On August 24, in the early morning, in the Zhou Mansion of Duwei in Xuchang, Zhao Yu met with an old man, that is, Zhang Ji, an old family guard who had gone to Jiangdong four months earlier.

Zhang Ji's return made Zhao Yu very excited, and patted Zhang Ji's arm to show his closeness: "I finally waited for you to come back." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ji hugged his fists and smiled: "In fact, I returned to Yingchuan two days ago, but I went to Kunyang at the time, and when I arrived in Kunyang, I realized that Gongzi was actually promoted to the governor of Yingchuan......"

When he said this, Zhang Ji's mood was also very excited, after all, when he reunited with Zhao Yu and Jingnu, Zhao Yu was only the lieutenant of Kunyang County, and now in just four months, the second son has been promoted to three levels in a row, from the lieutenant of Kunyang County all the way to the lieutenant of Yingchuan, this speed of promotion makes Zhang Ji also speechless.

After a while, the joy of the reunion gradually subsided, and Zhao Yu complained to Zhang Jidao: "Why did this trip take so long?" I thought I would be back in July......"

Zhang Ji nodded and said: "I originally thought the same, I thought that three months was enough time to travel back and forth between Yingchuan and Jiangdong, but I didn't expect that after I arrived in Jiangdong, I found out that the eldest prince was not in Jiangdong, but went to Jining......"

The Jining in his mouth belongs to Dongping County.

"Jining?"

Zhao Yu's gaze froze slightly.

He suddenly thought of what Zhang Ji had revealed to him in more than four months, and said with a frown: "If I remember correctly, Zhang Jing, one of the Five Tigers of the Chen Gate, had the intention of blocking Jiangdong Yishi in Jining...... Did Koto win? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ji first complimented Zhao Yu's memory, and then said with a smile on his face: "Win!" Even if it is the Five Tigers of Chenmen, it is not Mr. Ram's opponent......"

“……”

Zhao Yu opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

In fact, as far as he knew, Mr. Ram had previously defeated a 'Five Tigers of Chenmen', that is, Han Yan, a general stationed in Jiangxia, who was one of the adopted sons of Chen Zhong, the imperial master of the Jin Kingdom, and ranked fourth among the righteous brothers in terms of age.

Now in Chen County and Chen Liu, Jiangxia Yishi Qu Shuai Chen Miao, was once suppressed by Han Yan, with fewer victories and more defeats.

When he first learned that this 'General Han' was defeated in the hands of Mr. Ram, Zhao Yu probably thought that Han Yan should be too underestimating the enemy, but he didn't expect that even Zhang Jing was defeated in the hands of Mr. Ram this time.

Zhang Jing, the third of the five tigers of Chenmen, can be called Zhao Yu's most 'familiar', after all, the two sides had fought each other at the beginning, both civil and military, which really made Zhao Yu feel a headache at that time, but fortunately, he finally planned and made a divisive plan, which made Zhang Jing leave angrily.

If it is said that Han Yan may still be defeated in the hands of Jiangdong Yishi because of the light enemy, then Zhang Jing will not be able to underestimate the enemy anymore - his younger brother was defeated in the hands of Jiangdong Yishi, and he, who is the third brother, has to save face no matter how he says.

However, Zhang Jing was ultimately defeated at the hands of Jiangdong Yishi.

"In other words, two 'Five Tigers' were defeated at the hands of Mr. Ram? Amazing, this gentleman ......

Zhao Yu was secretly speechless.

Back then, that Mr. Ram was Mr. Dongxi of their Luyang Township Marquis's Mansion, entrusted by their father Luyang Township Marquis to teach the two brothers knowledge, but at that time, Zhao Yu saw that Mr. was just an ordinary Confucian scholar, but he didn't expect that this old gentleman was so proficient in using soldiers.

"It's not just about using soldiers."

Seeing Zhao Yu talking about Mr. Ram, Zhang Ji said with a smile: "Mr. Ram is very familiar with governing the people and the army. In terms of governing the army, Mr. Ram rewarded and punished him strictly, and rewarded him for meritorious service, so that Jiangdong Yishi always maintained high morale; In terms of governing the people, the ram advocated the Ida system, which quickly stabilized the people's ......"

"Ouch, the Ida system, the Confucian 'method of the ancestors'......"

Zhao Yu resisted the urge to laugh out loud, and he was really uncomfortable.

In his opinion, the Jingtian system is actually a backward system, whether it is the 'military merit system' with huge hidden dangers in the Qin period, or the 'famous field system' in the Han period, it is more suitable than the Jingtian system for the contemporary era after at least a thousand years according to the Zhou Dynasty.

But the strange thing is that Confucian disciples favored the Ida system, even Confucius, Mencius and other sages, including today's Mr. Ram - to joke about it, seeing that Mr. Ram admires the Ida system so much, it can be seen that he is a very 'pure' Confucian disciple.

Of course, ridicule is ridicule, looking at the degree of turmoil in the world in the past two years, Zhao Yu feels that there is no problem with Mr. Ram's implementation of the well field system, after all, the core of the well field system is 'public land': distribute private land to the people, and exchange the people for cultivating the public land, so that the country, the clan, and the nobles who occupy the public land will benefit, which is the essence of the well field system.

But people have selfish intentions, and over time, the vast majority of the people are busy running their own private fields, and are unwilling to contribute to the 'public land' occupied by the state, the public family, and the aristocracy, and even the nobles and the public clan are busy operating private land, and are unwilling to contribute to the cultivation of the country's 'public land'.

