Chapter 357: Family and Country Affairs
Xianbei people have a tradition of early marriage, and it is normal for men to become relatives when they reach the age of fourteen or fifteen. And the Xianbei people want to marry a Han woman very much, but the Han people uphold the tradition, and the wealthy families generally do not marry the Xianbei people, but there are often Han girls who marry the Xianbei people, such as Hua Mulan, who was born in this way.
During the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the population withered, and it was common for women to remarry or even marry several times, and the state also encouraged the behavior of remarrying.
In addition, now that Tuoba Tao is about to be elected in April, many Xianbei nobles are unwilling to enter the palace, and they can't marry themselves in time, so some people will run away from marriage and run away so ruthlessly, and Dugunuo will hug the beauty.
In the eyes of many women, there are very few men like He Mulan who are in their twenties and have no wife, and he is from a poor family, with no maids and no concubines, and his in-laws at home will not give him an eye, he is a hero and has a noble character, and he is really a candidate for a wishful husband.
So, if you can't attack the fortification head-on, you will save the country with a curve, and if you can't save the country from the curve, you will brush up your favorability first, where have the poor Hua family's parents seen such a formation? I'm really scared to death.
Yuan's original Pingcheng was still in the dream of "I can also be a noble old lady and enjoy happiness", but when the servants of each family arrived at the door, they saw that any subordinate was dressed extravagantly, standing in front of her and lining her as a servant, and suddenly her face couldn't be darker.
As for the pomp and circumstance of the three or five groups, those Ganoderma lucidum ginseng and deer antlers sent by others made the second elder extremely frightened, and he didn't know if accepting it would make He Mulan take other people's hands short.
That's how some people died.
If He Mulan is really a man, he must be very happy to inquire about the character of each lady for the fire chief, and recommend the flower father and mother to look at each other according to the news from the inquiry, as for gifts or greetings, although he doesn't know much about the wealthy families in Pingcheng, but his family has a house in Pingcheng, and it is appropriate to ask a few housekeepers to deal with it.
It's just that He Mullan is a woman, even if the princess wants to marry, she can't marry, so these ladies are destined to be sad, and it also determines that He Mullan can't show preference for any family.
It's a slap in the face.
If a Lang Jun already has a sweetheart, or a family affair has been decided, then it is natural for you to resign from so many people, but if you don't even have a scandal, everyone will push it away, and it will be a bit picky and waiting for the price to jump again.
Even if the powerful want to marry their daughters again, they will definitely be unhappy to be treated like this, but if they can't refuse to die and give others hope, it will be like hanging on to others.
According to modern parlance, Hermulan is not careful, and it is easy to become a phoenix male green tea.
A young man like a few people who are not exquisite, in the mansion of a group of gentle servants, has to act as a housekeeper to deal with so many people, and also take care of the old man and the old lady not to be too nervous and afraid to faint, and it is really helpless to hug He Mulan and cry falsely.
He Mulan himself is still worried about the change of the law in the court tomorrow, and there are so many people in the family. Father and Mother Hua are also a very troublesome thing in the General's Mansion, at least Mother Hua wants to cry when she sees that some men are doing pie in Hemulan, and it is easy to expose her identity.
Thinking about it left and right, Hemulan's head is going to explode.
"Mulan, what do you say......" Father Hua almost couldn't breathe in one breath, looking at the gift slip in his hand as if he was about to faint. I don't even know where to put it, or if a few people led other people's servants to put it......"
He Mulan took the thick list and swept it, seeing that it was just some ordinary expensive fabrics and some medicinal materials suitable for the elderly, etc., and replied to him casually.
"Take it and take it. It's not a valuable thing, I'll make a list when I go back, and I'll return the gift to the past."
The father and mother of the flowers glanced at each other, and there was a look of shock on their faces.
A number of people are everyone's sons, so don't be surprised when you see these things. Their daughter used to be a child at home with chestnut rice porridge, rough flour cakes, and never even seen silver, and even last year's family letter was still crying poor and saying that it was not enough money, and now she looks like "nothing"?
This, this, this...... Is this really soaring?
"Mulan, don't spend a little money, always stay in." The flower father feels that his daughter is almost impossible to marry, and it is difficult to find a matching man, so it is always necessary to leave some money for the elderly, "I am used to being lavish, and it is not good for my reputation."
