At the end of the Han Dynasty, the custom of keeping the New Year has begun to take shape, although it is different everywhere, but about the candle is lit, and the whole family stays up late for the New Year.

So, seeing that the New Year's banquet was not alarming and the sky was not early, Gongsun Xun simply announced the dissolution of the banquet and let the ministers go home for the New Year, which is also convenient for their own private banquets and New Year's resolution.

However, because the intentions of several envoys who asked for something were very clear, at the end of the banquet, Gongsun Xun simply spent less than a quarter of an hour communicating with these people one by one and gave a clear answer.

Of course, it was kind words and comfort to Shiwu, and Gongsun Xun simply asked the other party if he had the intention of staying under Ye as an official?

If there is, then go directly to the cabinet as an official, if not, but it doesn't matter, then reward it lavishly, so that the other party can go back with peace of mind. The words are clear, in this regard, Shiwu had already prepared, directly kowtowed to thank him, changed his title on the spot, and became a courtier of Yan State.

Gongsun Xun was naturally satisfied, and on the grounds that he had come from afar and had nowhere to keep the New Year, he left the other party to stay in Tongquetai and watch the New Year with the guards and righteous servants on the stage.

Next, for Liu Mao, Yan Gong reiterated the inevitability of cutting down Shu in front of many envoys, and then persuaded him to surrender as before, but in the end he still maintained his dignity and left the embarrassing Liu Yan's third son to stay in Tongquetai.

Next is Liu Biao's messenger Kuai Liang.

In fact, after the completion of the handover of Nanyang and Gongsun Xun's public expression of his willingness to cut down Shu, there was no longer too much core interest between Hebei and Jingzhou, and Kuai Liang's intention to make this trip was just a political gesture to express obedience and avoid war, plus a request to bring back Huang Zhong and his subordinates.

In this regard, Gongsun Xun refused very directly and did not give it!

The reason is also very high, he wants to use this Jingzhou army to repair the old capital of Luoyang, so not only will he not give it, but he also wants Kuai Liang to go back and inform Liu Biao, and send tens of thousands of people over to show Liu Biao and Jingzhou's loyalty to the Han Dynasty and respect for him, the Duke of Yan.

Kuai Liang had no choice but to make promises, and sat back in his seat, but Gongsun Xun did not open his mouth to stay in Tongquetai, who also came from afar.

Next, Liu Bei's envoy Zhang Hong's conditions and requirements here are very direct and operable...... The conditions brought by his people are that with spring ploughing as the boundary, the two sides will peacefully hand over the land of the two Huai; The demand is to return Liu Ye and the Guandu prisoners.

In this regard, Gongsun Xun is also very realistic, he recognizes, and even respects Liu Bei's excellent suggestion to avoid casualties and take care of agricultural production, and agrees in principle, but according to the pardon decree he personally issued after the war, Liu Ye and his subordinates have been pardoned, so their own wishes should be respected...... In a word, for the sake of Liu Bei's face with a very constructive opinion, he is willing to let go of the restrictions, and he will not keep the people who want to go to Jiangnan with Liu Bei, but Liu Bei, who wants to stay in Hebei or be resettled by Lianghuai, has no reason to take them away!

Zhang Hong seemed to have already gotten the bottom line of the negotiation, and when he saw Gongsun Xun being so direct and honest, he simply agreed on the spot.

Immediately, Zhang Hong was also retained and stayed on the Tongque Terrace.

The next Sun Quan envoy Qin Song didn't have anything to surprise Gongsun Xun, and he didn't even give Yan Gong a chance to have a son like Sun Quan...... Thinking about it, Sun Ce just died in Hebei, and it is impossible for the Sun family to say the word surrender so quickly no matter what, and even when Sun Quan has just ascended the throne, the lord Shaoguo doubts that it is difficult to say whether the internal opinions can be unified or not, and whether they can be continued, how can there be any explanation?

In fact, the only thing that Qin Song had attracted the attention of his ministers here was that he was a messenger from afar, and he was not allowed to stay in Tongquetai with Kuai Liang...... It must be known that Yan Gong did not return before, but it was Gongsun Auntie who was in charge, and according to this order, many single officials, officers, and even soldiers who were born in other places were allowed to stay in Tongquetai today, and were rewarded with wine and meat, and participated in the New Year!

It can only be said that the fact that these two people were driven back to the post house also directly reflects Yan Gong's private likes and dislikes! I don't know if it's against these two people, or if it's against the people behind them.

