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Liu Xie finally accepted Wu Shuo's advice and ordered Kong Rong and Zhao Yan to think about it behind closed doors. However, in the face of the warning from the Son of Heaven, Kong Rong and Zhao Yanbiao reacted diametrically opposed. Compared with Kong Rong, who has been restrained, Zhao Yan is like a ball with enough air, the harder he smashes, the higher he jumps. Although he accepted the punishment of the Son of Heaven on the surface, in private, Zhao Yan was extremely disdainful of Wu Shuo, who participated in his own book "behind his back". In Zhao Yan's view, Wu Shuo's approach was no different from the shameless people who attached themselves to the eunuchs back then. As a well-read scholar of the sages, he must not succumb to the coercion of traitors. Therefore, even if he was punished for thinking behind closed doors at home, Zhao Yan still talked about current affairs with visiting literati and celebrities in the mansion all day long, and the sharpness of his words made many young students breathtaking. Suddenly, Zhao Yan seemed to have become the leader of Xu Dushilin, and his influence even extended all the way to Jingzhou.

However, for the civil and military officials of Xu Du, Zhao Yan's rise to fame was just a small episode in the troubled times. What really stirred up the situation in the world was the Son of Heaven's bestowal on Cao Cao and Cai Ji. It is true that everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before Cao Cao becomes prime minister, but when Liu Xie issued the holy decree for the third time, it still caused a lot of shock between the government and the opposition. In particular, Cai Ji was named a general together, which made the already subtle battle between the emperor and the prime minister more and more confusing.

In other words, everyone in the world knows the relationship between Cao Cao and Cai Jinai's daughter-in-law. Now one of the two of them is a prime minister, and the other is a general, if in terms of a family, his power can be said to be far better than Dong Zhuo back then, and his strength is even more proud of Yuan Shao's father and son who have just been punished. Facing the Cao and Cai families who are in full swing. As the Son of Heaven, Liu Xie seems to be extremely weak. Such a huge disparity not only worries those who are loyal to the Han family, but also makes some people who are "aware of current affairs" begin to be active. However, not everyone is optimistic about the combination of Cao Cao and Cai Ji. After all, Cai Ji is only engaged to Cao Pi at the moment, and no one knows when the two will officially get married. However, rumors about the Marquis of Qi taking the second son of the Cao family as a servant and the horseman calling him have already spread all over the streets and alleys of Xudu. If Cao Cai's marriage is not as rock-solid as people think, this canonization of the Son of Heaven is not just a reward for meritorious deeds. So, when the loyal and patriotic people were heartbroken. At a time when people who are good at drilling camps are running around. There are a few people who chose to deal with the rise of the Cao and Cai families with silence.

Sima Lang, who has been promoted to the head of the prime minister's book, is one of the few silent ones. The experience of living and dying together in the first battle of Guandu made Sima Lang become Cao Cao's confidant, and at the same time, it also made him understand the special relationship between Cao Cao and Cai Ji that was both cooperative and defensive better than anyone from the outside world. Therefore, after the Son of Heaven issued a decree to canonize Cao Cao and Cai Ji. Sima Lang chose to be silent and watch very carefully. However, just when Sima Lang was living in seclusion, the old servant of Hanoi's hometown brought him a piece of news that was both happy and headache-inducing.

"Mrs. Zhang, mother and son are safe?" Sima Lang quickly glanced at the letter in his hand. asked casually.

The old servant in the hall hurriedly congratulated Sima Lang with a flattering face. "Peace, all peace. Congratulations to the master, the second son has added a male member to the Sima family. ”

But Sima Lang on the couch pinched the family letter, looked up and asked with a smile. "Zhongda has had wind paralysis for two years, right?"

The old servant who didn't expect Sima Lang to come up with such a sentence was stunned for a moment, but then understood what the master meant. It turned out that Sima Lang's second brother Sima Yi had been pretending to be paralyzed for two years in order not to be out of office. And the so-called "wind paralysis" refers to a kind of rheumatism that is strictly zhòng. People who are sick are often bedridden and unable to move. But since you have wind paralysis and can't move, how can you have sex? Where is the son who can't have intercourse? Thinking of this, the old servant also showed an embarrassed expression on his face, but when he saw him, he smiled and said, "The second son is not pretending to be sick." ”

Sima Lang couldn't help but sigh when he heard what the old servant said, in fact, he didn't know that Sima Yi had been pretending to be sick for the past two years. It is said that the Sima family is a big family in Hanoi, and Sima Yi is even more talented and intelligent when he was a child. At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were relationships, talents, and careers. So as early as the age of twenty-three, Sima Yi was promoted by the Hanoi Taishou to be the top plan. According to the bureaucratic system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Lang" belonged to the official, and "Peng" belonged to the official. If the Lang official does well, he will be delegated to the local government to serve as a county commander and other positions, and then promoted to the county guard or directly transferred back to the central government, which can be said to have a bright future. If the officials do well, they will also have the opportunity to enter the central government as a lang official, and then go up the ladder step by step. The work of Shang Ji Peng is to check and verify the number of households, population, money and grain income, financial expenditure, public security situation, and so on from each county, and then organize them into a county-level accounting book, and personally go to the capital in December to submit them to Situ. If he is lucky, he will have a chance to be met by the emperor in person. At the beginning, one of Cai Ji's major tasks when he entered Beijing was to present the accounting book to Liu Xie, and thus won unanimous praise from Shilin.