"Yes. I understand." He Mulan knew Father Hua's thoughts, and his heart was warm, "Grandpa and Mother don't worry about me, the Great Khan is very generous, I can get a lot of things every time I go on an expedition, and there are rewards on it."
"Don't take what you shouldn't. If you go out to fight, just abide by your duty, and when you meet those poor people, don't go to them." Father Hua paused, "Your subordinates also have more restraints, you are ...... after all If there is a reputation among your subordinates that ruin a woman's reputation, you will not be able to behave well in the future."
"What is a general after all?" Na Luo Hun looked at Father Hua inexplicably, "Our military orders are very strict, and these generals are not allowed to do it."
"That's good...... That's good......"
The father of the flower is wooden by nature, and he can't hold back anything except happiness when he hears the words.
He Mulan knew that the flower father was tired enough this day, and the flower mother was not much stimulated, and after sending the two back to the room to settle down, they began to have a headache again.
Blame her for being too successful as a man.
"Fire chief, I'm not going back today." Several people saw that He Mulan's face was not good, and they persuaded her with great sympathy: "This kind of thing is inevitable as you get older. If it's okay at the border gate, there are a lot of singles who haven't married at the border gate, but now you. [,! In Pingcheng, he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and when he is in his twenties, he will not get married, and there will be more and more gossip."
He scratched his face.
"Fortunately, you are not handsome enough, otherwise after a long time, people who say that you are Your Majesty Xià 'Yu Xing' may have."
"Me? Luckily?"
He Mullan rubbed his chin and made a joke. After a long time, I don't know if I have neither a beard nor an Adam's apple."
No wonder Mulan still can't resist the pressure when she is almost thirty years old, in addition to the fact that the military expedition is too painful, and she also wants to go home to support her parents in the old age, it is really strange for a man to grow a beard without marrying at the age of thirty.
It's okay in Montenegro, once Tuoba Tao really gives her a "Shang Shulang", there are so many old foxes in Pingcheng, where can I not see it!
"It's really not good, Huo Chang, you just break the jar and break it, and say that you have broken your sleeves." Several people bared their teeth, "Let's cover up for you with a few of them, and I won't be married to accompany you."
Hearing this, He Mulan frowned, and suddenly looked sideways at a number of people, and saw that some people made a big red face, and then she said slowly: "No, you are actually a broken sleeve, right?" I see that your two brothers are worried that you won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law all day long...... If you break your sleeve, you don't have to cover it up, I don't discriminate against those who break it."
"Break the fart!" A few people just dropped their things and didn't do anything." I'm not watching you in a dilemma! It's hard enough for you to be a woman pretending to be a man all day long, and now you've met so many people asking for marriage! Don't you know these big clans, when the soft ones can't come, they will come to the hard ones, how can you hide? Do you offend all the people?"
"That's a bad idea, too!"
Chen Jie, who was guarding the door for them at the door, couldn't help it when he heard the dispute inside, pushed the door in and said, "What a majestic figure is our general? Now that you tell outsiders that he has broken sleeves, how do you think he will serve the public in the future? Not to mention anything else, most of the hearts of the people in the Tiger Ben Army will be scattered! "
"So what do you say?" Some people thought that only they knew Mulan's secret, but when they later learned that there was a pro-soldier Chen Jie who knew, their hearts suddenly felt uncomfortable, and then they heard him refute themselves, and shouted with their necks stiffened: "You can't let Huo Changzhen marry a woman!" The fire is long and inhumane! "
Bang dang!
The sound of something hitting the ground startled everyone.
He Mulan was the most alert, chased out in three or two steps, and when she went out and looked at the pile of food on the ground, she knew who kindly brought her dinner, but she was frightened by the sentence "inhumane" and ran out.
Chen Jie pushed the door in a moment ago, He Mulan's footsteps were extremely fast, and within two clicks, he found a figure, stretched his arm and pulled the man back!
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop! I won't talk nonsense! Gai Wu, who was being dragged into pigtails, waved his arms in panic: "Master spare your life!"
"Spare your life! You think I'm going to kill people! He Mulan rubbed his forehead, only to feel that the headache was worse.