Actually, there is nothing to say about the New Year's Celebration, just eat a meal and boil it. The only thing worth mentioning is that Yan Gong did not return for a whole month, but after distributing the rewards and condolences to the ministers who stayed in Tongquetai, he took the opportunity to turn back to the back hall and talk a few more words to his family.

Especially Aunt Gongsun, after this battle, the mother and son should have had some communication.

In fact, seeing Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Auntie sitting side by side in the corner of the back of the hall, in addition to the handmaidens serving new tea, Zhao Yun, the queen of Yan Guoguo (in fact, just the duchess of the country), each restrained their children, and they all knew how to be interested and did not disturb, but several cats were carefully guarded for a while.

"I just checked the name of the reward and found out that after my uncle and wife died in Chang'an a few years ago, he never renewed the strings, does my mother know about it?"

Unexpectedly, the mother and son did not talk about the death of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, but started from an unexpected topic.

"I also found out a few days ago." Aunt Gongsun helped her glasses, which meant that she looked a little embarrassed. "I might be to blame for this......"

"How?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be curious.

"Soon after his wife died, I sent him two maidservants from Sanhan, who were originally intended to be concubines." Aunt Gongsun lifted her glasses again. "You also know the origin of those three Han maidservants, and basically no one cares about your subordinates, and they all hide what they care about...... But I didn't think that when I came to him, I never got into the house, and I didn't marry again, but I just kept it to take care of his two sons. ”

"This is quite ......," Gongsun Xun was also a little embarrassed. I have to give him a family affair. ”

"It's hard to find." Aunt Gongsun shook her head again and again. "Where is there such a suitable widow? But if you want to find a serious and honest little girl, you have to consider your generation and identity. ”

"Uncle Zhi's character and appearance are fine." Gongsun Xun shook his head again and again. "It is one of the seven dignified ministers, there will be a day when the Ding will be set in the future, and the term of office system will be set, he said that he can't be the prime minister for another term like Zhenzhengnan, how can he not find a wife? Isn't that ridiculous? ”

"It's not that I can't find it." Aunt Gongsun also became more and more helpless. "There must be a lot of people who are willing to marry their daughters in their hearts, but they are either really trying to be rich and rich, or they are worried that they will be said to be rich and rich...... The main reason is that Shu Zhi's age is not up or down...... A little lower, below thirty-five, you can easily remarry no matter what, a little higher than forty-five, the child has tied his hair, and there is no need to find it, but now it is really difficult. ”

"The more this happens, the more you have to find one." Gongsun Xun spread his hands. "After all, people in Chang'an can easily continue the string...... Isn't this being cut off by us? ”

Aunt Gongsun was also helpless for a while.

And after a while, I don't know why, Aunt Gongsun looked at the person in front of the hall and thought about it, mother and son were connected, Gongsun Xun followed his mother's gaze, but he also thought of a candidate.

"Is it possible?" Gongsun Xun was a little worried. "The seniority is indeed rare and suitable, but the girl didn't talk about marriage at the age of seventeen or eighteen, as if the old man Cai was looking for a good match...... I've always thought that Sima Yi is suitable, when will I tell him? ”

"Sima Yi went to find Zhang Chunhua, what do you want from the Cai family?" Aunt Gongsun disagreed. "You too, don't talk about the mandarin duck spectrum, don't you think his Hanoi Township Party is not strong enough?"

Gongsun Xun smiled slightly, but didn't say anything more.

Knowing her son Mo Ruomu, Gongsun Auntie saw her son laughing, but she immediately understood: "Don't laugh at my sensitivity, isn't it the same when you kill Lu Bu?" ”

Gongsun Xun didn't speak, and it was wrong to say more at this time.

"Let's just say that." Aunt Gongsun suddenly became relaxed. "After the New Year, I will go to find Old Man Cai and say, if he really doesn't want to marry, forget it, if he hesitates, I will push the boat directly for my mother......"

Gongsun Xun bowed slightly, but continued to look at the front of the hall that was gradually becoming lively because there were too many children and too many cats.

"What did Ah Li say?" Aunt Gongsun simply made it clear. "You were afraid of Lu Fu before, and you didn't agree, but now that Lu Fu is gone on the battlefield, you also gave Lu Ziheng such a big compensation, so you won't hesitate anymore, right?"

"Then Zhuge Liang!" Gongsun Xun took a sip of tea in the seat, and then sighed slightly. "Didn't Mother say that many times? There really isn't a better candidate. ”

"Then it's decided!" Aunt Gongsun also breathed a sigh of relief. "I think when that girl was a child, I also thought about Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, but I was killed by you in this battle, and my head was cut off!"

