The situation was very common among those who crossed the river, such as Pei Si's father and son, who were not ordinary people, but scholars, but who had no official position and no property—or were robbed on the road—and had no food and clothing after crossing the river, so they had to live with the wealthy families of the same county, and gradually formed a special middle class without the name of slaves and maids. But Pei's father and son were relatively lucky, and suddenly heard that someone from the Pei family was crossing to the south, so they hurriedly told Wei's to go to Jianye to hug their thighs!

And the Wei family was originally not a top wealthy family in Zhongzhou, especially after Wei Qiang's father and son were killed, only Wei Shi, who had no official officials, was left, as well as some orphans and widows (for example, Wei Jie is the grandson of Wei Qiang, the second son of Wei Heng), and his power was declining, so he did not dare to live near Jianye after moving south, and was forced to settle in the relatively remote Jiangxia.

- There is also a Xie County Liu clan who is familiar with them, and it is also a wealthy family in Hedong, and it settled in Xiangyang.

This time, Wei Zhan and Li Ju both had the intention of being the king of Langya, so they took Wei Jue and others to Jianye to seek officials, and asked Mrs. Wei to teach the Wang family boy calligraphy and run away from the Wang family. As a result, I heard Director Wang tell them that the princess of the East China Sea had also crossed south, and she would come from Shouchun in a few days, so she hurriedly called the Pei family of Weimen and them over to recognize their relatives.

Since it is the same county, it should be huddled together for warmth, and Ba Shang Pei should not be very useful, if he can crouch under the wings of the princess of the East China Sea, then the future will be more secure.

Pei's father and son wanted to take the opportunity to break away from the protection of the Wei family and return to their own family. First, to protect the clan is the political correctness of these years; Second, he is short of money and even more people, if, as Pei said, if he wants to cultivate industry in Jiangdong and revive his family's reputation, he has to recruit enough staff to do it, then who else will be more credible than the same surname?

As long as Pei Si and Pei Chang are not too stupid, they must understand the truth that only when the clan is prosperous, can their small family rise, and their family has deviated from the main branch for a long time, and they have no official or lord, at least within one or two generations, it is impossible to climb on Pei Cai's head. As for things such as yin and yang violations, bullying the heirs with concubines, and bullying the masters with slaves, if Pei should be shrewd enough, it will not be a problem.

Therefore, Pei Gai left all seven members of Pei Si and Pei Chang's family (of course Wei did not dare not let go), and took out the 300 acres of land deed rewarded by King Langya, and asked them to investigate first to see if they could pick up the burden of management - seeing that it was the spring sowing period, this matter must not be delayed.

The location of these 300 acres of land is in Jurong County in the southeast, more than 50 miles away from Jianye City, and it stands to reason that they can go back and forth in two days at most, but Pei Si and his son went for six days before returning to Jianye. After coming over to report the industrial situation to Pei Gai and Pei's family—theoretically, the field belonged to the king of the East China Sea, not Pei's family—Pei Si took the opportunity to say:

"Not far to the south of my family's farmland, in the north of Danshan, there is a small ze, called Danhu, whose water gushes out of the ground and flows into Qinhuai. According to the villagers, the lake produces a lot of fish, shrimp, reeds, water chestnuts, wild rice, etc., and there are wild geese, egrets, and fields along the lake can be 12,300 acres, divided in the hands of the indigenous raccoon dog, there is no wealthy family to occupy, because if you buy it in the name of the king of the East China Sea, there is no reason to ...... it."

There are some things that Pei Si didn't dare to say, that is: It's a pity that there is only one widow left in the East China Sea Wang family now, and Pei Wenyue has just crossed south, and he doesn't have any power yet, so we can't rob it, so we have to buy it. But no matter how much you use the banner of the palace to lower the land price, you have to get some money out after all, right? But—do you have any money?

Pei Si's father and son can hear that it is indeed the Pei family with a mouth, the family history, the tongue will give, and they really have the ability to boast about the withering and blowing life, and after a description, the small Danhu Lake is simply richer and more beautiful than Shaobi, Chaohu Lake and even Gu District (Taihu Lake), and Pei should be a little itchy to hear. I also wish for fish and shrimp, and I also wish for geese and herons, especially I haven't eaten carved hu rice, so I would like to try it......

Pei Shi suggested, why don't I go to Langya Wangfu again and ask Sima Rui for more money? Pei Gai shook his head: "I am afraid that the king has no money to spare, and if he gives me and others, how will others talk about it?" "Forget it, I'll go find a rich man to fight the autumn breeze.

So he went to visit Wang Dao, saying that he was here to borrow money, and Wang Dao asked him, "How much is it necessary?" Pei Gai also had no concept of land price, so he casually reported: "There is no need for millions, there are hundreds of thousands." Director Wang was shocked on the spot: "Why do you need so much?!" His eldest son Wang Yue happened to be standing beside him, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Pei Jun thinks my family is very rich? ”

Pei Gai rolled his eyes: "Jiangdong is the Qing family's industry, is it rich?" ”

The father and son of the Wang family were shocked on the spot, and then Director Wang scolded his son, saying that there is no place for you to speak here, turned his face, and asked Pei to be cautious: "Jiangdong is owned by the country, how can I say my family?" "Even if it's true, you can't say that!