Starting from the first few people guessed that her identity was wrong, all kinds of speculations followed, Di Yefei thought he was a broken sleeve, Gai Wu thought he couldn't be humane, and then continued to hide it, and I didn't know what strange identity shocked the world.
"Fortunately, you heard it, and I really don't know what to do." He Mulan let go of the pigtail in his hand, "Don't shake anymore, bring me food again."
"Huh? Ay! Gai Wu was stunned and immediately nodded, "I'll go now!" Master, you're waiting in your room! "
After rushing out a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said hesitantly, "Master, next time this kind of thing happens, it'......s best to close the door and say it, because others will spread it everywhere if they hear it."
I want you to speak! Isn't this Chen Jie running in!
Hermulan waved at him angrily.
Gai Wu turned around and ran a few more steps, then turned his head again, his eyes unblinking, as if he wanted to say something.
"What's the matter? I told you not to take it personally."
The spring cold is precipitous, and He Mulan was a little cold by the night wind, and rubbed his arms to prepare to go back to the house.
I don't know how far she walked out, and suddenly Gai Wu's voice came from behind: "Master, you ...... Don't worry...... I'll be nice to you......"
"This kid ......"
He Mullan couldn't laugh or cry.
"I'll give you a send!"
Gai Wu's screams reached Hermulan's ears until he heard the sound of rapid footsteps, and ran away as if someone was chasing after him.
Instead, He Mullan froze in place.
"How can I ...... by virtue?"
He Mulan stood in the courtyard and let out a long sigh of relief.
"…… To be loved by so many people."
She is just a warmaker, nosy, and has a better sense of right and wrong than others, and she can make so many people plan for her, and even cover up for her to be willing not to marry her.
She vaguely knows some of the thoughts of some people, since this kid knows that she is a woman, not only is she more intimate than before, but there are some ambiguities that are not obvious.
He stayed in her mansion, took care of the general's mansion for her, worried that Di Yefei would be alone with her, and specially ran to pull Di Yefei to live with him, all of which were the little plans in his heart.
Some people have little contact with women, and in the process of transforming from a boy to a man, it is normal to suddenly meet such a different woman as themselves, and it is normal to have a love in their hearts. But because she is so unlike a woman, that he can't treat himself like a normal woman, and even because he can't beat her. [,! There are also some self-ashamed and filthy, and they only dare to express their intimacy in a coquettish way.
This kind of emotion should fade when he really meets a woman who can make his hormones sprout, so He Mulan never worries about what will go wrong, and he can casually divert the topic and prevaricate the past with some jokes.
But if some people's feelings for her come from the confusion after the disclosure of gender, then the love of others for her is really flattering.
Gai Wu is not a few years younger than today's Mulan, but he can actually say things like "I will provide for your old age and send you to the end", because he has already made up his mind to treat him as her son.
Chen Jie thinks about her reputation and thinks about how not to fall into her majesty; For her sake, Tuoba Tao even unexpectedly made a "female official" and tried to block her gun in the future; The most sensitive Di Yefei knew that he might be a "broken sleeve", but he was not estranged......
In this life, she is really much luckier than Mulan, because compared to Mulan, who bears the secret alone, she already has so many people to share and entrust.
"Fire chief, fire chief?"
A few people and Chen Jie were worried that something was wrong, so they chased them out, and when they saw He Mulan standing alone in the courtyard blowing the wind, they couldn't help but look around curiously.
"Did you catch it?"
"It's okay, it's Gai Wu, it's nothing he heard."
He Mulan smiled and glared at several people: "Can you not speak so open-mouthed in the future?" Frightened Gai Wu so much that he almost didn't shout 'A good man spares his life'! "
Several people stuck out their tongues mischievously: "I have already said it very implicitly, if I say it all, Gai Wu will be even more scared to death."
The male master, who is respected as a father, suddenly becomes a female master, and it is strange that he is not scared to death.
He Mullan sighed and shook his head silently.
The impact is certain, Mulan raised Shan Zhuo for ten years, and when her identity was revealed, he also struggled for so many years, until Mulan had no news before he mustered up the courage to come to the door to look for her.
