In the spring of the fourth year of Jian'an, after the ice and snow melted, Liu Qian moved back to Luoyang from Chang'an with a large family, where she was born and then grew up. Many streets and mansions in the city have been taken over by the government, but no matter what, it is impossible to miss the place where the general and the Duke of Wei lived.

After Liu Qian arrived, she directly cleaned up many palaces in the North Palace, and then took the whole family to live in. She doesn't talk about it at all. She picked the biggest and best one by herself, and took her eldest son Chen Sheng and second son Chen Zhen into it. and arranged their own residences for Zi Jia'er, Diao Chan, Cai Yan, Empress Dowager He and others.

The princes everywhere woke up from hibernation and also sent envoys to Chang'an and Luoyang. It is false to worship the Son of Heaven, and it is true that you want to do things in secret. The general put the emperor still in Chang'an, but he lived in Luoyang, the emperor must have an idea, maybe he will have a chance?

But they thought too much, Guanzhong had already only known that there was a general, but did not know that there was a son of heaven. In various newspapers, there is little mention of how the Son of Heaven is. After the fall of the Yuan family, the original court ministers were honest for a while. If you are not honest, you can't do it, the newspapers have said that because of the serious problem of public order, a new round of "strike hard" will be launched.

At this time, he was caught, and it was all strict and serious. Whipping will turn into exile, and exile will turn into beheading. Even if the imperial court rarely kills people now, and being thrown into a mine or exiled to the Western Regions with the whole family can't stand it.

The envoys of the princes went to Luoyang one after another, wanting to meet the general, but the current general is not as good as before, where is it so easy to see? There are not a thousand but eight hundred people who want to see Chen Cheng every day, and if he sees each of them, even if he only says one word, then he won't even have to sleep.

Therefore, officials at all levels of the provincial and ministerial departments have become hot with their bare hands, trusting relationships and finding a way. It's a pity that several bigwigs in the three provinces and six ministries are not too easy to talk to. Yan Zhong is in a high position, he has no children to spare, and his family is rich in thieves, he is considered to be the number one wealthy family in the court today, and his shelf is bigger than Chen Cheng, and few people can talk to him at all.

Jia Xu is very humble, but he has always been low-key and never meets guests at home. As for Shang Shuling Xu Chao, it is recognized as smelly and hard, and no one's face is sold. In this way, on the contrary, those middle and high-ranking officials are sought after one after another, and they are soft on just receiving gifts.

Chen Cheng didn't come up with a "Regulations on the Administration of Officials", according to the tradition of the Han family, collecting money is a normal thing, and lobbying is also a normal thing. The hearts and traditions of the world are like this, and Chen Cheng doesn't bother to pay attention to it. Anyway, no matter who it is, as long as they don't work hard, they will travel abroad with their families.

When the princes from all walks of life sent envoys to the court, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong came to Luoyang in person with more than 100 believers. After hearing that the imperial court had destroyed Cao Cao and Yuan Shao last year, Liu Zhang was terrified and immediately withdrew his soldiers and horses, fearing that he would become the next target of the imperial court.

Zhang Lu, under the encouragement of those battle priests, wanted to see for himself what kind of person the general was and what was going on with the power of the thunder of the envoy, so he left the old nest in Hanzhong and rushed to Luoyang with a light car.

Hearing that Zhang Lu came in person, Chen Cheng naturally wanted to come forward to receive him. In fact, he will also receive the envoys of the princes, but they will only meet once, and then he will not pay attention to them. Those envoys who wanted to talk about something secret in private, such as the general's persuasion or the purchase of arms, were often told to talk to the corresponding officials of the provincial department.

But how can talking to an official compare to talking to a general himself? If the general agrees, who else dares to come back without opening his eyes? Well, really, Xu Chao has never given up his own principles. As long as he feels that it is wrong, he will immediately dismiss it.

Chen Cheng met Zhang Lu in the North Palace, and Liu Qian also came with her, and she was also a little curious about the legendary Zhang Tianshi, wanting to know if this person could really call the wind and rain.

"Princess Qiyu," Zhang Lu, who was dressed as a Taoist, looked quite like a fairy, "I can't call the wind and rain, I just can distinguish the clouds and rain, and the world just spreads it." ”

Chen Cheng smiled: "Zhang Taishou is sincere. ”

In order to win over the princes, Chen Cheng added various titles and official positions according to their strength and territory, and he didn't want money anyway. Because Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, he was named the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu looked at Chen Cheng carefully, then bowed respectfully to the ground and said, "The world thinks I am an immortal, but in fact, the general is a real immortal!" ”

Chen Cheng frowned and said, "Get up and speak." I've said it many times, and I'll say it again today, I'm not a god, haven't you read Pravda? ”

Zhang Lu stood up from the ground and said with a smile: "Naturally, I have seen it." The general said that he was not an immortal, but what he did, isn't it something that only an immortal can do? Didn't the general feel that he had a destiny? ”

