Chapter 291: Laying out the world
After the next dynasty, Chen Mo did not return home, although Xiao Biesheng was newly married, but for Chen Mo, there are many bigger things than these.
In the quiet Luoyang prison, Jia Xu seems to have gained some weight again, and it has become a little difficult to kneel on the straw mat.
"It's good to be casual with the text, it's not a government office here, and there is no need to be restrained." Chen Mo twisted a broad bean from the bowl and put it in his mouth, looking at Jia Xu's awkward look, he said with some amusement: "It's best to walk around more on weekdays." ”
"The lord smiled." Jia Xu moved his ass with great effort, and the friendly smile on his face seemed to never disappear: "The lord seems to be disappointed? ”
"Indeed." Chen Mo nodded: "I thought those people would be a little bold, but now it seems that I think highly of them." ”
"The lord of this northern expedition, moving soldiers and horses back and forth, Luoyang soldiers and horses in and out, virtual and real, this empty city plan is perfect, no wonder no one found out." Jia Xu sighed, Chen Mo sent troops to Jizhou this time, and Luoyang soldiers and horses were frequently mobilized, but in fact, many times it was like Dong Zhuo's bluff back then, the same group of men and horses went out at night and came in during the day, Chen Mo's expedition to Jizhou was actually only 70,000 soldiers and horses, but the momentum created gave people the feeling that it was like an army of 200,000 going on an expedition, and there would be a feeling that the troops around Luoyang were sufficient.
"But in this Luoyang City, there is no shortage of wise men." Chen Mo shook his head and sighed.
"No matter how wise a person is, if he falls into the crowd, he will be invisible to everyone, and if a wise man wants to do something, there will be many people who will block him, and what they want is a foolproof solution, but the lord should know, what is the perfect plan in this world?" Jia Xu laughed.
"Yes, a lot of times, the opportunity is fleeting." Chen Mo nodded, just like Yuan Shao back then, he had several opportunities to stop Dong Zhuo and take charge of Luoyang himself, but these opportunities were all lost by Yuan Shao's concerns.
A group of wise people get together, they may not be able to accomplish anything big, they need a person with enough vision and courage to preside over the overall situation, this is the opportunity, obviously, Chen Mo has been away from Luoyang for three years, Luoyang has remained empty, these people have not succeeded, which means that among them, there is no kind of person with enough courage.
Of course, even if there is, Chen Mo's result is only to withdraw from Jizhou like Cao Cao, since he has laid out this empty city plan, he naturally has a way out of the way to be recognized, but the system is blessed by the gods, and no one can see through it.
"When to get out?" Chen Mo looked at Jia Xu and said, "You can't always be here, right?" ”
Jia Xu's ability to stay here all the time is a bit wasteful.
"The minister thinks it's very good here, and the minister enjoys it very much." Jia Xu shook his head, not politely, but he really liked the feeling of hiding in the dark and watching everything: "But there is one thing that needs to be asked for the help of the lord." ”
"Wen He, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Chen Mo said with a smile: "I have three sons, the youngest son Jia Ji is still young and unbearable, but the eldest son Jia Mu and the second son Jia Wan have all reached the age of becoming a leader, and they still have some ability. ”
Regardless of whether Chen Mo suspects Jia Xu or not, but what Jia Xu is holding in his hands now is too important, a complete set of intelligence agencies that are free from politics, although Chen Mo has never had any doubts or requirements, but today, Jia Xu has too much, and he knows when he needs to show loyalty to Chen Mo.
"The son of Wenhe, I don't want to be a mediocre talent." Chen Mo nodded and said, "Tomorrow, I will ask them to come to the General's Mansion to report on their work, as for who the arrangement is, we have to see." ”
Going to the General's Mansion and being Chen Mo's subordinate scribe is naturally not a high position, but as long as he has the ability, Chen Mo will definitely arrange an appropriate position, as Jia Xu's son, as long as Jia Xu does not make mistakes, then the future of these two sons will never be too bad in the future.
"Thank you, Lord." Jia Xu took a sip of wine and said with a smile.
"If you want to come out, come out, no one here will stop you." Chen Mo got up, looked at the sky and said, "It's not early, it's time to go back, and come back another day." ”
"Congratulations to the lord." Jia Xu got up to send him off.
"Go more, when I go out in the future, I'm afraid that Mr. won't be able to sit on his knees." Looking at Jia Xu's round figure, Chen Mo was a little amused.
"Definitely." Jia Xu nodded.
In addition to the prison, facing the cold wind, Chen Mo tightened his robe and looked up at the sky: "Let's go." ”
"Lord, where are you going?" Dian Wei helped Chen Mo into the carriage and asked.
"Back home, it's going to snow, next year may be a good year!" Chen Mo got into the carriage and smiled at the outside of the car.
"The lord said it was a good year, so it must be." Dian Wei nodded affirmatively, that confidence seemed to be more than Chen Mo.
"You're here, you haven't learned anything else, but you've learned ten percent of it." The carriage moved slowly, Chen Mo leaned on the carriage, looked out the window and said with a smile: "Man'er should come back recently." ”
"Soon, the lord is missing the son, right?" Dian Wei nodded and grinned.
"Naturally, I thought about it, I haven't seen each other for three years, and I don't know how tall Jin'er is now." Chen Mo nodded.
"That lord, you keep a straight face every time you meet." Dian Wei was surprised.
