Chapter XVII: State and Family Affairs
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"Again, our army's goal next year is to defend!"
In the secret room, after explaining his doubts to Lu Bu, Kang Peng looked around at the strategists and generals, pointed to the positions of Luoyang and Hanzhong on the sand table and said: "Take Luoyang and Hanzhong as a buffer place, hold it for a year, and when the grain is mature next year, there will be nothing in the world that can stop us." ”
"The key is that between the beginning of spring and May next year, our army will give up all opportunities for expansion." Lu Su added: "It is also necessary to protect the seeds in the field from being stolen by others, and when the seeds germinate, it is useless for them to steal them." ”
Lu Bu scratched his head and said strangely: "I don't understand this, even if we keep the seeds from being stolen by others next year, but the year after tomorrow, we can't leave a large number of troops to protect the seeds every year, right?" ”
Kang Peng sneered: "The year after tomorrow? In the year after that, as long as they still have something worth taking, they will sell them as much as they want, and they will not have time. How many people will die in your civil war in two years? Do you still have the capital to fight with us? ”
"In my opinion, they will be able to leave 30% of the population at that time, thank God." Jia Xu shook the folding fan and sneered: "Just like tonight, Gongsun Du knew that we were uneasy and kind to sell weapons to them, but he had to buy them, he didn't buy them, Yuan Shao's superior forces would soon be able to swallow Gongsun Chan in one bite, and only by buying a large number of divine weapons from us could they have a glimmer of hope." In the same way, Chen Ji wanted to buy weapons from us, and Mi Zhu had to buy them from us first in order to prevent Yuan Shujun from getting high-quality weapons. They have a lot of weapons in their hands, and as long as we sow discord a little, we are not afraid that they will not fight to the death. ”
Kang Peng smiled treacherously, this Jia Xu acted too much to his own appetite, "Mr. Wenhe, take a look, is there anything else to add to our plan?" Even if we say it, we should be prepared for a rainy day. ”
Jia Xu nodded, "Jia Xu thinks that our army can't just defend to the death, see the right time, and occasionally take the initiative to attack, if a prince invades Luoyang, we should go and drive him away, first, not to give them the opportunity to threaten our base camp, second, we can train troops, and third, rescue the capital, which can establish the image of the loyal monarch of the Taishi in the hearts of the people of the world." ”
"Okay." Li Ru clapped his hands and said: "We should also adopt such a strategy for Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, if he and Liu Yan really fight this time, within a year, we can support him from behind and let him be our shield, and after a year, we will use the excuse of helping him resist Liu Yan, send troops into Hanzhong, and eat the two of them in one go." ”
"Not if, it's certain." Kang Peng said coldly: "Even if the two of them don't fight, their true appearance will force them to fight!" ”
The meeting lasted until late at night, until Kang Peng was really sleepy and couldn't stand it, Kang Peng waved his hand and said, "That's all for tonight, everyone go and rest first." Remember, the envoys of the princes are still in Chang'an for a day, we can't take it lightly for a moment, and the matter of the Luoyang granary must not be repeated. ”
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"When we have money, the beautiful wife marries two, one just looks at the other and sleeps ......" Kang Peng hummed a little song in his mouth, but he was worried in his heart, during this time, every night, he had a headache whose room to sleep in, although he liked Cai Wenji the most, but Cai Wenji is now unwell after giving birth, and she swallows saliva dryly, if she doesn't go, Cai Wenji will cry and make trouble and hang herself, which makes Kang Peng have a headache.
"Forget it." Kang Peng made up his mind to go to Princess Liu Yu of Anyang, when did he forget when he went to her last time, and it was better to comfort and comfort her occasionally.
It was late at night, the lights in Princess Anyang's room had not been extinguished, and Dong Yi's crying was faintly heard, Kang Peng pushed the door to take a look, but saw Princess Anyang holding Dong Yi who was crying and wiping her tears at the table, there were still unfinished meals and a lonely oil lamp on the table, not even a maid.
"Taishi, you're here." Princess Anyang saw Kang Peng suddenly enter the door, and hurriedly put down Dong Yiqiang and came up to salute with a smile, "The slave family has seen the Taishi." Since she gave birth to Dong Yi, not only has her body not gained weight, but she has lost a lot of weight.
