After teaching Cai Mao, Mrs. Cai went to the study in the backyard to check her son's studies as usual. As soon as she lifted the curtain, Mrs. Cai saw Liu Cong, who was only eight years old, sitting in front of the desk, practicing calligraphy attentively. Don't look at Liu Cong's young age, but he has already practiced well. It wasn't until the master on the side saluted Mrs. Cai that Liu Cong realized that his mother was coming. So he hurriedly put down his pen, got up respectfully and saluted Mrs. Cai, "Cong'er has seen her mother." ”

Mrs. Cai stepped forward and stroked Liu Cong's little head and asked, "Good boy, what are you writing?" ”

"Back to my mother, I was copying "Xunzi. Persuasion. Liu Cong raised his head and replied with big watery eyes.

"Hmm." Mrs. Cai nodded, picked up the bamboo slip copied by Liu Cong, and asked, "What is green, taken from blue, and green from blue; Ice, water for it, and cold for water? ”

Liu Cong replied without thinking, "Indigo, which is proposed from the blue grass, is greener than the color of the blue grass; Ice, made of water solidified, is colder than water. People can only improve by learning. ”

The youngest son's appearance made Mrs. Cai very satisfied, but just as she was about to praise Liu Cong, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her, "What is a gentleman who is erudite and self-conscious, then he knows and does nothing?" ”

The mother and son looked back, and it turned out that Liu Biao had unconsciously stood at the door of the study. Mrs. Cai hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Liu Biao, "The concubine has seen her husband." ”

Liu Biao just waved his hand to send his young wife to get up, but a pair of sharp eyes were always staring at the young son in front of him. Liu Cong was stared at by his father, and replied smoothly. "When you go back to your father, a gentleman should study extensively and reflect on himself every day, so that he will be wise and wise, and his behavior will not be wrong."

After listening to Liu Cong's answer, Liu Biao's eyes finally had a little smile, but he still sternly encouraged his young son, "You should remember this sentence." Hugh should be slack. ”

Liu Cong bowed respectfully, "The child respects his father's teachings. ”

Liu Biao nodded with satisfaction with his long beard, and then shifted his gaze to Mrs. Cai. "Erjiang Cong'er taught her well."

Mrs. Cai lowered her head, and a hint of blush appeared on her face. But before she could say a few modest words, Liu Biao added another sentence. "However, in addition to teaching Cong'er, you should also read more "Female Commandments" and practice women's virtues."

"The Female Commandment" is a private book written by Ban Zhao, a female writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, to teach the women of the Ban family to be human beings, including seven chapters: Weakness, Husband and Wife, Respect and Prudence, Women's Behavior, Concentration, Qu Cong and Uncle and Sister.

In the "Despicable" chapter, Ban Zhao quoted the Book of Songs. Xiaoya" said: "The birth of a boy is called Langzhang, and the birth of a daughter is called Langwa." Thinking that women are born on a par with men, they must "go to bed late and work early, and do not sleep at night; Deacons and affairs, do not give up the drama. "In order to do your duty.

In the "Couples" chapter, it is asserted that the husband is bigger than the sky. It is also necessary to serve respectfully, "If a woman is not virtuous, she will not be able to do anything, and if she is not a husband, she will be ruined, and if you want to maintain the righteousness, you must make women understand righteousness." ”

In "Caution". Again, it is emphasized that "men value strength, women value weakness, and women should be unconditionally obedient to their husbands, whether it is right or wrong." "Only one rigidity and one softness can be combined, and only then can the righteousness of husband and wife be maintained forever.

Then Ban Zhao is in the "Women's Walk" chapter. Four standards of conduct were set for women: "Chastity and leisure, shame in one's own actions: it is for women's virtue; Don't talk nonsense and be domineering, in terms of choice of words, stop at the right time, it is for women's words; Dressed neatly, the body is not insulted, it is for the appearance of women; Concentrate on weaving, not smiling, cooking food, entertaining guests, and is for women's workers. "Women should be prepared for the four lines of virtue, speech, tolerance, and work, so as not to be rude.

