The battle of Jiangnan, from the dispatch of troops to the capture of Jiankang City, before and after less than three months, its speed exceeded the original Jin Dynasty to destroy Wu, and the original history of the later Sui Dynasty to destroy Chen Gaiyin Wu and Chen are considered ancient countries in the normal sense, and the Jiankang regime at this time can no longer be labeled as the name of "Eastern Jin Dynasty".

Pei ordered Lu He to be temporarily stationed in Jiankang, Lu Yan to be temporarily stationed in Jiangling, and divided his troops to make contacts, and the rest of the troops returned north one after another under the leadership of Tao Kan, Zhen Sui and other generals.

The soldiers and horses were not returned, and the people arrived first, Pei should have already gotten the news, and specially ordered the Jiankang people to rest for a day or two on the way, and sent Pei's ancestors and grandchildren back to Luoyang first. On the same day, Pei should arrange the guard of honor and go out of the south gate of Luoyang to greet him, Pei Wei thinks that this move is inappropriate, even if he is a relative, or he has had a great grace before, there is no reason for the Son of Heaven to welcome a woman, and Pei's is already suitable, theoretically it is another family.

Pei Gai was stubborn and said: "If there was no aunt, I would have turned into rotten bones long ago, and I would have been where I am today?" After a pause, he couldn't help but say: "Jiqing will also live in the wilderness of the Northeast for a long time, be with Yidi, and be a fishy minister." Listening to Pei Wei, I felt a little inexplicable.

Pei Gai took a car out of the Luoyang City Gate, and the ministers wanted to follow the emperor and went out to pick up people, do you dare not follow Pei Gai said: "This is a private family matter, and the state affairs should not be delayed because of it." "I only want the Pei family to be with my peers. From a distance, seeing Pei's carriage coming, Pei Gai immediately got out of the car, crossed his hands, and rushed forward, frightening Pei Zhen, Pei Xu and others behind him, and hurriedly followed.

This hand also made Pei Shi very at a loss. It stands to reason that the Son of Heaven personally walked to greet him, and even waved in front of the car, who would dare to bear it? You should have made a special panic and jumped out of the car to bow down. However, Pei is a woman after all, so how can it be convenient for everyone to be so ugly?

had to instruct Sima Chong to get out of the car and bow down, and saluted himself: "The Son of Heaven should not be rude to do this, and the old body will not dare to accept it." ”

Pei Gai replied loudly: "Love his relatives and respect his strengths, this is a great gift in the world!" ”

Confucianism emphasizes the cultivation of Qi and peace, that is, the individual is the center, the family is the bond, and its concept gradually radiates outward, and eventually extends to the whole country. The most important thing about Confucianism is nothing more than two words: love and filial piety. Loving one's relatives and touching one's relatives is benevolence; Filial piety is the length of the country, that is, loyalty. So Pei Caicai said, what's wrong with the Son of Heaven? The Son of Heaven should also love his relatives and honor his elders, this is the root of etiquette, how can it be said to be rude?

When Pei Shi heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his nose.

She has very conflicted feelings for Pei Gai, and whenever she thinks about it in recent years, she always feels as if she is secretly born with fear, and she is uncomfortable all over her body. The root of it, I want you to be alone that day, and you dare to come back to the tiger's den for me, why are you now the Son of Heaven, and your status is noble, but you want to see me, so you refuse to cross the river to Jiankang in person?

Of course, this kind of thinking is very unreasonable, and it is completely irrational, Pei Shi couldn't help but sigh: I am old, and I am old...... But in fact, she was just in her early forties.

Now seeing what Pei Gai did, it seemed to be pure affection, Pei Shi suddenly felt that the block in his chest was gone, so he quickly stretched out his hand, gently lifted the window panel, and whispered: "Your Majesty, please board the car." "The original meaning, this looks bad after all, you better get in the car quickly, let's avoid talking to others. Who wanted Pei to make a promise, but he directly boarded the carriage, sat in the coachman's position, held the whip in his hand, and said loudly: "I should honor my aunt to enter the palace." ”

The emperor personally drove the car, and of course Zhu Pei was embarrassed to go back to his own car, so he was forced to guard the Pei's carriage on the left and right, and escorted them to the palace with their legs. Such a queue, which was rare in ancient times, inevitably caused an uproar in Luoyang City, and Pei's aunts and nephews used to rescue each other until they escaped from the camp, and it spread wildly, and more and more unreliable gossip and even plain talk came out......