"Have you heard of Father Yan?" Chen Mo asked rhetorically.
"I've heard that I'm the stinky boy in my family, and I'm beaten every time we meet." Dian Wei laughed.
"It's not the same thing, you have to be reasonable, let him be convinced, convincing, what is the line?" Chen Mo said with a smile.
"It used to be okay, but since he entered the academy, his mouth has become more and more vicious, and then I set a rule with him, when he can win me, and then reason with me." Dian Wei snorted.
When Chen Mo heard this, he was speechless.
The carriage went all the way back to the General's Mansion, Chen Mo got out of the car, let Dian Wei go to rest by himself, and went straight back to the backyard.
"Husband~" At home, Cai Yan and Zhen Mi were talking about themselves, and when they saw Chen Mo coming in, they hurriedly got up, and Juan'er and Diao Chan, who were waiting on the side, hurriedly removed their cloaks for Chen Mo.
"There is no need for such false etiquette at home." Chen Mo waved his hand, sat down, took Cai Yan's hand and said, "What did Madam say to Zhen Mi?" ”
"It doesn't matter much, just talk about poetry." Cai Yan smiled.
Chen Mo has five women now, Yun Si and Juan'er's background is a little low after all, although there are many exchanges on weekdays, but even Yun Si, who is familiar with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, sometimes can't keep up with Cai Yan's knowledge, this thing is not enough to read, you have to have enough insight and vision, in this regard, Yun Si and Diao Chan can't compare, and Juan'er naturally doesn't need to say.
Now that Zhen Mi has entered the house, Zhen's family is a wealthy family in Jizhou, Zhen Mi has also been influenced by poetry and books since he was a child, and his knowledge may not be as proficient as Cai Yan, but in terms of knowledge, he is not bad, and he has more to say to Cai Yan.
The house is harmonious, Chen Mo is also happy, casually chatting with the two daughters about the poems that have appeared in recent years, tasting and commenting, time flies quickly, until the sky is dark, Chen Mo took his wife and concubine to his mother's place for dinner, and then took Cai Yan and Yun Si back to the room, although Xiao Biesheng is newly married, but he and Cai Yan have not seen each other for three years, and now that he is back, he is naturally more to accompany his wife.
With the return of Chen Mo in Luoyang, people's hearts have gradually returned to tranquility.
Although many people are dissatisfied with Chen Mo's various new laws, but when Chen Mo was in Luoyang before, everyone didn't feel anything, but when Chen Mo left for three years, although the Luoyang Imperial Court has been running steadily, but in people's hearts, after all, they feel that something is missing.
With Chen Mo's return, the General's Mansion began to get back on track, and Li Ru and Xu Shu also returned to the General's Mansion to work, although the two now have their own offices, but when Chen Mo is in Luoyang, he will still do things here with Chen Mo, and if there is anything, he can also discuss with Chen Mo in time.
"Since Cao Cao returned to Luoyang, he began to carry out military cantonment in the Runan area, and I heard that the past two years have been quite effective, and it seems that Cao Mengde has been actively preparing for war." Xu Shu told Chen Mo some of the selected information in the past two years.
Liyang's fire gave Cao Cao a great blow, so that he directly lost the qualification to compete with Chen Mo for the lord of Jizhou, although he barely ate the two counties of Qinghe and Bohai, but that's all, Chen Mo defeated Yuan Shang in Jizhou for two years, Cao Cao basically used various means to accumulate military food, between Chen Cao, there must be a battle to determine the status of the overlord of the Central Plains, Chen Mo Jizhou has already occupied the advantage, so Cao Cao is now actively preparing for war.
Chen Mo nodded, he has been keeping an eye on the news from Cao Cao's side, he knows this, and now he is also beginning to lay out the Central Plains.
"Where's Nanyang?" Chen Mo asked.
Although Lu Bu did say back then that if Chen Mo took Jizhou, Lu Bu was willing to annex it, but this was a verbal agreement after all, and it was not accurate.
"Nanyang has had a conflict with Liu Biao in the past two years, but there is no action, after the victory of the millennium lord Jizhou, Lu Bu once handed over the book, willing to transfer to the border, but the lord was not there at that time, and the imperial court was full of efforts to attack Jizhou, and in a short period of time was unable to make enough deployment in Nanyang, so it has not been able to really take over, and now the lord has returned to the dynasty in triumph, and he thinks that the matter of leading Nanyang can also be carried out." Xu Shu said with a smile.
Chen Mo nodded, if he could succeed, the first piece of territory that Nanyang soldier Chen Mo did not seize through war, Lu Bu would also be the first prince to surrender to Chen Mo, compared to the land of Nanyang, Lu Bu's surrender would be of greater significance.
Looking at Li Ru and then at Xu Shu, Chen Mo smiled and said, "Then this trip to Nanyang, go straight by Yuan, and tell Feng Xian that Zhang Liao will leave me behind." ”
Zhang Liao is the first general under Lu Bu, judging from the achievements of these years, Zhang Liao has the talent of a general, Chen Mo and Cao Cao compete for the Central Plains, Nanyang is under Chen Mo, there are advantages and disadvantages, the biggest problem is that Jingzhou and Shuzhong can directly move troops to Chen Mo, when the time comes, Nanyang must have a general to guard, Chen Mo feels that Zhang Liao is good.
"Whoa!"