Then in the "concentration" chapter, the pursuit of "virgins do not marry two husbands", the husband can remarry, but the wife can never remarry, in her mind to go to the court, it is simply an incredible paradox, the husband should "concentrate on the right color, no obscenity, eyes do not squint." ”

In the chapter "Qu Cong", women are taught to do good to the man's parents, to be obedient, to be humble, and to be patient in everything, to the point of obedience.

In the chapter "Uncle and Sister", it is explained that the way to get along with her husband's brothers and sisters is to understand the human body and understand the righteousness of everything, even if you are angry and wronged, it is also a matter of course, and you must not go your own way and lose the harmonious atmosphere between each other.

Liu Biao's asking Mrs. Cai to read more "The Female Commandment" at this time is undoubtedly a warning. Although Mrs. Cai was unhappy, she didn't dare to contradict her husband, so she had to lean over and say, "My husband's teachings are yes." ”

Liu Biao saw his wife's low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, Mrs. Cai is very strong, and she has long been known to everyone in Xiangyang City. Earlier, Liu Biao only thought that she was different from ordinary women, and it was very interesting. In addition, Mrs. Cai is slender and coquettish, and Liu Biao, who has been old for a long time, is quite fortunate to her. However, since Cai Anzhen, a female prince emerged in the north, Liu Biao has heard of people more than once, Cai's women do not cultivate women's morality, and they are too absurd. Some people even used the relationship between Mrs. Cai and Cai Anzhen to go out of the Nanyang Cai family, accusing Liu Biao of being too indulgent to his wife and concubine and even having an improper husband.

In other words, the Eastern Han Shilin focuses on "tasting algae", that is, commenting on the high and low characters. The brothers Xu Shao and Xu Jing in Runan in the late Han Dynasty were famous critics. At the beginning of each month, they hold a party called "Yuedan Commentary" to comment on various characters. The character who is highly rated is equal to the carp jumping the dragon gate, and he is immediately worth a hundred times. For example, when Cao Cao was young, he forced Xu Shao to comment on him as "a capable minister who governs the world, and a traitor in troubled times". Now Xu Shao and Xu Jing brothers have passed away for more than five years, and the Yuedan Review has been suspended for many years. However, the atmosphere of tasting algae has not been silenced because of this. On the contrary, because Jingzhou gathered a large number of scholars who went south to escape the war, the culture of tasting algae was very prosperous. Liu Biao is not like Cao Cao, who has no taboos, and he still cares very much about Shilin's taste. If someone wears a hat of "fear of guilt", where will he put Liu Jingsheng's face.

However, the inducement that really made Liu Biao decide to beat his wife was buried by Mrs. Cai herself. It turned out that I don't know when there were rumors about Liu Qi and Liu Bei's close contacts in Xiangyang City. Mrs. Cai, who had always wanted to bring down Liu Qi, took the opportunity to concoct Liu Qi's collusion with Liu Bei and sent people to spread rumors everywhere. As the saying goes, there is no impermeable strength in the world, even if Mrs. Cai is careful. will always let Liu Biao grasp some clues. Thinking of Shilin's various evaluations of Mrs. Cai, Liu Biao named his eldest son Liu Qi as General Fubo to appease his subordinates; Internally, warn Mrs. Cai and let her keep to herself.

"Lord, the Kuai military division asks to see you."

The servant who came to report interrupted Liu Biao's thoughts. When he heard Kuai Liang's visit, he immediately left Mrs. Cai, who bowed her head and was silent, and hurried towards his study with the servant. Seeing this, Mrs. Cai quietly glanced at the little servant on the side. The little guy immediately followed quietly. Liu Biao didn't know that Mrs. Cai, who had been warned by him on the front foot, dared to send someone to monitor him on the back foot. At this time, he was full of care about the news brought by Kuailiang.