But now, almost all the south of the river has fallen into the turmoil of war, and countless refugees have been displaced, in this case, Mr. Ram's implementation of the well field system can indeed play a role in 'reassuring the people' and 'accumulating grain': the distribution of private land can quickly win the hearts of the people and appease the people, and the public land can raise grain and grass for the Jiangdong righteous teachers to the greatest extent, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

This is similar to the 'settling Henan refugees with official fields' promoted by Cheng Chen Lang of Yingchuan County, in fact, it is the same.

However, the Jingtian system is a backward system after all, and even if it can play a role for a short time, it will eventually be eliminated - the same is true of Kunyang's 'wartime control', which can only be used for temporary emergencies.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yu asked Zhang Jidao: "So, Jiangdong Yishi has already laid down Jining?" ”

"Yes."

Zhang Ji nodded and said with a slight smile: "When I arrived in Shanyang County, the righteous master had already laid down Jining. …… Oh, and Childe may not know where Shanyang County is, which is located on the south side of Dongping County, the east of Dongping County, which is Jining. ”

Although Zhang Ji explained, Zhao Yu still didn't have an approximation.

So, Zhang Ji simply drew a map and marked several counties that had been occupied by Jiangdong Yishi.

This is unbelievable, and now the territory of Jiangdong Yishi is larger than that of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of Wei, Shu and Wu.

"What's next for Koto?" Zhao Yu asked.

Zhang Ji thought for a while and said, "When I came, the righteous master was already attacking Dongping County. …… Zhang Jing was defeated, and Dongping County had no power to resist. I want to ask the prince is whether Jiangdong will fight Jibei, Taishan, and Shandong in the east after conquering Dongpingguo, or will he fight Jiyin, Chenliu, and Liangjun in the west......"

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji explained: "Mr. Ram's original intention was to fight Jibei, Taishan, and Shandong, and then use Taishan and Jishui as moats, divide and rule with the Jin State, and fight hard, but the rest of the righteous teachers hope that Jiangdong will attack Liangjun...... Originally, the wishes of the other righteous teachers could not affect Mr. Ram, but the eldest prince also insisted on beating Liang Jun......"

"Oh?"

A few hints of discoloration flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes, and he asked softly, "Could it be for that ...... Tong Yan? ”

Zhang Ji smiled, and then retracted his smile: "The eldest prince didn't say it explicitly, but that's probably what he meant." ”

In fact, not only Tong Yan, the governor of Liang County, but also the county army of Liang County also planned to retaliate.

Zhang Ji will not forget that a large number of clansmen who served as guards in the Xianghou Mansion led by his uncle Zhang Chun were slaughtered by those troops transferred from Liang County that day, although those soldiers only obeyed military orders, but this did not mean that Zhang Ji would give up revenge.

The same is true of their eldest son.

"It's getting heavy......

Raising his hand and rubbing the corners of his forehead, Zhao Yu asked Zhang Jidao again: "Before you come back, you must have explained to my brother, right?" Does he have anything for you to bring to me? Maybe I can give Koto some help. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Ji glanced at Zhao Yu hesitantly, and said hesitantly: "The original words of the eldest prince are...... Revenge is with me, don't interfere! ”

“……”

Zhao Yu looked at Zhang Ji stunned, and asked as if waking up from a dream for a while: "I'm sorry, I didn't hear clearly, what did he say?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu had no smile on his face, Zhang Ji sneered and said, "The son is angry, the eldest son's mind is good...... When I told him that you were still alive, the eldest son cried with joy, and I saw it with my own eyes, and there was absolutely no falsehood in it. But ......"

He secretly glanced at Zhao Yu's expression, and said euphemistically: "But the eldest prince doesn't want you to interfere in the matter of revenge, he hopes that you will live in peace and continue the Zhao family's bloodline......"

“……”

For more than a dozen breaths, Zhao Yu was silent, looking at Zhang Ji inexplicably.

Immediately, he said with a smile: "What a 'Bohu boy' in Jiangdong, I haven't seen him for a few years, and his tone has become bigger......

Although he once kept saying 'my brother' and 'my brother', in all fairness, Zhao Yu never really regarded his brother Zhao Yin as the eldest brother, after all, Zhao Yin was not much older than him - Zhao Yin was Yin Shisheng, and Zhao Yu was Shen Shisheng, and the brothers were only six hours apart.

For some reason, Zhao Yu instead regarded him as a younger brother.

And now, this 'younger brother' has a big tone, and he actually put up the eldest brother's shelf, which makes Zhao Yu really unhappy.

may have felt that the second prince in front of him was unhappy, Zhang Ji said cautiously: "Over the years, the eldest prince has suffered a lot, and there have indeed been some changes......

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but look at the second son in front of him again.

He sincerely felt that in terms of hardship and change, the second son in front of him was not far behind.

Who would have thought that the second son, who fell from a tree in order to catch a cicada seven years ago, took only one maid to subdue a group of bandits, and even became the governor of Yingchuan County today.

With a light snort, Zhao Yu said lightly: "Hmph, I'll treat him as if he has nothing to say to you." ”

“……”

Zhang Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Alas, the two sons are both old and have grown in temper......

And at this moment, I saw Zhao Yu stretch out his right hand and said with a smile on his face: "Anyway...... Welcome back, Zhang Ji. ”

Zhang Ji was shocked in his heart, and immediately got up and knocked on one knee in front of Zhao Yu.

"Zhang Ji is very honored."

At this point, Zhang Ji returned to Zhao Yu.