October passed quickly, and the time began to enter November of the second year of the first peace.

In the second year of the first peace, it was the second year of the Chang'an Imperial Court, when today's son ascended the throne, for the world, this is a year of troubled times, a year when the people live in dire straits, and a year when countless heroes have stepped onto the stage of hegemony in the world.

For Hanzhong and Mujing, this is actually a year of recuperation.

This year, at the beginning of the year, the pastoral army fought a battle, successively leveling Hanzhong and Dingnanyang, but after entering the summer, there were few battles, and they have been licking their wounds.

Therefore, after entering the cold winter, the people under the stability are not as difficult as last year, especially this year's autumn harvest is more abundant than last year's thirty percent, this time so that this year's cold winter, the people of Hanzhong will be a little better.

Food is the hallmark of wealth and poverty in this era.

Hanzhong has always been poor, because the land is not fertile enough, and the grain harvest is not good every year, resulting in insufficient harvest for the people, and they cannot survive the autumn harvest of the next year.

And this year's harvest, because Mujing completed spring plowing at any cost, and because of the smooth wind and rain this year, it is the most bumper harvest in Hanzhong in the past ten years.

However, Mujing really didn't dare to compliment the harvest per mu in this era.

Can you imagine a harvest of less than three stones per acre?

In modern times, this is not possible.

But in this era, it is already a high income.

If it weren't for Mu Jing's current inability to spare his hand, he would really want to be Yuan Longping and contribute to the development of agriculture.

It's just that now he is a little busy cleaning up the ground.

The end of the year has come, this will be the busiest morale of the Ming Marquis Mansion, whether it is the rectification of officials, or the supervision of the reorganization of the army, this time is the time to inspect, and it is inseparable from his personal inspection of the dignified Ming Hou.

"Order Fa Cao, start the plan to rewrite "Mingke"!"

In a side hall of Zhaoming Hall, there is a plaque Jingping Pavilion, which is the place where Mujing usually deals with the book, about 100 square meters, divided into the main hall, and there are seven half-open houses on the left and right.

The main hall is the office space of the pastoral scene, and there are seven half-open houses, among which there are the office spaces where Huo Yu and Yi are engaged in the Ming marquis, and there is also a study room for collecting books.

In the main hall, Mu Jing handed down a notebook and said to Hu Zhao gently: "Kong Ming, you are personally responsible for this matter, Ming is a legal person, although the Han law is good, it is not good to use it in the Ming Marquis Mansion, and it is ......."

He didn't finish one sentence, and after thinking about it for a while, he continued: "For Confucian scholars, too favorable, not a blessing, Benhou wants to establish the law of the Ming Marquis's Mansion, which cannot be completed overnight, but from now on, it should be able to start!" ”

"The lord is biased towards the legal system and light on Confucianism, do you want to restart the way of Legalism in the Qin Dynasty?"

Hu Zhao frowned: "The Qin Dynasty burned books and pit Confucianism, respected what the Legalists had learned, the legal system was harsh, and it was almost inhumane, so that Qin died in just three generations. ”

"The death of the third generation of Qin is the fault of the non-legal system!"

Mu Jing shook his head, argued, and said: "The law itself is not wrong, and the way of Confucianism is not wrong, according to the law, people are the foundation of the law, and the way is the long-term way, the Qin and Han dynasties are precedents, and the ancestors have explored the way for us, we just want to walk out of a road that can allow both law and Confucianism to merge!" ”

"The way that both law and Confucianism can be merged?"

When Hu Zhao heard this, he was slightly shocked in his heart.

This is a big tone.

Since the Han dynasty respected and deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected the way of Confucianism, the way of Confucianism, even the way of the imperial court, now Mujing is to change the ancestral system, and it is not the hearts of the people who provoke it, but the scholars of the world.

"Kong Ming, the road is always walked by people!" Mu Jing didn't care at all, he said calmly: "No one is necessarily right, only after trying, you will know whether it is right or not, I believe that my truth is right, so I want to try!" ”

"Now that the Lord has made up his mind, I will immediately discuss with the Facao people to rebuild the "Mingke"!" Hu Zhao thought for a while, and only gave up his hand, but his tone was a little stiff: "But the lord should not have too much hope, the way of Confucianism is the way to govern state affairs!" ”

He was a student of Confucianism, and his lifelong learning told him that only respecting Confucianism was the right way.

Whether it is a family or a poor family, scholars all over the world respect Confucianism, and he doesn't want Mu Jing to make a mistake in this matter.

"Don't worry, do it!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "I have my reasoning, but I also respect everyone's results!" ”

"No!"