It can be seen that although Shang Ji Peng is an official, he can "plan officials and worship officials", which is a shortcut to the south. After all, not just anyone can have a godfather who is a regular attendant like Cao Cao, and he can enter Beijing as a Lang official at twenty. So compared with scholars of the same age, Sima Yi's is not low. However, just when Sima Yi was planning to show his skills in the position of Shang Ji Peng, Emperor Huan ordered: "In the future, it is strictly forbidden to keep Shang Ji Peng in the central government as a Lang official." Sima Yi, who was blocked from being promoted, resigned from the post of Shangji Peng, and since then he has been idle at home and no longer should be recruited. Even if Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other great princes of the world later sent people to invite Sima Yi out of the mountain, they were all perfunctory by him by pretending to be sick.

Sima Lang knew that the matter of the plan had dealt a big blow to Sima Yi, and he also knew that Sima Yi had always had the intention of waiting for the price to sell. However, in such troubled times, how can you allow a little scholar to play tricks and tricks. At least as far as Sima Lang knew about Cao Cao, Cao Cao would never tolerate someone teasing him. Rather than being escorted to Beijing by the captain in the future, it is better to come to Beijing first to wait. Thinking about this, Sima Lang instructed the old servant, "You should return to Hanoi quickly, and let Zhongda leave for Beijing immediately." ”

"This ...... What if the second son refuses? The old servant asked tentatively. After all, Sima Yi has refused to enter Beijing more than once, if he really has a temperament. The people caught in the middle are hard to do.

But this time, Sima Lang finally straightened his face and solemnly announced, "You will sue Sù Zhongda, if he can't get out of bed, I will send someone to carry him to Jingshi!" ”

The old servant of the Sima family was just about to leave for Hanoi to invite Sima Yi into Beijing. On the other side, the Chin Cha with the holy decree seemed to have arrived in Donglai. Guo Jia, who stayed in Donglai, after settling down in Qincha. Immediately, he used the flying pigeon to convey the news of his appointment as a general to Cai Ji who was far away in Youzhou.

At this time, Cai Ji had already left Zhuo County and went all the way north to inspect Yuyang County, which is located on the border of Youzhou. Yuyang got its name because it was located in the Yang of Yushui, and its location was roughly in the Miyun Huairou area of Beijing in later times. However, although Yuyang in the late Han Dynasty was located in a remote area. But it has been an important pass in all dynasties. As early as the Warring States period, the Yan Kingdom built the Great Wall here to connect the towns of Shanggu, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong. After Qin unified the six countries, Yuyang County was established, and the left side of Falu was here. The Western Han Dynasty upgraded Yuyang County to Yuyang County. Its jurisdiction has also expanded all the way to the coast of the Bohai Sea. Cai Ji led his troops to inspect Yuyang this time, in addition to meeting with Xian Yufu. It also has the meaning of demonstrating to all forces in Youzhou. After all, Youzhou has always had a strong people's style, and they don't have enough strength to convince the public. It's just that Cai Ji didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in Yuyang on the front foot, Liu Xie made himself a general on the back foot. In this way, she has another reliance on this trip to Yuyang.

"Congratulations on the Lord's promotion to general."

On the Great Wall outside Yuyang City, the bureaucrats of Youzhou and the civil and military forces of the Marquis of Qifu congratulated Cai Ji in unison. In contrast, Cai Ji, as a party concerned, seemed quite calm. Originally. Once the prime minister system was restored, the general became a dispensable idle position. In fact, even if the fù prime minister system is not restored. With the current situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Ji became a general and could not command the soldiers and horses of other princes. Not to mention that the ending of the "great generals" in the late Han Dynasty in history was not very good, He Jin died unexpectedly, and Yuan Shao was ruined. And Cai Ji, the general, obviously has the meaning of balancing and balancing Prime Minister Cao.

However, Cai Ji doesn't look down on Liu Xie's general, but it doesn't mean that others will underestimate this title. After all, the general is the highest military commander of the Han Dynasty, and even if he has no real power at the moment, he is a tiger skin that can bluff people. What's more, Cai Ji is also a veritable prince in the Heshuo region. In the eyes of many people, as long as the woman in front of her makes a little effort, the name of the general can become worthy of the name.