"Huo Chang doesn't want to marry a daughter-in-law anyway, and these reputations are nothing. Now the question is what to do with so many prayers and gifts. If someone else comes to visit again after returning the gift, you can't keep delaying it, right?" Some people have a headache when they think that He Mullan and he will be going to work tomorrow.
Everyone in this family has something to do, even Na Luo Hun and He Mulan are going to the barracks when they are not there, what will happen to the flower father and mother when the time comes?
"My grandfather and aunt are tired and sick today, so I will close the door and thank you."
He Mulan thought for a moment and gritted his teeth.
"I'm going to wait for my parents' decoction, and I'm not going anywhere except for Chaozhong!"
Cui Fu.
As soon as Di Yefei left the palace, he was summoned to the mansion by Cui Hao, and his heart could be described as seven up and down, and his mood was complicated, and he was not under He Mulan, who was forced to marry.
He thought that he would be beaten, or Cui Hao would be persuaded softly, but he didn't expect Cui Hao to just let him rest and have tea on the side first, until the official letter in his hand was reviewed, and then put down the pen to talk to him.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he didn't ask about Chen Jun, but said: "I look at your expression now, it seems that you already have an idea and know what to do?"
Di Yefei was stunned by the question. What did you say?"
"Su Hejun must have told you about the 'three-long system', and you have an idea, don't you?" Cui Hao saw Di Yefei's face turned pale, and shook his head with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, I'm not a narrow-minded villain, it's normal for disciples and gentlemen to have disagreements, even when I and my father also had big differences."
"Huh?"
"His Majesty wants to change the law because he thinks that there is no war to fight in the next few years, and now is the time to deal with internal affairs." He poured a bowl of tea for Di Yefei.
"Since there are still other countries on the side of the couch, the resumption of war is in the midst of a dazzling eye. Feng Hong, the king of Northern Yan, set up the son of the favorite concubine as the crown prince, and the abolition of Chang Liyu has become a disaster, and now Feng Hong's three sons have escaped from Beiyan and are coming towards our country, Feng Hong sent a large army to chase him across the country, if I don't expect it, within this year, my country must go to crusade against Beiyan......"
Cui Hao is a person who pays attention to the "overall situation", although he can't serve the country like a scholar from a poor family because of his background, but in terms of vision, experience and intelligence, he is a lot higher than others.
Cui Hao looked at Di Yefei, who was speechless: "You went to the Yuan family, naturally you know what their Yin Hu's attitude is towards the imperial court, do you think if the court sends officials to reformulate the household registration, will they obediently obey?" At least a few months, at most half a year, I'm afraid I won't be able to change the law."
Di Yefei thought of the shaded households in the Yuan family's Wubi, and they were eager to eat their flesh because the sect master had lost power, and he obviously hated the Hu people.
At the time of the Wuhu Rebellion, these people were the most traumatized, and they still can't come out of the walls calmly.
"But if you change the law, it is best to choose the winter farming time, now it is about spring ploughing, if Your Majesty rashly implements the new policy, it will only affect the spring ploughing of Chen County. When the people have nothing to do, there will be changes, and if they don't harvest in the autumn, it will lead to great disaster......"
"Sir, you should talk to Your Majesty about this evil, what's the use of telling me?" Di Yefei fidgeted, "I speak softly......"
"Do you think I didn't say it?" Cui Hao looked at this young disciple with a smile, "I am the head of the eunuchs, once I speak out, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is that I represent the interests of Lord Wu Bi and the gate valve, and I will definitely do everything possible to obstruct the change. But with today's big picture, we really can't change too quickly."
"The north has not yet been unified, and the Xia Kingdom has just begun to 'divide the fields', which has caused the dissatisfaction of many local wealthy families. Now it's exactly . [,! During the agricultural period, the south cannot change, and the northern Yan sits on the salt pans, and once there is an opportunity, it will definitely be conscripted. Beiliang's frustrated Qu Mengxun has been seriously ill for a long time, and if he dies of illness this year, his sons will definitely have civil strife because of the competition for the throne, and it is a good time for our country to send troops......"
Cui Hao took a sip of tea and continued: "I never believe in anything 'harmony', and I have always had this attitude towards His Majesty. Once there is a chance to destroy Beiyan and Beiliang, Mo said that if he gave women and cattle and sheep, he would not want to cut a large piece of land, and only by becoming the border of our country would he be the most at ease."
