"The head of the house." When Chen Mo returned home, he saw the housekeeper coming up with an excited face and taking the sundries that Chen Mo was carrying.

"What day is it? How can you be so happy? What's the matter, your son is holding your grandson? Chen Mo asked with a smile as he walked.

"That's not true, the head of the house forgot? Today is the day when the eldest prince returns. The steward laughed.

"I'm back." Chen Mo looked at the sky, nodded and said, "It's time to come back, I haven't seen you for a few years." ”

Chen Mo has been in Yecheng for more than three years, and every time Chen Jin comes back, he can't see him.

"I haven't disciplined me for a few years, I don't know how this kid is now?" Chen Mo nodded, and went straight back to the courtyard, just as he saw his little daughter pestering a teenager to jump.

"Father." Seeing Chen Mo coming back, the young man hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"Well, yes, I've grown taller." Chen Mo nodded, and subconsciously touched Chen Jin's head, although he hadn't seen him for nearly four years, but looking at his son, the sense of intimacy couldn't be hidden, but as a father, Chen Mo generally didn't give his son a good look, this was a habit, and asked while walking with Chen Jin: "How is your studies?" Did you cause trouble for your master? ”

Zang Hong, as the assassin of Yongzhou, is in Chang'an, as Chen Mo's son, every year he goes to Chang'an, he wants to visit Zang Hong instead of Chen Mo.

Shigong said...... The child's knowledge is okay. Chen Jin said modestly.

"That's something else?" Chen Mo turned his head and looked at Chen Jin and said, "Go to the courtyard in a while, let me see how you practice martial arts." ”

"How can you wield a knife and a gun when you come back?" Chen's mother came out and grabbed her grandson and looked at Chen Mo dissatisfiedly: "Besides, Jin'er doesn't have to go to the battlefield in the future, right?" ”

"Don't want him to charge into battle, but at least you have to know that it is not easy for the soldiers, in order to defend the court and defend the world, the soldiers in the army are fighting with their lives, and they are the best people, so they naturally don't have to be in danger, but they should also be able to sympathize with the soldiers, know some rules, learning is important, but in this world, there are some things that cannot be experienced on the bamboo slips." Chen Mo shook his head, it is common sense for women to dote on their children, and the same is true for their own mothers, but as a man in the family, there are some things that he can't follow together.

"Father and son finally met, let's talk about it." Chen's mother was dissatisfied.

"Mother, at my age, I killed more than 100 people." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Do you know why I want to kill someone?" ”

"It's not like the world is in turmoil." Chen Mo sighed, how did Chen Mo come all the way, she couldn't be clearer as a mother, and she sighed when she heard her son talk about it at this moment.

"Then why is the world chaotic?" Chen Mo helped his mother and walked back: "It's not us who are the people, I don't know the suffering of the people, a few years ago, Yanzhou suffered a locust plague, and the people couldn't eat. The people around me said that the crops in the fields were eaten by locusts, but do you know what the man said? ”

"What else can I say?" Chen Mo didn't have a good airway.

He was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you eat dried meat?" Melons and fruits can also be eaten to satisfy hunger. Chen Mo took his mother's hand and smiled.

"You will say, 'How can there be such a person in the world?' Even if there is, it won't be my Chen family. Chen's mother was amused by Chen Mo and slapped him lightly.

"Jin'er is better, I took him to experience folk life since I was a child, and I know that food is not easy, but what about Jin'er's children? What about his grandson? If they are all spoiled like you, three generations later, it is really not surprising to have such children and grandchildren, you say, even if the children calm the world, can the world last long? Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Alarmist!" Mother Chen glared at Chen Mo dissatisfiedly, but she didn't speak.

"This human thing is always repeated, you think, now these famous families, their ancestors are mostly heroic generations, if they are the same from generation to generation, why is there the way of the world?" Chen Mo smiled and asked: "The child has checked, our hometown is not bad, Lizheng Ah Weng treats us well, so that we can have private land, but other places are not like this, most of them are not." ”

"Alas~" Chen's mother nodded, she knew better than Chen Mo that their village was gathered by the disaster victims, and the people were mixed, so they could cultivate some fields by themselves, although the imperial court collected heavy taxes, but they could still survive, and other places were really inferior to their Zhuangzi.

"Although the Chen family later pulled us back to the lineage, but since the death of the eldest brother, there has been less contact, our lineage, since I am here, can be regarded as improving, but if it is about family style, it is not as good as the main family, I am stricter with Jin'er, and I also hope that my Chen family can have its own family style no matter what the future is, and it can be passed on from generation to generation." Chen Mo touched his daughter's head and said: "My daughter is the same, this female precept or something, you have to learn, I'm not here, her aunt taught her, I don't want this child to be rude and willful in the future, and it will damage the style of the family, and you don't want my Chen family to pass it on, and the suffering of the child will happen again, right?" ”

"Alas, my mother also knows, but what does this have to do with martial arts?" Mother Chen sighed, she couldn't say anything about Chen Mo, and was helped back into the house by Chen Mo, looking at Chen Mo funny.

