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Seeing that his daughter agreed reluctantly, Tao Sheng sighed inwardly. After her daughter married Liu Jing, she always resisted contacting the Tao family. She came to the Tao family several times to visit her grandfather. She had never been to Tao's house, so she was afraid that Tao's family would use her identity to misbehave.

Tao Sheng can also understand his daughter. After all, the Tao family has done a lot of disgraceful things in the process of becoming a giant business step by step, but since the Tao family began to shift from shopping malls to officialdom, they have paid great attention to protecting their reputation.

But my daughter doesn't seem to understand this point, but Liu Jing is very concerned about the Tao family, and constantly creates opportunities to transform the Tao family, such as turning the Tao family into a military business, using the Tao family's industries in various places to collect information, improving Tao's government, and so on.

Tao Sheng was very grateful for Liu Jing's care for the Tao family, but he also felt sad for the estrangement between his daughter and the Tao family. He said slowly: "Zhan'er, first of all, you have to understand that the Tao family no longer has its own business. All the business in the past has been given up, including shipping, and we no longer undertake the transportation of civilian goods. We only transport iron ore, grain, kerosene and coal, which are military and official supplies. They are all military products, we are military merchants now, maybe you don’t know, even the Tao family’s taverns and hostels in various places are collecting intelligence for the Han army at the same time, so we are no longer pure merchants.”

Tao Zhan smiled wryly, "From my point of view, I hope that the Tao family will be as far away from officialdom and politics as possible. I would rather be a pure businessman."

"But you have to face the reality. You are Princess Han, and Princess Han's natal family is a small businessman, and your son's grandfather is a small shopkeeper. Do you think you can still keep your positions?"

Tao Zhan didn't speak for a long time. She remembered that her grandfather refused to allow her to marry Liu Jing. Now it seems that her grandfather did have a vision, but she can't control many things, especially when it comes to her children. Cham's greatest weakness.

Tao Zhan sighed softly, "Then why did my father come to see me? What do you want to say?"

"I'll make it clear! The Tao family doesn't need your special attention. I just hope that you don't hold back the Tao family on its way up, and don't hinder Hanwang's promotion of the Tao family. You can just ignore it."

"But I don't care about it now."

"Although it is now, it does not mean that in the future, Zhan'er, if one day your brother is promoted to the prime minister, will you stop it?"

Tao Zhan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, I really don't know. If it is a misfortune for the dynasty and the people that my elder brother is serving as Prime Minister, I think I will definitely object. Of course, if he is really capable, clean and famous, I will also be very happy, and ask my father to understand my painstaking efforts. If the Tao family gets something they shouldn’t get because of me, it will not be good for the family, or even a disaster. Does father still remember what happened to the general He Jin?”

Tao Sheng had no choice but to sigh and said: "Okay! We will talk about the matter later. I came to you because your brother was promoted to the prefect of Jingzhao, and I was too excited. Forget it, just pretend that I didn't say anything. My grandson and niece are fine!"

Tao Zhan said with a smile: "They are all very good, I will call them to meet Grandpa."

After finishing speaking, she was about to tell the maid, Tao Sheng waved his hand quickly and said: "No, next time! I have important things to do today, I will visit them next time."

Tao Sheng stood up and said with a smile, "Then I'll take my leave!"

Tao Zhan kept sending her father out of the outer courtyard. Looking at his hurried back, she couldn't help but sighed in a low voice, remembering the last exhortation to her by her grandfather before he died.

"The Tao family's qualifications are too low, and they must not be humble and occupy a high position. That is the way to seek disaster. You have to accumulate a lot of money. After two generations, the family's foundation is already deep, and it will not be too late to go up slowly. I am worried that your father is eager to ask for help. Cheng, repeat the tragedy of He Jin back then, you are a sensible person, you must dissuade your father, dissuade the Tao family, remember!Remember! '

At this moment, Tao Zhan made up his mind to prevent his brother from being promoted to prime minister no matter what.

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In Wudu County of Hanzhong, nearly [-] elite troops had assembled for many days. Early in the morning, Wang Ping brought Tao Jin and Jiang Jiong, whom he had rescued halfway, to the Han army camp. Zheng Zheng, Pang Tong, and General Ma Chao discussed the specific plan for this western expedition.

Ma Chao had a deep understanding of the situation in Longxi, so he first laughed and said, "Although the saying goes, "Northern Qiang and Southern Di are not exactly like that. The Hu people in Longxi were mixed, Qiang, Di, Tuyuhun, Xiongnu and other Hu people lived there. Among them, the Di people were the most, and the Di people were divided into two branches. One was the Yanhan Di people. The leader was Song Jian, but is a Han Chinese”

"Han?" Pang Tong exclaimed in astonishment, "Han? I always thought he was from Di."

Ma Chao smiled and said, "Many people think he is from Di, and even he himself claims to be from Di, but in fact his father is from Han and his mother is from Di, but although he is of Han blood, the Di people still have more blood." He hates the imperial court of the Central Plains, he has been separatist for more than [-] years, set up an official office, and has power in the west of Hehuang, and he calls himself King of Ping Han, but he is actually called King of Ping Han, which shows his ambition."