Hu Zhao took the order.

"Dong Cao's review of the officials of the Taishou Mansion in Hanzhong, is there a problem?" After Mu Jing dealt with the notebook for a few minutes, he asked about one more thing, which began in late October, and it had been more than half a month.

"It's a big problem!"

Hu Zhao said in a low voice: "Dongcao's chief can't be suppressed anymore, Liu Jin personally came forward to suppress it, fortunately, Ye Ru is still cooperative, it is Su Xin'......"

"Susin?"

Mu Jing squinted: "What's wrong?" ”

"He's swelled a lot this year!" Hu Zhao said: "I want to monopolize the power of the Taishou Mansion, this is not surprising for a Taishou, but the appearance is too ugly, Dong Cao doesn't know if he doesn't check, he is shocked when he checks it, his intention to install people and cultivate henchmen is too obvious, and his methods are too bad and the influence is not good, such as Chenggu County Cheng, because he can't buy it, he framed him by means of unjust imprisonment, and replaced it with his own people, the Su family, it is indeed extraordinary, but most of the scholars are from major families, and the people he uses are more people from Hanzhong families, If you don't need Dong Cao to check, I'm afraid that it won't take three years for this Taishou Mansion to become the territory of this Hanzhong family, just like in the past! ”

"Actually, I've heard a little about it!"

Mu Jing thought for a while: "At the beginning, we wanted the reputation of the Su family and suppressed Hanzhong for us, so we used Su Xin, in fact, I am quite optimistic about Su Xin, but now it seems that he is still too young, his temperament is unstable, easy to swell, easy to be provoked, and it is difficult to be the overall situation. ”

"I've got a solution!" Hu Zhao pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Say!"

"It's better to hint at Ye Ru!" Hu Zhao said: "Let Ye Ru set aside Su Xin, Ye Ru is far above Su Xin in terms of means and ability, and Ye Ru's mind is stable enough, not easy to be affected by external forces, and he is more sophisticated than Su Xin in judging the situation, he should be able to do Su Xin better, so that Hanzhong can increase stability!" ”

"Ye Ru may not be willing!"

"He'll be willing!"

"Why?"

"Putting aside the temptation of power to him, with Su Xin's current way of death, he will not be blind, and he also knows the bottom line of our tolerance!" Hu Zhao analyzed: "If he is unwilling to make a move, Su Xin can only kill himself!" ”

"Then go and hint at him!"

Mu Jing sighed: "I put the foundation in Hanzhong now, I don't want any chaos in Hanzhong, stability is the first principle, if Ye Ru doesn't do it, then Su Xin can't stay!" ”

"No!"

Hu Zhao took the order.

……

In the second half of November, heavy snow had fallen in Hanzhong, and the sky was covered with wind and snow, dyeing the sky and the earth white.

"Keiheiin has been built!"

Mu Jing stood in front of Jingping Courtyard, his eyes showing a smile.

Since the office area in front of the Minghou Mansion was built, the whole Minghou Mansion has worked here, and he also has to work here, but the residential area has to be in the city, going back and forth every day, which makes him a little annoyed.

Now that Jingping Courtyard is completed, it is a good thing for Mujing.

The area of Jingping Yuan is not small, more elegant and luxurious than one of the general mansions, there are twelve courtyards in and out of the front and back, on both sides of the back, by the west for the mountain, by the east is an artificial lake, which is dug by the Han River to divert water in.

"Lord, this courtyard has been completed!"

Yue Zhu stood next to him and arched his hand and said: "Minghou Mansion is only left in the northwest direction, and the project of hundreds of small courtyards is estimated to wait for about March next year to be completed!" ”

"Good!"

Mu Jing patted Yue Zhu on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Yue, work is the way of infrastructure construction, I intend to establish Gongcao, are you willing to succumb to Gongcao!" ”

"Old and old, the rest of my life is only the heart of the establishment of this mansion!"

Yue Zhu shook his head.

"The old gentleman doesn't have to agree immediately, and he doesn't need to refuse immediately, I have a plan here, if the old gentleman sees it and is not moved, Ben Hou has not said anything!"

He asked Huo Yu to hand over the top-secret plan for building the road to Yue Zhu.

This is part of his plan to use Shangjia to open up the roads between Nanyang and Hanzhong, mainly because the infrastructure is not divided, and the mountains and bridges are built.

The tallest tower of the Ming Hou Mansion, which is still under construction, is located on the north bank of the creek between the office area and the residential area, and is the most eye-catching building in the entire Nanzheng.

Such a craftsman, although he is old, can still move his body, how can he abandon it.