"Before the killing, everyone also married wives, a prince, a new generation of helmsman of the first family in Yangzhou, how could he not marry from a young age? And with Sun Ce's kind of character, you will not be happy when you come to your mother. ”

"That's the same, I don't know where Xiao Qiao is?"

"Don't think about the size of Joe, let the family live in peace, it's not a good thing that you didn't marry those two people."

"That'...... What about Adin? The ...... of the Zhen family Zhen Ji? The more the mother and son talked, the smoother they became.

"Does that need to be said? I promised this marriage more than ten years ago, and I can't change it. ”

"Ah Ping is Dong Bai...... More than fifteen, there is still a difference between Ah Zhen. ”

"Is there a candidate for Mother?"

"What do you think of Wen Hui? A very well-bred child, still an orphan, with a clean net worth. ”

"Yes......" Gongsun Xun had a good impression of Wen Hui, so after a little thought, he bowed his head directly.

In other words, this is not how he looks down on Gongsun Zhen, the main thing is that when he comes back this time, even his son has been promoted to the rank of Zhonglang General, as a father, he has already had some awareness, and he still has to let go.

"Actually, according to 'experience', the royal children should have married the children of meritorious heroes, especially Yuan Cong and Wu Xun." Aunt Gongsun sighed slightly. "The news of Lu Fu's death came, I thought about Lu Yi, Lu Yi, this kid is actually quite good, but his personality is a little impatient."

"Ah Yue, there are a lot of girls there, let's match him with one." Gongsun Xun said disapprovingly. "It's mainly my own children, especially these four big ones, who have been raised in front of me since childhood, and I can't help but be reluctant, but fortunately there are still many children, so let's talk about it slowly in the future."

"But according to that, what about Ah Ping's marriage? Wasn't it used by you to appease Dong Zhuo's old department? ”

"Half and half, I still have a little personal relationship with Dong Zhuo, and he also helped me a lot when he was in office, and I have already made up my mind that day to kill his brother and nephew to thank the world...... In other words, at that time, the Dong family was already considered to be the last one, so he couldn't bear it for a while. ”

"It still seems a little unfair to Ah Ping, because of this marriage, he is often respected and stayed away from at school."

"Why?"

"What can it be? People with a heart always think that you want to praise him to restrict Ah Ding, but Ah Ding's status is unshakable in the long run, so smart people can't help but worry that one day he will be thrown out by you to sacrifice the knife. ”

"Why is that?"

"This is the ordinary 'story' of the emperor's family."

The mother and son suddenly fell silent.

Although it is the emperor's family, after all, it is an ordinary family, and Aunt Gongsun, the head of the family, has never had a score, so the hall not far away has long been out of control. At this time, Gongsun Xun's youngest daughter, that is, the one from Mrs. Cai, was three years old, and she didn't even have a big name, she could barely walk, and she was babbling, and she was directly separated from her sister Gongsun Zhen's arms. And Gongsun Zhen was talking to his sister Gongsun Li, so he didn't pay attention for a while, but let the little sister spare a circle in the hall and go straight to the grandmother in the corner of the hall.

Gongsun Xun knew that this was the youngest daughter who didn't know herself, and she couldn't help but soften, so she went directly to catch it halfway, and then held it in her arms, and then she regained her spirit and sighed: "Thinking about the previous Liucheng in Liaoxi, my mother was still thinking about my marriage, and I didn't want to see my children in a blink of an eye, but it really reached the point of talking about marriage, which is really urging people to get old." ”

"You're okay, look at your figure, you will unify the world in another five years, ascend the throne and become the emperor, and then come to govern for another twenty years...... There should always be. ”

"Since ancient times, there has been a forty-year-old prince?" Gongsun Xun suddenly felt funny while teasing his daughter in his arms. "According to my mother's 'experience', if I really come here for another twenty-five years, Ah Ding and I will inevitably only be able to stay one at that time."

"You are the founder of the country, as long as you don't persecute too much, how can he have any confidence to deal with you?" Aunt Gongsun didn't have a good airway. "Look at the people you left for him, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, at most Sima Yi and Wang Cang, except for one Sima Yi, who dares to have two hearts for you?"

"Sima Yi is afraid that he will be the most honest one." Gongsun Xun said disapprerovitically. "I'm afraid that I'll be old and ridiculous in the future."

"If you really want to say that you are afraid of the future, why not just the prince's business? If you work hard to suppress the world and be strong, you are not afraid that you will die in the future, the new world will replace the old world, and the village sages will replace the heroes, and you will work hard in vain? ”

"How can you not be afraid?" The daughter in his arms no longer recognizes his life, so Gongsun Xun simply touched his daughter's face and replied seriously. "Actually, as long as I think about your 'stories' on a daily basis, my mother, I can't help but be afraid. Moreover, as the trend of unification of the world becomes more and more obvious, this fear becomes more and more obvious, and the ideas become more and more contradictory......"