As soon as the civil and military officials finished congratulating Cai Ji, Yuyang Shou General Xian Yufu hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said to him, "Congratulations to the general." The soldiers of Yuyang are willing to serve the general. ”

In the face of Xian Yufu's explicit statement, Cai Ji stepped forward with a smile and helped the other party up and said, "General Xian Yu, please get up." The general guarded the border for the Han Dynasty for many years, and worked hard and made great achievements. Speaking of this, Cai Ji raised his head again and looked around at the civil and military forces around him, and announced loudly, "Gu has already submitted to the imperial court that General Xian Yufu is the Taishou of Yuyang, General Tai Shici is the Taishou of Zhongshan, General Zhang Qing is the Taishou of Liaoxi, and General Zhang Liao is the Taishou of Shanggu. In the future, the attack and defense of Heshuo will be entrusted to the four generals. ”

As soon as Cai Ji's words fell, the four people who were named immediately looked overwhelmed, stepped forward in unison and respectfully hugged their fists towards Cai Ji, "The ministers will live up to the trust of the general!" ”

Li Min stood in the crowd and watched Cai Ji accept the bows of the four generals as a general, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. Thinking about it four years ago, Li Min went to Donglai to discuss cooperation with Cai Ji, who was still a subordinate of Yuan Shao, with the idea of using Yuan Shao's tiger power to deal with Gongsun Du. At that time, he could never have imagined that in just a few years, Cai Ji, who was supposed to be a springboard, replaced the once invincible Yuan Shao in one fell swoop and became the overlord of Heshuo and the general of the Han Dynasty. However, fortunately, when Yuan Shao rebelled and became emperor, Li Min did not attach himself to Yuan Shun, but stayed in Yishui Port to watch the changes in the battle situation in the Central Plains. Later, as Cai Ji sent troops to aid Cao, the good news of the Qi army was frequent, and Li Min completely made up his mind to stand on Cai Ji's side, and at the same time wanted to take advantage of Cai Ji's momentum to make a difference.

And just when Li Min was secretly thinking about how to use his influence in Youzhou to win Cai Ji's reuse, Cai Ji turned his head to look at Li Min and said with a smile, "Li Lao is a famous person in Youzhou, and he is quite familiar with the folk customs and government affairs of Youzhou. ”

When Li Min heard that Cai Ji had appointed him as the assassin of Youzhou, his heart couldn't help but tremble. However, after all, he is an old bureaucrat who has been up and down in the sea for many years, and he will not be as light as Tai Shici and Xian Yufu. saw Li Min bow his head and step forward, bow down to Cai Ji and say, "The general praises falsely." The old man is old, and it may be difficult for him to take on this important task. ”

"Li Lao is too modest." Cai Ji said and turned slightly sideways to Pang Tong beside him and said, "Shiyuan, since you have been appointed as the commander of Youzhou, you will have to ask Li Lao more about the art of governing the people in the future." ”

"Obey the Lord's teachings with all respect." After Pang Tong clenched his fists and received the order, he then turned to Li Minzuo and said, "Tong Cai is shallow in learning, and I also ask Li Yuanjun to give more advice." ”

Li Min has lived in seclusion in Yishui Port for many years, and he is no stranger to Pang Tong, knowing that this humble young man in front of him is resourceful and has always been highly valued by Cai Ji. At this moment, Cai Ji said that he Li Min was the assassin, and it was clear that he wanted to take care of Pang Tong. After all, Pang Tong is only twenty-two years old, and if he is directly appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, he will inevitably be criticized and difficult to convince the public. And now that Li Min is the assassin, Cai Ji can explain to the people of the world, and Pang Tong can use his skills in Youzhou as a different driver.

Although Li Min saw through Cai Ji's purpose at a glance, he still gladly accepted this arrangement. After all, Li Min now has no soldiers, no power, and no strength to compete with Pang Tong for real power. What's more, some of the decrees that Pang Tong will implement in Youzhou in the future are not Cai Ji's instructions. As an old eunuch, Li Min knows that bold slashing is the specialty of young people, and composure and stability are the advantages of older people. As the so-called road knows the horsepower, he Li Min is not in a hurry to fight for the moment. So at this moment, he calmly bowed to Pang Tong in response.

Seeing Li Min and Pang Tong politely bowing to each other, Cai Ji nodded with satisfaction, "Good." Lone believes that with the two working together, it will not take a few years for Youzhou to be strong and strong, and the people will be healthy. ”

Li Min wanted to be modest after hearing what Cai Ji said, but he didn't want Pang Tong to take the first step to Cai Ji and said, "Lord, if you want to be strong and strong, and the people are healthy, you must first re-establish a law!" ”

"Oh? How? Cai Ji asked with interest.

Pang Tong announced in a sonorous and powerful voice, "The law of merger of the powerful and the powerful!" ”

"The law of merger of the powerful and the powerful?" Cai Ji deliberately repeated Pang Tong's words, and at the same time secretly observed the reactions of all the civil and military forces present. I saw that the Youzhou bureaucrats, including Li Min, almost all changed their expressions at the moment when Pang Tong's words fell.

At this time, Pang Tong ignored the reactions of Li Min and the others, and continued to speak, "Yes." Those who have a country and a family do not suffer from widowhood but inequality, and do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety. The rule of the Yuan family made the strong and strong, the relatives merged, the people were poor and weak, the rent was given, and the family wealth was not enough to meet the order. The Lord has the world in mind, how can he repeat Yuan Shao's mistakes. (To be continued)