"So at this time, the support of the wealthy clans and the Wu Bi lord is particularly important, if the front line is fighting, but there are people in the family who are pulling the hind legs, isn't it because of a small loss? Not to mention anything else, if this year's harvest is not good, and when there is a war on the front line, you still have to collect grain from the suzerains in various places to tide over the difficulties."
Di Yefei was dumbfounded by what Cui Hao said, and he didn't understand it for a while.
The Great Khan just wanted to compile the Yin household of the Yuan family in Chenjun into the "three-long system", why could he be involved in Beiliang and Beiyan, and then involved in grain conquest and conquest.
But Di Yefei's lack of reading of history books does not mean that he has less knowledge. He suddenly remembered that when the Great Wei conquered Rouran, the Gao Che Ju clan was attached, and Lu Bi and Gao Che suddenly stabbed Rouran in the back.
Once there is civil strife in the family during the conquest, it is indeed terrible.
"Sir, that's the Great Khan. We are waiting for the military households, and when His Majesty gives an order, we will definitely die. Even if there is really your speculation, it is a big deal to donate your life to the country, and it can be regarded as a well-deserved death." Di Yefei didn't know what Cui Hao was talking to him so much for, so he could only show his attitude.
"What's more, these are just Mr. speculations, if His Majesty doesn't want to conquer Beiyan, or if His Majesty doesn't want to conquer Beiliang, then this year can change the law smoothly, Chen County is not much bigger than the entire south, the Yuan family is even smaller, the Yuan family has delayed this year's autumn harvest, compared with the harvest of the entire south, it should not be a ......"
"Hahaha, it's really impressive!" Cui Hao nodded again and again with a pleased expression: "You can think of so much by yourself, it is already beyond many mediocre people!" My disciple doesn't lose what he receives."
Di Yefei's face was flushed with Cui Hao's laughter, and he was speechless.
"The major affairs of the country are like torrential water, and as for the boulders, they are also powerful. His Majesty is still too young and too anxious. He suddenly got a fierce general like Mulan, and he felt that the world was already in his pocket, and he swelled more and more. The lords of Wubi in various places have been in business for several generations, and they can never be pushed overnight, and the Xianbei clan and the army all rely on fighting to eat, to put it mildly, even the rewards we get are all obtained by fighting, you say that Your Majesty does not want to fight, but there will be countless 'potentials' to push things to happen."
Cui Hao said worriedly: "My biggest reliance is my background, but my biggest obstacle is also my background. The family and the imperial power, and the local power are often the way to strike a balance, which has been a common practice for hundreds of years. I am thinking about the country wholeheartedly, and in the eyes of those who have a heart, it is also for my own selfishness."
"Gu Shizhong promoted the change of the law because he was in charge of the household department, and the treasury was really empty, but what I was worried about was the long-term development of the Great Wei.
Cui Hao saw Di Yefei's hard look and knew that he had listened to it in his heart.
"I'm no different from you, except that you're loyal to Your Majesty, and I'm more loyal than you
'The overall situation'. Even if I plan for the sake of the clan, I will never let the Great Wei fall apart."
He sighed loudly.
"Fu Jian was so majestic back then, but he ended up like that, my Great Wei was not even as good as Qin back then!"
Di Yefei looked at Cui Hao and knocked deeply.
What he knocked on was his own ignorance, and what he knocked on was Cui Hao's kindness to him. Today's words are better than ten years of reading a book.
Don't say it's him, it's his own fire chief Mulan, and he may not be able to have a long talk with the most famous "national soldier" in the world like this.
Let's not talk about what he said so much for, Chaowen said, it is okay to die at night.
"Sir's words, I understand. But I still don't think I can do anything about it." Di Yefei said pertinently: "What the gentleman can't shake, how can the disciple be able to shake His Majesty?"
"I just want to put it off for a while, not that I don't agree with the change." Cui Hao smiled and nodded, "What's more, when I tell you this, I don't hope you can turn the situation around......"
He smiled calmly.
"I'm borrowing your mouth to say it to another person who can shake His Majesty!"