Originally. Just when Liu Biao was busy fighting Zhang Xian in Changsha, Sun Ce of Eastern Wu suddenly sent an envoy to Xiangyang. It stands to reason that Liu Biao can also be regarded as half of Sun Ce's enemy. Although Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, was killed by Huang Zu's generals, in the final analysis, this incident was caused by Sun Jian and Liu Biao's struggle for Jingzhou. Therefore, Sun Ce's sending envoys to Xiangyang at this time was both abrupt and elusive. So Liu Biao asked Kuai Liang to come forward to meet the envoys of Eastern Wu on his behalf. It is used to find out the reality of the other party.

When Liu Biao walked into the study, Kuai Liang, who had been waiting here for a long time, hurriedly got up and saluted him, "I've seen the lord." ”

Liu Biao waved his hand and signaled that Kuai Liang did not need to be polite. With a flick of his long sleeves, he happily sat down and said, "Zirou, what is the matter with Sun Bofu's envoy?" ”

Kuai Liang replied in a deep voice, "Back to the lord, Sun Ce sent an envoy to Xiangyang to form an alliance with the lord to attack Liu Xian in Changsha. ”

"Alliance?" Liu Biao listened to Kuailiang's report, first stunned, and then showed a mocking smile and said, "Sun Bofu, is this going to help Liu Xian go to Gulu, or to take Guiyang and Changsha?" ”

Kuai Liang saw that Liu Biao's words broke Sun Ce's ambitions. I couldn't help but clench my fists and said, "The Lord is wise." Sun Ce's envoy to form an alliance this time is fake, and it is true to take advantage of the fire to rob, and we must guard against it. ”

"Sun Ce is like a rampant, and Zhou Yu is like a cunning fox. How could Lone be credulous about these two? Liu Biao said this. sighed a little unwillingly, "However, Liu Xian retreated in Changsha City, and refused to fight with Lone. If Sun Cezhen took the opportunity to seize Guiyang County, Lone would be helpless. ”

Kuai Liang couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard Liu Biao say this. Indeed, Sun Ce's approach was actually just to say hello to Liu Biao and make a name for himself. As for Liu Biao's non-alignment. Whether he agrees or not, it's not a big deal for Sun Ce. It may be that at the same time that Kuai Liang received the envoys of Eastern Wu, Sun Ce may have led his troops to attack Guiyang County in the rear of Changsha. And as Liu Biao said, the current position of Liu Biao's department could not prevent Sun Ce from infiltrating Jingzhou. If you talk about the battlefield decision, Kuai Liang is not as good as Kuai Yue. But he is better at grasping the overall situation, so after thinking about it for a while, Kuai Liang said to Liu Biaojin, "Lord Mingjian, Sun Cezhi is in Jingzhou, rather than letting him drive straight into Guiyang, it is better to invite Liu Bei of Lujiang to join the alliance." ”

"Alliance with Liu Bei?" Liu Biao reminisced about Kuailiang's mentions, and then remembered the rumors about Liu Qi and Liu Bei in the city. Liu Biao shook his head involuntarily and said, "Liu Bei is not a good person. ”

"Although Liu Bei is not a good person, he is in the same clan as the lord, and he has always paid attention to reputation." Kuai Liang analyzed the pros and cons to Liu Biao and said, "And Sun Ce has many discords with Liu Bei in order to dominate Yangzhou." The lord only needs to throw Guiyang County as bait, and he will definitely be able to provoke a fight between the two powers. ”

Kuai Liang's analysis can be regarded as speaking to Liu Biao's heart. It is said that although Liu Biao is jealous of both Sun Ce and Liu Bei, he really can't spare troops to stop Sun Ce from invading Jingzhou. If, as Kuai Liang said, Sun Ce and Liu Bei could be provoked to fight each other, it would greatly ease the pressure on Liu Biao on the Eastern Front. Even if it is at the cost of Guiyang County, it is worth it in Liu Biao's opinion. In his opinion, it is not too late to take Changsha County first, and then send troops to Guiyang. The most important thing is that this plan can also consume Sun Ce and Liu Bei's troops at the same time. In the face of such a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone, Liu Biao nodded happily and said, "Good! Just follow Zirou's plan! ”

Facts have proved that Sun Ce is indeed as Liu Biao and Kuai Liang guessed, on the one hand, he sent envoys to pretend to "form an alliance" with Liu Biao, and on the other hand, he led the army south with Zhou Yu to Guiyang. After hearing the news, Zhao Fan, who was the Taishou of Guiyang at the time, hurriedly fortified the wall and cleared the wilderness, and ordered all county towns to close the city gates and strictly guard the pass to resist Sun Ce's invasion.