"Let's talk about the other Di people!" Liu Jing said from the side.

"Another branch of Di people is Xingguo Yang Wanwan who has dealt with us. He is a real Di person. He is regarded as the King of Di. He is known as a hundred thousand soldiers and occupies most of Longxi County. This person is treacherous, cunning, capricious, It may not be said that he is loyal to Cao Cao, he saw that we were weak before, so he joined forces with Cao's army to attack us, and now that we are going north to occupy Guanlong, he is probably starting to regret it again, and will definitely send envoys to seek peace, but His Highness cannot trust him."

Liu Jing nodded, pondered for a moment and asked again: "How about Tuyuhun and Xiongnu? You just said that Longxi also has them."

"The Xiongnu's power is mainly in the north of Guanzhong. They have very little power in Longxi, just a few small tribes. Don't worry about it. Tuyuhun is actually a Xianbei tribe. It is said that they moved from Liaodong. The tribe is named after the leader. Several generations of leaders They are all called Tuyuhun, and they are not very powerful, and they are ridiculed by the Qiangdi people as 'Tugu sheep', which means they are docile and easy to be conquered."

Liu Jing paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back. In fact, he was very clear about what Ma Chao said. He had been preparing for nearly two months to attack Hehuang in Longxi, and he knew everything about the situation there. But there was one thing. However, Liu Jing has not been able to make a decision for a long time, that is, to completely kill the Hu people in Longxi in one go, or to use both grace and power, and attack the heart.

From his original point of view, most of the Hu people are rebellious, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if possible, it is best to make peace in one fell swoop, so as to avoid future troubles, but on the other hand, Liu Jing also knows that most of the Hu people live in the water and grass, autumn goes and spring comes , The killing is endless, at most it is driven away, but the old tribe will be driven away, and the new tribe will come. This is determined by the geographical environment of the grassland. It is obviously unrealistic to let the farming people raise horses and graze.

Just now Ma Chao mentioned the word "Tugu sheep", which immediately gave Liu Jing a revelation. Nomads exist, but they should be tough and docile.

While Liu Jing was meditating, a guard outside the tent reported: "His Royal Highness, General Wang Ping has brought two people, one is Tao Erye, and the other is the emissary of the Qiang people."

Liu Jing was overjoyed, he had been waiting for news from Tao Li to not send troops in Wudu County for a long time, and now he finally came, he immediately said: "Please come in!"

Not long after, the guards brought the three of them in. Wang Ping knelt down on one knee and saluted. Tao Li and Jiang Jiong also knelt down to salute. Liu Jing asked them to stand up and asked with a smile, "Why are you together, General Wang?"

Tao Li encountered the Di people chasing him on the way. Fortunately, he was rescued by Wang Ping, and told Liu Jing in detail. Only then did Liu Jing know the twists and turns they had encountered, nodded and said: "It seems that the Di people have already had a deep relationship The sense of crisis also shows from one aspect that they will be prepared, and it reminds me to prevent them from sneak attacking."

Liu Jing smiled at Jiang Jiong again, "What news did General Jiang bring me?"

Jiang Jiong was born in the famous Jiang family in Tianshui County. Although he is a Qiang, he has been completely Sinicized. He fled to Xiliang to escape the chaos of Ma Chao. "This is a handwritten letter from King Qiang to His Highness King Han, please read it!"

Liu Jing opened the letter and read it carefully. Qiang King Nangong Suo was willing to send troops to attack the Di people with the Han army, but he put forward a condition in the letter, that is, he hoped that all the captured Di people would be handed over to the Qiang people. Liu Jing read the letter , asked Jiang Jiong with a quiet smile, "I heard that the general has a son named Jiang Wei who is extremely intelligent. Are you still in Xiliang?"

Jiang Jiong felt a little strange, the King of Han asked himself what his son was doing?He quickly bowed and said: "My son is in Xiliang, studying with the prince of the Qiang people."

Liu Jing nodded and said: "The battle for Longxi has subsided. The Jiang family has moved to Xinji City. The general is only taking refuge in Liangzhou temporarily. He should send his son back to the family. If the general is willing, he can send his son to Xiangyang Longzhong , There are a lot of famous scholars and Confucian scholars there, Lord Pang De, Sima Hui, and Lord Xun Ling are all teaching apprentices in Longzhong, I can write a letter of recommendation so that your son can receive a better education, how about it?"

Jiang Jiong was shocked. The King of Han valued his son so much. Of course, his son was not the son of King Qiang, so he was not worth being a hostage. He also had no intention of sending his son to Xiangyang to study, but he was still very grateful to the King of Han for his concern for his son. He hastily saluted deeply, "I am grateful for the King of Han's kindness, but it's just that it happened suddenly, and I need to think about it."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I will write a letter of recommendation, and you decide whether to send your son to Longzhong!"

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