Pei should look at Pei Wei and Bian Yan, which means: You better stop arguing for now. Then he faced Bian Yan, his expression was serious, and he said earnestly: "Bian Jun, the former Han Xin turned his back on Chu and returned to the Han Dynasty, without losing the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, for Xiang Yu is not reused, and he is not the king of the world." In troubled times, the monarch chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their kings, is the relationship between husband and wife not as good as the way of kings and ministers? Because she had not seen the Xun woman before, she was hired by the Du family, and when she saw it, how could she bear to give it up? If the marriage is formal, it is one and the same, and it will never be negative, but it is decided to stop and there is no one to see, even if the contract is broken, it is not against the law of etiquette......"

In these years, the breaking of the marriage contract is generally not very serious, and the requirements for the man are lower, and the requirements for the woman are higher - because under normal circumstances, the man breaks the contract, the woman will not have any loss, and if the woman breaks the contract, she is afraid that she wants to be greedy for the dowry.

Bian Yan wanted to say something, Pei Cai waved his hand, signaling him to be at ease, and then continued: "It is not against the etiquette to hire another person, but as Bian Jun said, I am afraid that there will be a ridicule of dishonesty." It's just that faith also has big and small, and the things that are born at the end should not be done. The person who is worried, who is a few years old, is afraid of delaying Du's youth, is he asking Bian Jun, is there a solution? ”

Bian Yan sighed softly and said to Pei Gai: "I have understood the meaning of the king, unless ...... So that you can choose a good match for the Du family's daughter, so that the Du family can first make the king, and then you can find another Xun family. Although it is not appropriate, it is just a compensation. ”

Pei Gai nodded with a heavy expression, and said in his heart that this was a good solution to the problem.

He didn't consider Pei Wei's suggestion, since the soul came from two thousand years later, under the influence of the monogamous modern marriage system, Pei should not feel very comfortable about taking a concubine, let alone paying equal attention to two wives? That would only be more irresponsible to the Du family's daughter, and at the same time it would be unfair to the Xun family's daughter. So in the end, he had to agree with Bian Yan's proposal, saying that I should write to my aunt first, apologize to her, and then ask her to help think of a way - if I can't finalize the matter of the Du family's daughter not marrying first, I can only apologize to Xun Song...... However, Xun's daughter still doesn't want to give up, so it's better to think of other ways when the time comes.

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After temporarily settling the marriage problem, Pei Gai discussed government affairs with Pei and Bian for a while, and then summoned Lu Zhifu, talked with him earnestly, and temporarily ordered him to work for the official Cao—whether this person is capable or not, we have to investigate it slowly—and then began the busy autumn harvest work. More than a month later, Xie Feng led Xun Song's family to Huaiyin, Pei should immediately run to apologize to Xun Song, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, only said that my marriage still needs my aunt's nod, and I have written to Jiankang.

But before Pei's reply, he suddenly received Jiankang's order: Sima Pei, the king of the East China Sea, supervised the military of the five states of Xu, Yan, Henan, Jing, and Si, and Ke Rixing Division Northern Expedition!

When the edict was in hand, Pei should have been blinded on the spot - was there such a thing in history? How come I don't remember?

There is such a thing in history, but it will be delayed for several years. Sima Ye of Chang'an repeatedly asked for the Northern Expedition of the Jiankang regime, but Sima Rui, Wang Dao and others turned a deaf ear, and finally just gave an order to Zu Ti and asked him to do it himself. But when the city of Chang'an was broken and Emperor Chu was captured, Sima Rui proclaimed himself the king of Jin in Jiankang, and then spread the word to the world, crusading against Shi Le-not Liu Cong-ordered the general of the chariot and cavalry, Sima Pei, the evil king of Lang, to command the nine armies, with Zu Ti as the commander, a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the mighty Northern Expedition.

Obviously, this is taking advantage of the emperor's absence to quickly expand his own territory. So don't beat Liu Cong, because people are still nesting in Pingyang; didn't beat Liu Yao either, because Guanzhong was too far away and the whip couldn't reach him; Specializing in fighting Shile, because Shile sent Shihu south to attack Qiaocheng, with the intention of reaching out to Yanzhou.

Yanzhou belongs to the ancestors, that is, I am Jiankang, how can I let the thieves easily take it away?

However, history has changed after all, so after a few breaths, Pei Gai was relieved and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss. Looking at Bian Yan's expression, he seemed to be deeply encouraged, and said: "King Langya has finally set up a northern expedition, then I, Xu and Yu, will be able to sweep away the rebellion, save the Son of Heaven, and make immortal achievements!" ”

Pei Wei smiled and glanced at Pei Cai: "This is all the credit of the envoy's trip to find the sun in the past." "The implication is that you ran to the north bank of the Yangtze River to Yao Bing, which scared Jiangdong, Wang Dao and others knew that Xu and Yu were together, and it was difficult to restrain them, so they pretended to go on the Northern Expedition - anyway, you will have to go on the Northern Expedition sooner or later, this credit, at least King Qin's rescue of this glorious banner, must also be grasped in the hands of the Jiankang regime.

No one else has as many fancy intestines as him, especially Liu Yetang and other generals, who are happy to be able to fight when they hear that they can fight, and everyone is inspired. Pei Cai immediately ordered to prepare grain and materials—anyway, it was originally for the Qingzhou War, so he planned to do so—and just waited for the king of the East China Sea to cross north, and then went to the rendezvous.