Because Guiyang is located at the northern edge of the middle section of the Nanling Mountains, the north pillow of Ta Mountain, Dayi Mountain, and the northern foot of the Nanling Qitian Ridge, and the middle is a vast hilly hill, forming a saddle type with high north and south and low middle. In later generations, this place was called "the screen of the three Hunan provinces, the key to the two Guangzhous". Therefore, Rao is Sun Ce fought without declaring a war, and it was menacing, but in the face of the complex terrain of Guiyang, it was difficult to achieve a quick victory for a while.

On this day, Sun Ce led his troops all the way to Huangxi Pass, which is located in Guiyang County. This pass is located on the Huangshui Post Road at the junction of Hunan and Guangdong, and it has been called "the pass of the Thousand Huangxi Pass, which is self-defending" in the "Historical Records of Nanyue Wei Tuo". Since there were now heavy troops guarding the Huangxi Pass, Sun Ce temporarily stationed his soldiers and horses in a mountain col thirty miles away from the pass. And he himself rode a horse with Zhou Yu to explore the terrain.

"Bo Fu, ahead is Huangxi Pass." Zhou Yu pointed to the pass not far away hidden among the mountains and greens and introduced to Sun Ce, "In the past, Chu and Han fought each other, and Zhao Tuo, the captain of the South China Sea, took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to move to Hengpu Pass in Nan'an and Huangxi Pass in Guiyang. After Gaozu unified the Central Plains, he named Zhao Tuo as the king of Nanyue. Later Lü took power and sent troops south to conquer South Vietnam. Zhao Tuo raised troops to counterattack, attacked all the way to Jingzhou, and called himself 'Emperor Wu'. It is reported that Zhao Tuo lived to be 100 years old, and South Vietnam was destroyed by the imperial court after four generations. ”

"What a foot is the martial king of Nanyue! One day, he will be the king of Chuzhuang! Sun Ce announced loudly and in high spirits.

King Chuzhuang was one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the territory of Chu at its peak covered a large area south of the Great Wall of Qi, forming a peak with the vassal states of the Central Plains. Sun Ce didn't even occupy Yangzhou at the moment, and he only had 50,000 soldiers and horses, but he dared to compare himself with the king of Chuzhuang, and such an arrogant move was quite inconsiderate in the eyes of many people. But in Zhou Yu's eyes, the arrogance of the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers is the charm of Sun Ce. What's more, when it comes to the word "crazy", he Zhou Gongjin is not too worried. But seeing Zhou Yuce immediately stepped forward and stood side by side with Sun Ce, he said, "When the Chu State was at its peak, it was only Xu, Yang, and Jing. Bo Fu, we need to take the four states of Xu, Yang, Jing, and Yi to divide the world into two parts. “

"Haha! What a two-way world! Let's take Jing and Yang Erzhou first! Sun Ce laughed loudly.

The laughter of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu not only echoed in the mountains, but also reached the ears of Zhang Zhao, the long history. Zhang Zhao, whose name is Zibu, was originally a famous person in Pengcheng. When Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, Zhang Zhaoju fled south to Eastern Wu, and was reused by Sun Ce, and the official worshiped Changshi. Today, almost all important government affairs under Sun Ce's rule are handled by Zhang Zhao. As for Sun Ce himself, he chicly called Zhang Zhao and Guan Zhong equal. However, at this moment, after listening to his lord's ambition of Lingyun, a trace of consternation and uneasiness flashed on Zhang Zhao's face. However, this qiē was only fleeting, and Zhang Zhao did not even plan to admonish Sun Ce. Because he knows very well that with Sun Ce's temper, no matter how much he Zhang Zhao persuades, this little overlord will not put away his heart of the world. (To be continued)