After entering the palace, Queen Xun also led her children to greet the palace people and slaves, and knelt down to see Pei's with a big gift. Pei Shi hurriedly stretched out his hand to help, and sighed: "Farewell to the queen, and I have been in a hurry for ten years......"

In fact, she had only met Xun once, and before Pei Gai's Northern Expedition, Pei's family went to Xuzhou to meet Xun Guan Niang in the name of sending his grandson Sima Pei to cross the river, and then arranged for her to marry Pei Gai. After the wedding, Pei's returned to Jiankang, in fact, it has been a full ten years since Pei should be separated.

Pei and his wife held a banquet to entertain the Xun family, and Sima Chong also sat on the little one, who was already fifteen years old and was about to become an adult. Thinking back to the previous situation, they sighed, but as they spoke, Pei Shi still turned the topic around Sima's side, and pleaded first: "Jin ...... Jingwen (Sima Ruizi) is loyal to the people, and it is not his original intention to resist Wang Shi, and he hopes that His Majesty will forgive him and not harm his life. ”

Pei Gai smiled and said: "I have no intention of killing, aunt don't worry." ”

Then Pei Shi asked again: "Then Yu Chong'er, does Your Majesty have any arrangements?" ”

Pei Cai thought for a while and asked rhetorically: "If I order Sima Jingwen to be the heir, or pass Chong'er to Gao Pinggong (Sima Ye) as the son, what does my aunt think?" ”

Pei Shi Zhengse said: "Your Majesty must not do this rebellious and abolitive ceremony!" ”

In fact, Pei Cai was also temporary, so he said this, he saw that Pei really loved this Sima Chong, and he refused to leave for a while, so he pondered to give Sima Chong a good future. In the plan, it is to make Sima Rui a marquis and raise him in captivity, so if Sima Chong is Sima Rui's heir, he will have a marquis; If he is directly succeeded to Sima Ye as the son, he will still be able to be a prince in the future.

It's just that with the authority of the emperor and the order of the imperial court, forcing people to abolish the elder and the young, or abolish the family and establish the successor (Sima Ye already has an heir), it is really impolite and unreasonable, and it is estimated that the government department will not agree. Of course, after all, it is just a trivial matter that has nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, if Pei should insist on going his own way, Pei Wei and they will definitely not be able to stop it.

Pei Shi couldn't say it, and I didn't think so. Pei Gai asked again: "The ritual of the East China Sea, can it be continued?" ”

Pei replied: "My family sacrifice is enough." ”

The Jin Dynasty has all died, the emperor has been demoted to dukes, and several vassal kings have been demoted to marquises, so how can there still be the position of the former king of the East China Sea and the current king of Wuxing? Although Pei is married to Sima Yue, in fact, there is no affection between the husband and wife, and there are no children, to be honest, she has nothing to cherish for the Donghai-Wuxing royal family. used to use this banner, firstly, to facilitate his family to settle down in Jiankang, and secondly, to give Sima Pei and Sima Chong a way forward, but now they don't need it anymore.

She understood what Pei Gai meant, and asked if she wanted to demote King Wu Xing to the marquis, and then exclude that Sima Chong, and Sima Chong was entitled, so Pei said: "Jin is dead, and it is better to be a minister of the new dynasty than to be the Yin of the victorious country." "If you really go to be the heir of Sima Ye or Sima Rui, or re-inherit the East China Sea lineage, then you will definitely eat and wait for death for the rest of your life, although you are rich but not expensive, and there is no chance of glory within three generations, the Sima family still wants to take up a real position? There is no door! Since Sima Chong has been abolished by Sima Rui as a commoner, it is better to drill into the officialdom as a flat-headed commoner and rely on self-struggle.