"For example?"

"For example, if you want to unify the world as soon as possible and preserve a little more vitality, but you want to sweep away some more people, you would rather make the world clearer a few years later; I want to use warmth and affection to soothe heroes, but I also want to establish a system to restrain people's hearts; I want to inherit the advantages of the old system, but I want to bring forth the new; I want to abandon my selfishness, but it is difficult to control my original intentions; I want to open the peace of eternity, and I know the impermanence of human rule! The more you examine, the more you know, and the more you feel, the more embarrassed and scary you feel! ”

"You are no longer afraid, now that Cao Cao is dead, you also have the reality of an emperor." Aunt Gongsun couldn't help but feel a little more pity in her eyes when she looked at her son. "There are some things that you can't do but do it. You know, it's your own path! ”

"Yes, since this is the case, when this is the place, you should do your best! Besides, am I asking for something that will not move for 800 years? If you can level the world, open the imperial examination in Juntian, replace the family with a small family, and complete the announcement in front of the Weiyang Palace, it is enough to be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. As some of the youngest daughters laughed at the beginning, Gongsun Xun also suddenly laughed. But as for that, in addition to family affairs, the son has some things he wants to discuss with his mother. ”

"You say."

"Han Hao, the middle protector, is vacant, the position is critical, which one do the mothers of Zhang He, Yang Kai, and Yu Ban think is suitable?"

"I naturally think Yang Kai is suitable, just as you must think Zhang He is suitable." Speaking of this step, the mother and son have already been frank, but Aunt Gongsun has not covered it up. "But let's let Yang Kai do it, Zhang He is suitable to go to Hanzhong, and Yu Ban is afraid that he will not be able to convince people."

"I forgot about it." Gongsun Xun's heart was suddenly in his heart. "Indeed, if the two Huai are handed over peacefully, Zhang He can be allowed to go to Hanzhong...... But? ”

"But what?"

"But Liu Bei is interesting here." Gongsun Xun said thoughtfully. "He knew that what he lacked most was time, but he still took the initiative to ask for a peaceful handover between the two Huai, but he didn't know what idea he had?"

Aunt Gongsun was also puzzled for a while: "I don't know about this kind of thing, you must know better!" ”

The daughter was at an active age, and she was struggling in her arms for a while, so Gongsun Xun beckoned to her eldest daughter Ah Li, but she let go of the younger daughter and let her run away and crashed into the arms of the eldest daughter.

Seeing that her son didn't want to say more, Aunt Gongsun didn't ask much: "But what else is there?" ”

"If the handover of the two Huai is smooth, then cutting down Shu is the first priority." Gongsun Xun turned his head and said. "I'm going to stuff more people in...... Are you afraid that there are too many people, but there is chaos for no reason? ”

"Stuffed with whom?"

"Now that Yang Biao is dead, Yang Xiu can be transferred from Liaodong; Fa Zheng and Meng Da fought with Cheng Pu throughout the official crossing of the front line, and they also have qualifications......"

"What are you afraid of?" Aunt Gongsun became more and more unimpressed. "Are you afraid that they will fight again in front of the battle? Guo Jia and Zhao Yun can't control them? Ma Chao, you dare to throw it over. ”

Gongsun Xun immediately said no more.

"If it's all right, I have one more thing here." Gongsun Auntie Fu took the initiative to speak again.

"Mother, please speak."

"There's a message from Liaodong, from your wife...... Although Ah Fan has not yet arrived in Liaodong, your father-in-law has already expressed his unwillingness to hand over power. ”

"Why?"

He said that he had sworn in front of Emperor Xianling that he would be in Liaodong for one day, and Liaodong would be Han soil...... Pingzhou can't be handed over to a Yan clan in his hands, and he is even more reluctant to come to Ye as a Yan minister. ”

"Ridiculous, Emperor Xianling?!" Gongsun Xun was stunned for a moment, but he didn't laugh angrily. "He still knows that it's the Spirit Emperor? Cover your ears and steal the bell, deceive yourself. But who made him a father-in-law and an adult? Hold it off, and when the front line is stable, I will let Tai Shi Ci go back, let him hand over Pingzhou to Tai Shi Ziyi, and then let Ziyi do a handover...... As for his old man, he can do whatever he wants, right? Like Zhang Jian, it is also a way to come to Yexia University as a lecturer! ”

Aunt Gongsun wanted to speak and stopped.

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be curious.