Kang Peng nodded, and raised her pretty face with one finger, "I haven't been here for a long time, I'm afraid it's been half a year, right?" Do you want to be the same? ”
Princess Anyang's eyes flashed with tears, and she said softly: "The slave family is blessed, since coming to Chang'an, the Taishi has not come to see the slave family once. ”
Kang Peng was very embarrassed, and was about to make a haha, but suddenly saw something that made him angry, Princess Anyang also found that his expression was wrong, and hurriedly got up to cover the dining table, and said with a forced smile: "Master, it's getting late, let the slave waiter rest for you." ”
Kang Peng didn't say a word, pushed her away, lifted a plate of vegetables and put it to his nose to smell, and suddenly became furious, "Why is the dish rancid?" The rice is also rancid, is that bastard dare to do this to you? Benxiang skinned him! ”
Princess Anyang burst into tears and choked up: "Master, don't ask, don't ask." ”
Kang Peng was even more angry, turned around and was about to push the door to call someone, Princess Anyang grabbed him and cried: "Taishi, you worry about military affairs every day, don't worry about the affairs of the slave family anymore, as long as the Taishi still has the slave family in his heart, the slave family will be satisfied." ”
Kang Peng sighed, hugged Princess Anyang in his arms, and caressed her hair, "I have wronged you, Benxiang is busy with state affairs and has snubbed you, you blame Benxiang." Although Princess Anyang didn't let Kang Peng find out who abused her, Kang Peng still vaguely guessed who was behind the scenes, Princess Anyang gave birth to Dong Yi is the eldest son, and he has royal blood, in this era, it is the first choice for his own son-in-law.
Princess Anyang buried her head in Kang Peng's arms, crying even more sadly, "The slave family is not to blame, the slave family is used to seeing these things in the palace, the concubine who was left out in the cold ate the cold rice and vegetables of the black-hearted cook, and was bullied by the eunuchs, the slave family's mother came over like this, if you want to blame the slave family's hard life......"
"Wow wow......" Dong Yi, who was put on the bed by Princess Anyang, suddenly cried, Princess Anyang hurriedly wiped away her tears and picked up Dong Yi to breastfeed, but Dong Yi was still crying, obviously Princess Anyang had no breast milk. Kang Peng was sad for a while, he didn't like Dong Yi anymore, but he couldn't bear to see him suffer from this kind of torture at a young age, so he pushed open the door and yelled outside: "Come on, come on!" ”
Soon, several servants came running quickly, "Master, what do you command?" ”
Kang Peng didn't say a word, first rewarded each of them with a heavy slap, and slapped them so that they knelt down and begged for mercy before shouting: "Send rice soup immediately!" Deliver food! One minute late, I'll skin you! "The servants got up and ran to the kitchen, as if they had been pardoned." And also. Kang Peng stopped them again, "Arrange four more maids to serve your mistress, and dare to let your mistress suffer the slightest grievance in the future, Lao Tzu will make you regret giving birth!" ”
After teaching the snobbish servants, Kang Peng found that Princess Anyang had cried into a tearful person again, but this time it was tears of excitement, Kang Peng was a little ashamed, he was usually too cold to their mother and son, but today he was a little better to her, and he made her excited like this.
Kang Peng took the initiative to pick up Dong Yi for the first time, and said lovingly: "Good son, don't cry, the food will come in a while, from tomorrow, my father will never let you starve again." Contrary to Kang Peng's expectations, his face, which could scare children into nightmares at any time, did not scare Dong Yi, and the little guy seemed to understand his words, and quickly stopped crying, and even giggled.
"So smart and sensible." Kang Peng pricked Dong Yi's tender face with a stiff beard, and praised from the bottom of his heart: "I will definitely be able to be a great man in the future!" ”
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Early the next morning, Kang Peng was still sleeping soundly with Liu Yu in his arms, and Cai Wenji sent a maid to find him, and the maid said outside the door: "Master, Young Master Peng is crying non-stop, the fourth lady invites you to come over and have a look." As soon as he heard that his favorite son was unwell, Kang Peng immediately jumped up, hurriedly dressed and left, and immediately forgot about Liu Yu's mother and son.
But Kang Peng hurried to Cai Wenji's room, but saw Cai Wenji taking Sun Shangxiang, Zhen Mi and Wu Xin to play with Dong Peng, and there were more than a dozen maids next to him, holding rattles, jade ruyi, candy snacks and other things, Dong Peng's little hands waved wildly, obviously very happy, and he didn't look like he was crying at all.