After retiring from everyone, he summoned Pei Wei alone and asked in a low voice: "Uncle thinks that Jiankang's move is sincere or false?" If it is false, will it deliberately restrain us and hold us back? ”

Pei Wei nodded: "Whether it's true or not, it's bound to be a tie." "Jiankang definitely doesn't want to see you really rescue the Son of Heaven, and it is estimated that even if you are rescued, you must "escort" the Son of Heaven to Jiankang, so all kinds of tricks and tricks are inevitable-" If you are defeated this time, Jiankang will be blamed on Wenyue and Zu Shizhi; If it is defeated, the credit will be shared - how can the work of Wen Yue personally risk the arrows and stones, and the king of Langya, who sits in Jiankang, and the king of the East China Sea, who is the son of Huangkou, can easily grab it? ”

You don't have to think so much, as long as you are more vigilant against the other side getting in the way and sabotaging the military operation, how should we fight, or how to fight, it's just-"You can't attack Cao Wei anymore." ”

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In mid-October, Pei Gaiqin led a battalion of soldiers and horses, left Huaiyin, and went south to Tangyi County in Linhuai State, where he greeted Sima Pei, the king of the East China Sea. He also brought four people with him, one was Pei Wei, and he was awarded the post of governor of Qingxu Prefecture; The second is Tao Kan, Pei should specially call him from Xiapi and grant him the position of Sima of the Qingxu Governor's Mansion - the only one who can be handsome around him is Tao Shixing, how can he abandon it, so that he can continue to nest in Xiapi to farm?

Fortunately, Tao Kan did not shirk this appointment. When he just crossed north, he was indeed full of frustration, and even a little world-weary, and Pei Gai only talked about the people's livelihood opposite, and did not mention the military at all, and after he arrived in Xiapi, he only farmed with peace of mind, did not recruit anyone, and did not buy a horse - of course, there were also thoughts of being under the low eaves, afraid of causing Pei Gai's suspicion. But the real heroes will not sink for a long time, and when the busy farming period passes, Tao Shixing will begin to "luck".

This is originally a famous allusion in history, saying that Tao Kan was squeezed out by Wang Dun and was driven to serve as the assassin of Guangzhou, and he had nothing to do, so he moved a hundred bricks outside the house every morning and moved back in the evening. When asked why he did this, Tao Kan replied: "We are committed to the Central Plains, and I am afraid that it will be unbearable." "You have to exercise every day to get back on the battlefield.

On this timeline, Tao Kan continued to move bricks, but the location was changed to Xiapi Kingdom. Pei Gai sent someone to inquire about his behavior, and when he heard about it, he knew that the old gentleman was still strong, and he couldn't help but think of an "old saying": I am a brick of the revolution, and I need to move it wherever I need to...... So when the Northern Expedition was about to begin, Tao Kan was summoned to enter the scene.

The other two people around Pei Gai are Xun Song's father and daughter. Pei's letter also arrived shortly after the arrival of the Jiankang Order, saying that I was going to Jiangbei - one was to see my grandson, and the other was to see you again. Regarding Pei Cai's plan to repent of his marriage, Pei scolded him fiercely, and then said, how good is the Xun girl, you are determined to marry her? While I'm going to Jiangbei, you can bring her over and let me take a look.

The elders wanted to meet, Pei should not dare not agree, besides, the other party is also a woman, and if he wants to see a boudoir, there is nothing inconsistent in the number of etiquette, so as soon as he discussed with Xun Song, Xun Jingyou brought his daughter over.

When Pei Gai went south, Linhuai Neishi changed again, from Yu Bing to Xie Pei. Xie Pei is a young Confucian, from the second-class famous Chen Jun Xie family, the younger brother of Xie Kun and the brother of Xie Guang - at the same time, he is also the father of the famous Eastern Jin Dynasty minister Xie An and the famous general Xie Shi. However, Xie Pei has always been shrouded in the shadow of his brother Xie Kun, and his reputation is not very obvious at this time, and he was originally Sima Rui's army; The Jiankang regime used him to replace Yu Bing, in a sense, it can be regarded as a certain amount of goodwill to Pei Gai.

Because Pei should go south, there is no need for Xie Pei to go to Huaiyin to pay homage to the assassination, and meet in Linhuai. Pei should know that Xie Kun is a contemporary Qing celebrity, quite the style of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", at best, he is free and easy, and he is said to be free and easy, and he is said to be reckless and reckless - it is common to strip off his clothes, wear a shawl, and be naked with the guests at home - but this Xie Qi in front of him looks very different from his brother's temperament, his clothes and hairstyle are not messy, and he tends to avoid extreme etiquette, and he is a normal child of the scholar's family.

Pei Gai encouraged Xie Pei a few words and ordered him to live well to govern Linhuai, and the two broke up. Pei didn't plan to deal with the other party more, the key is: he couldn't remember which of the Xie family Xie An and Xie Shi was, and even if he knew, it was useless, the two of them were not born yet, and they might not even be liquid, so they would definitely not be able to help him.

After bidding farewell to Xie Pei, he continued to the south and temporarily stationed in Tangyi. One day, a fast horse came to report that the king of the East China Sea and his party were going to cross the river the next morning, so Pei Gai led his subordinates, including Xun's father and daughter, to the river to greet him.

At about the beginning of the day, I saw countless huge sails floating on the river, and then three tall four-story ships and dozens of large ships showed their majestic posture from the morning mist, riding the wind and waves--seeing Pei Wei, Xun Song and other northerners were all dizzy and swayed, and they couldn't lower their tongues. How many times they've seen such a big ship, and I'm afraid they didn't even realize that there could be such a huge ship in this world!