"I also learned that before the Guandu War, Dian Wei took the path of Xu Xing, who died in battle, and brought hundreds of villagers from Chenliu to Yexia, and he himself went to the university to become a security official." Aunt Gongsun said with emotion. "It's what Zhang Yuanjie told me before."

Gongsun Xun was stunned for a while, and he didn't know what he thought, but he shook his head again and again: "It's also very good, it's a mistake, I didn't see it, but it's actually very good...... When the Cao clan and the Li clan are settled, and ask my mother to deal with me, I won't ask. ”

"It's okay, you can take over the Central Plains with peace of mind and think about the matter of cutting down Shu!" Aunt Gongsun did not refuse. "I'll do my best to handle these things for you."

Gongsun Xun shook his head again and again, and the little daughter Fu chased a little white cat and ran over, Gongsun Xun sighed faintly, in the end, he cheered up, kicked the kitten away, and then greeted his daughter again and brought him back to the front of the hall in person. Seeing this, Aunt Gongsun also got up and passed.

The atmosphere in the hall was completely opened.

Keeping the New Year, it's always so unfazed and the same, although what about the emperor's family?

And Chinese New Year's Eve has passed, and spring has arrived. In the spring of the seventh year of Han Jian'an, thanks to the diplomatic agreement between Liu Bei and Gongsun Xun, a large area of southern Central Plains, including Runan, southern Peiguo, Guangling, Lujiang, and Jiujiang, that is, the so-called land of Lianghuai, began to be strategically transferred in an orderly manner.

The advantage of this transfer is not only that there is no delay in agricultural production, but in fact, the transfer of household registration materials, schools, and government offices is all carried out in a peaceful way. In this regard, the Great Sima of the Southern Front and the Governor of the Great Metropolitan Lü Fan directly went to the court, believing that the restoration of order in the Lianghuai region was far faster than imagined, and that this place might be incorporated into the effective rule of the Yan State earlier than the traditional Central Plains region in the north.

In this regard, Sun Xun, the grandfather of Yan, publicly expressed one of his great appreciation to Liu Xuande, and at the beginning of the spring and summer of this year, he officially expressed the left general Liu Xuande as the pastor of Jingzhou!

Of course, at the same time, he did not forget to dismiss Liu Biao's Jingzhou Mu in the name of 'disrespect', and sent a messenger to severely reprimand Liu Jingsheng, because he did not send tens of thousands of troops to repair the old capital of Luoyang as ordered! His body is a clan, and his disloyalty to the Han family is simply revealed!

In the face of such humiliation, Liu Biao could only respond with a comprehensive silent posture, because he knew that Gongsun Xun was just mocking him, and he would not start a war for this...... After all, it can be seen with the naked eye that with the end of the seven years of spring ploughing in Jian'an, with the gradual stabilization of the southern and eastern fronts, and as more and more capable officials, soldiers and horses are sent to Guanxi, everyone knows that the next round of war is about to begin, and Shu is a new beginning that determines the fate of everyone.

In fact, according to rumors, the reason why Liu Jingsheng angered Yan Gong and caused humiliation was because he secretly sent a large amount of ordnance and military materials to his old rival Liu Junlang through Dajiang, and took the initiative to withdraw the garrison at the western junction.

"I hope that Liu Junlang can follow Gongsun Shu's refusal to be martial, and stay for three years and five years." This is Liu Jingsheng's original words to his stepwife Cai. "It's a little bit of a delay."

—————I'm the dividing line that can be delayed a little—————

"In the seventh year of Han Jian'an, Taizu Fangping entered the two Huai in the original plain, namely Gongsun Yue, the general of Zhenxi, the Makita Feng of Yizhou, the champion general Zhao Yun, and the Taishou of Hanzhong Guo Jiahua Shu...... Annan General Liu Biao secretly invested in Yizhou ordnance and gold silk...... Returned and sighed: 'In the past, Guangwu attacked Shu, and discussed the mandate of heaven with Gongsun, but now I don't mean that Gongsun's repetition of Liu's Shu is not God's will? His wife Cai was stunned: "Junyi Gongsun's destiny is also the mandate of heaven?" The table said: "Meng De is dead, Gongsun has really fulfilled the mandate of heaven, with Liu Junlang's talent and virtue, he can serve Gongsun Shu for three years and five years, which is respectable." Cai Shi was amazed: "In this case, why not come down early?" He said, 'Shall I disobey the destiny of heaven?' However, Lu Feng first stumbled on the toilet, isn't he afraid? If it comes down today, everyone else can live, but I am afraid that I will not live. Cai was silent. —The Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note

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