"First, there is a good physique, among the six arts of Confucianism, there are also horseback archery, moreover, can fight the will, no matter what his talent is, some self-preservation means are always right, and then you can also practice courage, if you really go into battle to kill the enemy one day, this battlefield is not like fighting each other in the township to seize water before, thousands of people are placed on the battlefield, that just the momentum can make people frightened, no guts, people have not come? I ran away first, which of the mediocre generals you scolded a few years ago was not from a wealthy family? ”

"Besides, the officers and soldiers in the army have to be trained, and they can all withstand the training, your grandson can't do it, or the Chen family? Take a step back and say, if you lead the troops to fight in the future, you don't even know how the soldiers attack and block, and it is a miracle to be undefeated if you blindly command. ”

"Okay, what my son said is reasonable, but Jin'er has just come back, you have to let him rest." Mother Chen glared at Chen Mo.

"That's it, a father, and a son who feels sorry for him." Chen nodded approvingly.

Chen Jin: "......"

"Mother, husband, it's time for dinner." Cai Yan came in and looked at the mother and son with a smile.

"I'm hungry, mother, how about eating first?" Chen Mo smiled.

"Okay." Chen's mother nodded, and the group went to the special place at home to eat, and each sat down, and now the Chen family is also prosperous, three children, four wives and concubines, plus Chen Mo and his mother, a family of nine, one person and one table, each sat down.

Chen Mo took a sip of chicken soup, looked at Chen Jin and said, "Jin'er." ”

"The child is here." Chen Jin put down the pastry and sat upright.

"Last year, I heard that there was chaos in Wudu, do you know what the reason is?" Chen Mo asked casually.

"The officials in the Wudu area exploited the Qiang people, which made the Qiang people unbearable, so there was a rebellion, and it was quickly put down." Chen Jin bowed.

"Let's not say that there is no one behind this, judging from this matter alone, since the father was in the Guanzhong, he has been kind to the Qiang people, even if the local officials are mean, but the officials have not collapsed, there are not many places that can make him mean, on the other hand, before that, the exploitation of officials was called serious, and they may not be against it every year, why is it too peaceful now, but can't help it?" Chen Mo asked.

"This ...... That's how Qiang people are. Chen Jin thought for a while.

"What? Are they having more heads than we are? Or is it missing an arm? Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"The child heard that the Qiang people have been so uneducated for generations."

"That's what someone else said, what do you think is going on? Don't you always hear about it, don't you know that people are terrible? Chen Mo asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Chen Jin thought carefully when he heard this, and then replied: "Perhaps it is precisely because of the peace for a long time that the officials rarely make mistakes, which will cause dissatisfaction in their hearts. ”

"Then that's the case, how to solve it?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"Since my father subdued Xiliang, the use of the Qiang people is so gentle, so that even if the Qiang people rebel, there will not be too much punishment, it is to breed their momentum, if you want to solve it, you should be lenient, but also establish strict laws, you can be tolerant on weekdays, but if it involves rebellion, it will be severely punished, so it is the best policy to give both grace and power." Chen Jin looked at Chen Mo with some caution.

"At your age, it is rare to be able to think of this, but although this method is useful, if the officials are unscrupulous and wantonly exploit and oppress, they can accumulate public resentment, and once this public resentment breaks out, it is likely to be more serious than this, and may even lead to a riot of the entire Qiang people in the northwest." Chen Mo smiled.

"Gaozu once ordered that government offices at all levels must set up a bell and a drum, and once said that when the bell and drum ring, the officials must go to the court." Chen Jin pondered: "The child thinks that similar things can be set up, and the people of various places can be used to supervise local officials in reverse, so as to avoid local officials from acting mishesitantly. ”

"There is some truth, but everything in this world is governed by people......" Chen Mo couldn't help but be a little happy when he saw his son's answer, and was about to continue to ask, but saw Chen's mother put down her doubles heavily.

"Do you still need to use this meal for your mother?" Mother Chen asked in a flat voice.

"Naturally, it's going to be used." Chen Mo's movements stiffened, and he hurriedly smiled: "Mother's meal, the child respects you with chicken soup." ”

Cai Yan and the others couldn't help but chuckle, if there is anything else in this world that their husbands are afraid of, I'm afraid only their mothers.

After dinner, Chen Jin was pulled by Chen's mother to talk, Chen Mo had no choice but to take his wife and concubine back to his courtyard.

Tonight is in Zhen Mi's room, the difference between the two is nearly ten years old, although Chen Mo and Cai Yan have a very close relationship, but they also love this little concubine very much, since it is not humane, Chen Mo hugged the favored concubine, looked at the roof by some dim lights, shook his head and smiled: "You said that your mother is old, why is it unreasonable?" ”

Zhen Mi had just started a short time ago, how dare she chew the root of her mother-in-law's tongue, she just shrank into Chen Mo's arms and smiled stupidly: "My husband doesn't understand such wisdom, how can the concubine know?" ”

"It's so slippery~"