"Plan?"

To be honest, there was no choice to serve Mujing back then, but the construction plan of the Minghou Mansion made Yue Zhu fully devoted, which was the pursuit of a craftsman, and the buildings in the Minghou Mansion were designed by him for two-thirds, but the most unique one-third, including the Jingping courtyard in front of him, was designed by Mujing himself, and Mujing admired the craftsman's affairs, so he never dared to underestimate Mujing's ability in this.

He honestly read the plan.

The next day, Yue Zhu retorted, he came to Mu Jing to ask for the position of the head of Gongcao.

At his age, there is not much temptation for him to be powerful and beautiful, but leaving a name in history will definitely make him excited, he never dared to think that someone would dare to make such a plan, if it can be achieved, he will be a figure remembered in Hanzhong for thousands of years.

Even if he dies on this project, he is willing.

Gongcao was built outside of the Thirteen Cao, and this brand-new official office was built in the south study area, very close to the Zhaoming Hall of Mujing.

…………

……

The time is starting to move into December.

The end of the second year of the first year is coming.

In Hanzhong under the cold winter wax moon, the people are becoming more and more difficult, the snow on the streets is half a foot deep, the figures are walking in the wind and snow, the cold penetrates into the bone marrow of everyone, making people tremble.

Hokubudo.

The military hall is not as suppressed as the south study, and there is not even a brazier stove, but the general of the army, who is not afraid of the cold of the wind and snow, is far above the literati, and between walking, he is more upright and imposing.

On the top of the main hall, Mu Jing and Xi Zhicai, Huang Zhong, Huang Shao and others sat opposite each other, and they were discussing military affairs.

"Lord, is this Zhang Liao sent back from Shandu?"

"On November 27, Zhang Liao led the Jingping Second Army, the Fifth Battalion, the Shangyong Battalion, and the main force of the two battalions, united with 8,000 soldiers from Jingzhou, to attack Yin County, and the troops approached Xinye ......."

Mu Jing read it out softly, and his eyes became sharp: "This Zhang Liao is going to do it?" ”

"It was Jingzhou who made the first move!"

Xi Zhicai said.

"That is to say, Jingzhou has agreed to form an alliance with us!" Huang Zhong said in a deep voice.

It is no secret that the herdsman wants to join forces with Jingzhou, and the high-level officials of Beiwutang know that this is a strategic deployment.

"Jingzhou wants Nanyang, and we want it too!"

Xi Zhicai sneered: "It's like-minded!" ”

"Like-minded?"

Mu Jing shook his head: "The ambition is the same, this is right, but Daohe, you overestimated Jingzhou, and you also overestimated Benhou, our Tao is different from Jingzhou's Dao!" ”

"But now we're together!"

"Join forces and join forces, the pit is still a pit!" The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised a treacherous smile slightly: "Now the task of Beiwutang is to find a way to put the attention of this Nanyang on Jingzhou, not on our Minghou Mansion, our foundation in Nanyang cannot be damaged!" ”

"Hmm!"

Xi Zhicai agrees with this statement: "At this time, Nanyang Yuan Jun will inevitably be furious, they may find a way to open the knife to us, after all, the champion county is in their hands, we have lost the town guard of the gate of Nanxiang, once they drive straight in, Nanxiang will inevitably be another bloody battle, although this year is different from last year, the combat effectiveness of the Violent Bear Army has been integrated, and he Nanyang Army still wants to come in, it will not be so easy, but it has to be guarded!" ”

"Now that Yin County is gone, and the Yuan army has lost its balance in the south, how about we fight here next?"

Mu Jing stood up and walked to the strategic hall of the Beiwu Hall, there was only one sand table in the main hall, at least sixty or seventy, there were giants, the terrain that could cover the world, the terrain in the middle, the southwest terrain, and the independent terrain of a county.

Mu Jing walked to the sand table map of Nanyang County, pointed in one direction, and asked.

"Don't you fight Shinno?"

Xi Zhicai squinted, he stared at the place pointed out by Mu Jing, a little surprised.

"Xinye is not easy to fight!"

Mu Jing said with a smile: "Hard bones, I have to leave it to Jingzhou, doesn't Jingzhou want to swallow Nanyang, let them do it first, Yuan Shu is estimated to be about to take Jiujiang, cross the river to attack, he can't do it, then he will inevitably return to Nanyang, we have to avoid the edge a little, but we must also maintain the relationship with Jingzhou!" ”

"The lord is really insidious enough!"

Xi Zhicai teased Mu Jing.

"Get out!"

Mu Jing glanced at him and said angrily.