Kang Peng was about to ask, but Cai Wenji had already lowered his face first, and asked knowingly, "Taishi, where did you go last night?" I've been waiting for you for half the night. ”
Kang Peng said with a smile: "Last night, I discussed with Wenhe and Xianjia until late at night, and I slept in the study. ”
Cai Wenji sneered, "Really? As soon as her words fell, several little girls were already clamoring: "Bad master deceives people, you scolded so loudly last night, which of us didn't hear it?" ”
Cai Wenji continued to sneer, Kang Peng was embarrassed, and wanted to hug Dong Peng with a smile, but as soon as Kang Peng's hand touched Dong Peng, his most beloved son cried out 'wow', and hid in Cai Wenji's arms, and more than a dozen maids immediately surrounded him, and helped Cai Wenji coax Dong Peng, but Kang Peng was hung aside.
"You take the young master to sleep, don't let the master scare him." Cai Wenji commanded. After the maids went out, regardless of Sun Shangxiang and a few other little girls still beside him, he grabbed Kang Peng's ear, "Old ugly ghost, you love your eldest son very much, do you want to drive our mother and son away and make your eldest son a son-in-law?" ”
Kang Peng pressed her little hand and explained: "Wen Ji, since I came to Chang'an, my husband has never been to Anyang once, and I just went to see their mother and son last night, and I had no other intentions. ”
Cai Wenji's face sank, and she said coldly: "Okay, if you feel that you have snubbed Her Royal Highness the Princess, then you can live with her in the future." Cai Wenji suddenly cried loudly, "My hard-working child, your father doesn't want you anymore, so my mother will take you back to Luoyang and your grandfather's house, so that no one will be unhappy when they see you." ”
Although it has been a year since they got married, Kang Peng still has nothing to do about Cai Wenji's coquettishness, and at this time, Sun Shangxiang, Zhen Mi and Wu Xin, the three little girls, came to add fuel to the fire again, "Sister, we will go back with you, and we will never pay attention to the bad master." Cai Wenji cried even harder, beating her chest and looking for death and life, which made Kang Peng anxious, but she kept making amends.
For a long time, Kang Peng repeatedly vowed to go to other wives less in the future, so that Cai Wenji stopped crying for a while, Cai Wenji twisted Kang Peng's fat belly, and said viciously: "Old ugly ghost, you remember for me, if you dare to treat our mother and son badly, I will take Peng'er back to Luoyang and never return to Chang'an." ”
Kang Peng wiped his cold sweat, nodded and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare." The prime minister still has to go to the office, the lady will rest for a while, and the prime minister will come to accompany you in the evening. ”
Coming out of Cai Wenji's room, the more Kang Peng thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, this Cai Wenji's temper is getting worse and stronger, and he will definitely be away for a long time in the future, leaving Princess Anyang with a weak personality at home, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen, if that is the case, he will be too sorry for their mother and son.
Kang Peng pondered for a long time, and finally thought of a way, and immediately sent someone to send Zhao Yun to meet, and soon Zhao Yun came, Kang Peng waved his hand to stop Zhao Yun from saluting, and asked with a split face: "Zilong, how long is your marriage with Miss Ma left?" Where does Miss Martha live now? ”
Zhao Yun was inexplicable, why did the lord suddenly care about his marriage? But he still replied: "Back to the Taishi, Yunlu has to keep filial piety for her father for three years, and our marriage date has to be postponed, and she is now living with Meng Qi." ”
Kang Peng sighed and said: "Zilong, I ask you little couple for something, I hope you can agree." ”
Zhao Yun hurriedly knelt down and said: "Sent by the Grand Master, Yun Na dares to refuse." ”
Kang Peng helped him up, "Zilong, Benxiang wants Princess Anyang's mother and son to move in with Miss Ma, and ask Miss Ma to take care of them for Benxiang, and I hope Zilong can agree." ”
Zhao Yun's face was embarrassed, this request is very difficult for strong people in this era, but Zhao Yun had also heard about the situation of Princess Anyang in the Dong Mansion, and he was very sympathetic to them, Zhao Yun hesitated for a long time, "Taishi, can Zhao Yun discuss this matter with Yun Lu and then talk about it?" Yun alone couldn't agree. ”
Kang Peng was overjoyed, he knew that Ma Yunlu's martial arts were not weak, and his hot temper was not much better than Cai Wenji, and he was a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted person, so it was absolutely reassuring to put the poor Princess Anyang's mother and son with her place.
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