, and it was indeed possible after thinking about it.

Moreover, the fact that her husband took Da Qiao as a concubine has not been reported to the outside world. Although Da Qiao changed her name to Jiang Lian, the maids basically don't know her true identity, but just in case, it is better not to be careless for the sake of caution.

Thinking of this, Tao Zhan said: "I have asked His Highness about this matter, and he also expressed his objection. Since His Highness objected, then I naturally have to obey, so this matter is fine, let them write a letter home, and then send a letter to you." Five taels of gold for each of them, let them take the letter home with them."

"I see, what else is there for the princess?"

Tao Zhan took a brocade scroll from the table, handed it to Jiang Shi and said, "This is the calligraphy sent by someone just now, Madam Lian probably likes it, you can go to Seven Star Pavilion later and give her the calligraphy !"

"I'm going right now!"

The Jiang family married brocade shafts and slowly retreated. After moving to Weiyang Palace, Tao Zhan was much busier than before, but she would also pay attention to the affairs of the Tao family. Recently, he heard from her husband that he planned to transfer his elder brother to Beijing as a This made Tao Zhan a little worried about Shaofu Siqing. His elder brother was transferred back to Beijing to serve as a high-ranking official after only two years in Lingzhou.

Tao Zhan hoped that his brother could be fixed in a certain place for a longer period of time, at least five years, and not be transferred all the time. This would not be good for him. It seems that he has more qualifications and has been a lot of officials, but his actual ability is not honed enough. .

Tao Zheng was preoccupied with thinking about his elder brother, when her personal maid reported at the door: "Princess, Mrs. Zhu is asking to see you outside the palace!"

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