Besides, his grandmother's surname is Pei, and now that he has appeared in front of the emperor again, if he wants to be an official in the future, he will be able to send him off.

Pei Gai always felt sorry for Pei, but wanted to make Pei the eldest princess, Pei refused politely, I am not your own aunt, and I have already been married, where can I still be called a princess? So the next day, Pei Gai asked Hu Fei and other secretaries: "Can there be a woman and a marquis in ancient times?" ”

Although Hu Fei's appearance was sleepy and his heart was exquisite, as soon as he heard this question, he immediately understood who the emperor was referring to, and hurriedly went down to check the ancient books, and came back to report that "the Han Dynasty sealed the woman, and many lives were 'Jun', and Lu Hou named his sister as the Marquis of Linguang, and Lu Hou Xi Juan died without an heir, so that his mother was flawed and ......"

Pei Gai nodded and said, "Okay." "As long as there is a precedent, it will be convenient to block the mouths of the ministers. So he issued an edict, and named Pei as the Marquis of Yanling, and met in Yanling's Weicang, and hinted that his grandson Sima Chong could attack the lord in the future.

If Sima Chong inherited the throne of the Sima family, he would not want to be a master in his life; Now that he has inherited my Pei's title, there will be no more obstacles to Ren Lang or becoming an official through the imperial examination.

A few days later, the Jiankang people were also escorted to Beijing, and Pei Gai immediately demoted Sima Rui to the position of Fang and county marquis, and stayed in Luo; Wang Dao, Zhou and others were all dismissed as commoners, and their clans were not allowed to return to their hometowns, but they were placed in Hedong and Hanoi but did not strictly prohibit their children from going out.

Only Ji You and He Yu were left to make candidates for the Ministry of Officials.

The heroes of the southern expedition have been rewarded, such as the number of "Heroes of the Founding of the Country and the Heroes of Wuguo Yi". Tao Shi carried out the merit of destroying the country, and the responsibility of the Dutch Lord, he could not help but be proud and complacent, but he invited all his sons to be prominent. Shi Wenqiao was the secretary of the degree department and persuaded him:

"Gong Shi from His Majesty in Xu Fang, galloping for more than ten years, the eyes are the humerus, and now the name is also high. Where is Wang Jian and Xiao in the past, and they can't help but ask Tian to ask for self-defilement, why Tao Gong asks Yinzi? Right and wrong treasure love children and grandchildren, it is enough to invite trouble for children and grandchildren. ”

When Tao Kan heard this, he suddenly realized, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, so he hurriedly apologized, and only asked Yin Qi's son to be a lang, and even Tao Zhan stopped there, don't seek to be promoted again in a few years. Immediately, Tao Kan resigned in old age, that is, his family Duling, and returned to retire.

Although the Jiankang regime has fallen, the land south of the Yangtze River is huge, and its south reaches Jiaozhi, which will inevitably cause local turmoil due to the change of power, and it is not possible to completely calm it down in a hurry.

In particular, he originally planned to abolish the three-level administrative institutions of prefectures, counties, and counties since the end of the Han Dynasty in order to weaken local forces and strengthen the authority of the central government, and restore the old system of Western Han Prefecture as only supervision areas. If it is decided today, this matter can be implemented, first abolish a few core states, and then according to the situation, gradually spread to remote places such as Ningzhou, Jiaozhou, and Pingzhou, which cannot be abolished for the time being.

After the major policy was finally finalized, Pei Gai returned to the harem, but reported that the queen was summoning someone. Pei Gai didn't care, changed into regular clothes, and swaggered in. However, when I looked closely, it turned out to be a young girl sitting under the queen, and the dress was not suitable......

When the woman saw the emperor come in, she hurried away from the table and bowed. Pei Caixin said that it was okay, just a glance, this girl looks very smart, if I stare at her, it will be rude, if I turn my head, and it is too deliberate, she will hang her head down by herself, which will make me embarrassed.

Then he asked Xun Hou: "Who is this?" ”

Empress Xun didn't answer first, but asked in a low voice with a smile: "How does Your Majesty look at his appearance?" Can she be a heavenly wife? ”