Without waiting for Chen Cheng to answer, Zhang Lu said to Liu Qian, the princess of Wannian on the side: "The heirs of the general and the princess have the blood of the gods and the heavenly family, and they are suitable to be the lord of the world!" ”

Liu Qian smiled and said, "Zhang Taishou really thinks so? ”

Zhang Lu smiled: "Isn't this an obvious thing? Even if the general cares about the kindness of the first emperor's promotion, why is the princess not the son and daughter of the first emperor? I heard that in ancient times, there was an empress as the lord of the country, so it can be seen that the princess also has the right to inherit. ”

Liu Qian was more or less worried that Chen Cheng would establish himself as the emperor, but after giving birth to a son, she began to worry that Chen Cheng would not seek to usurp the throne. Wouldn't it be a good thing to let the master become the emperor first, and then pass on the emperor's position to his son Chen Sheng?

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "People's hearts are still thinking of Han, Zhang Taishou can't mention these things in the future." ”

After Zhang Lu retreated, Zhang Zhao, the envoy of Yangzhou Mu Sun Ce, asked to see him, Chen Cheng stretched his muscles and said, "Bring him in!" ”

Zhang Zhao is a famous figure in history, but Chen Cheng has already seen so many historical celebrities, and even led troops to eliminate Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, so he doesn't think it's unusual to see Zhang Zhao again.

"Mr. Zhang came this time, what is the matter?"

Zhang Zhao didn't come alone, and there was a girl with bright eyes and bright teeth on the side. The girl looked like she was thirteen or fourteen years old, her body had just grown, her waist was thin and her legs were long, and she could be called a character. Ever since she entered the North Palace, she had been looking around with wide eyes, and it was the same at this time.

"My lord Sun Envoy Jun heard that the general had pacified the Central Plains and Hebei, and he specially ordered him to come down to congratulate him and present Jiangdong specialties."

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Sun Bofu has a heart, I heard that he had a big battle with Liu Biao's sailor last year?" ”

"It is true."

"Mr. Zhang is an elder, and after he goes back, he should persuade Yangzhou Mu not to start a war against the places under the rule of the imperial court, otherwise, I will not sit idly by." Chen Cheng said: "This world is very big, if you want to expand your territory, you can go and open up those wild worlds." Later, I will have someone bring him a map with some of the big islands in the sea to the south. Among them, the big one can be as big as the whole Yangzhou, and there are only some savages on it, if Yangzhou Mu wants to expand the territory, just go to those barbarians. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but have a good impression of Chen Cheng. He did not approve of a war against the Central Plains, nor did he approve of continuing to make trouble with Liu Biao. The Central Plains has many generals and a wide range of people, how can Jiangdong fight against it?

Now the general has the meaning of opening up, and that is the best. It took 800 years since the founding of the country in the second week of the East and West and the active development to make China have the current region, can't this kind of thing be repeated today? After I go back, I must tell Sun Yuanjun and General Zhou that I am powerful!

"Obey the general's orders," Zhang Zhao suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said: "In addition, the sister of my lord Sun Yuanjun, her name is: Shang Xiang, who is fifteen years old, is willing to marry the general for Qin and Jin!" ”

Sun Shangxiang, who was looking around, was pricking up his ears when he heard about himself, and he couldn't help but be taken aback at this time, and shouted, "Didn't the eldest brother say that I should come to Luoyang to play?" When are you going to marry me to the General? ”

Chen Cheng looked at the girl's puffing appearance, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Zhang Zhao was a little embarrassed on his face, he coughed, and said: "Before coming to Luoyang, Sun Yuanjun once said it, but you didn't pay attention at that time. ”

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "You just stay in Luoyang first, if Miss Sun Shangxiang wants to play for a short time, you can do it, or if you want to return to Jiangdong, no one will stop you." ”

"Hmph," Sun Shangxiang raised his small fist and said coquettishly: "My martial arts are very powerful, who dares to stop me?" ”

In addition to Sun Ce's envoys, Shi Xie, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, Zang Ba, Gongsun Du and others all sent envoys over, only Gongsun Zhan was as strong as ever, muffling his head and not gnawing. However, he didn't do nothing, after the beginning of spring, he led his soldiers and horses to attack the Wuhuan people.

In the past, Gongsun Baima was killing these Hu people, and it was cool to kill people, but every time he went out to fight, it was basically a money-losing business. Now it's different, he began to lead people to sweep the grassland, arrested all the Hu people he met along the way, and sold them all to Hebei, or directly to Guanzhong.

Gongsun Baima was famous, and now he didn't need to leave troops to defend Yuan Shao, so he was able to take tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to run rampant on the grassland.

In the evening, Liu Qian and Zi Jiaer accompanied Chen Cheng after exercising......... Well, she also has the characteristic of "infinite physical strength", it is impossible to finish it, what is it for just one or two hours? Even if you do it all night, you won't have a problem.

In the process of exercising, Liu Qian asked: "I heard that Sun Ce sent his sister Sun Shangxiang to Luoyang, why don't you call her to the palace and play with us?" ”

Play?

Chen Cheng lay down and said, "Sit down and move yourself." ”