Pei Gai spread his hands: "I come naked, I don't lend money, I can't do it......" This is a paraphrase of Chen Ping's words contained in the "Historical Records" - "The minister comes naked, and he can't be funded by gold" - "If Maohong is important, please borrow it, and it will be returned a hundred times on the other day." ”

Director Wang said don't pay it back, tell me first, why do you want so much money? Pei should talk about it, and take a step back, saying that I don't want to take the entire Danhu Lake and the land by the lake, and I will be satisfied with one for the time being. Wang Dao shook his head first, then nodded again, and said: "The mountains, forests, lakes and rivers are owned by the country, how can Danhu be sold?" However, if you want to get a field by the lake, this is not difficult. ”

So he went to report to Sima Rui, and finally agreed to forcibly expropriate more than 60 hectares of land on the west and north sides of Danhu Lake in the name of the king of the East China Sea. Immediately, Sima Rui also asked Pei to come to the mansion again, and he personally granted the land deed.

Pei Shi went to Langya Wangfu, and when he came back, he said to Pei Gai: "Jingwen and I have discussed and want to revive the East China Sea royal family......"

Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, once upheld the national government and supported Sima Chi as the emperor - the previous Emperor Hui Sima Zhen is said to have been poisoned by him - as Wang Dao said, the protégés and old officials are all over the world, and now that Sima Yue is dead, Sima Rui wants to take over all the political inheritance of his uncle. Therefore, he didn't want to see the heir of the East China Sea Wang family, and he would never allow the East China Sea Wang family to be expelled from the domain, so after repeated consideration, as well as discussions with Wang Dao, Gu Rong and others, he planned to pass on his own son to the Pei family as a grandson - he was the adopted son of Sima Bi, the son of the East China Sea King.

"Jingwen's second son is named Pei, twelve years old, although he was born in the side room, he was raised under the knees of Concubine Yu since he was a child, and I also saw it, and he was quite clever and gratifying. Now I want to make it succeed the king of the East China Sea, what does Wen Yue think? ”

Pei Gai smiled secretly in his heart: I knew that you were not so generous, and gave us the land for nothing. He said that this is a good thing—it is safer for me to have my back to the king of a town than to have a lonely princess on my back—but after thinking about it, he said, "You should first mourn and bury the king and the prince, and then you can adopt and raise your grandson." ”

Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, died in Xiangcheng, and before the coffin could be transported back to the East China Sea for burial, it was burned by Shi Le's fire; As for the prince Sima Bi, he was attacked in Weicang and was beheaded by Shi Le. To this day, there has never been a serious funeral for the father and son, which is very inappropriate according to the etiquette of the time.

Pei Shi nodded again and again, and said You are thinking about it right, but I don't want to deal with those guys in Jianye anymore, so I asked you to be my agent and go talk to them. Pei should receive the order, and immediately entered the pilgrimage to Sima Rui, Sima Rui also said that it was reasonable, so he held a sacrifice of conjuring spirits according to the customs, and then chose a place on the shore of Xuanwu Lake in the north of the city to build a tomb for Sima Yue's father and son.

Three days after the funeral, another happy event was held, and his son Sima Pei joined the family of the king of the East China Sea and became the new king of the East China Sea, and Pei was called the concubine of the East China Sea. In fact, in the original history, because Pei's southern crossing was relatively late - at that time Sima Rui had already ascended the throne and became the emperor, and Sima Qi also died in a young age - so Sima Rui's third son Sima Chong was passed over, and because he had not yet received the exact death of Sima Bi, he was only the successor to the throne of the prince for the time being.

Sima Rui treats his own son, of course, better than his distant uncle Pei, it is impossible for him to lead the East China Sea Kingdom but can't collect a grain of rent, so he changed his diet to the two counties of Xiapi and Lanling, and increased the seal of ten thousand households in Biling County. The 300 acres of Pei's land and the land near Danhu Lake that were given before were transferred to Pei Cai's name - although the Sanpin official only has the right to occupy forty percent of the land, the system has long been destroyed, how can he be the only one?

At Pei's strong request—and at the same time, at the behest of Wang Dao—Pei Gai also had a serious job and was appointed as the prince of the East China Sea, in charge of the internal and external affairs of the palace. Pei Si served as the lieutenant commander of the East China Sea Wanglang, and his son Pei Chang was the king of the East China Sea, and Li Ju was appointed as the lieutenant of the East China Sea King - the three kings were all ready, but they were ...... I can't recruit the guards, so I borrowed fifty guards from the king of Langya to temporarily guard the door.

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For the funeral of the father and son of the king of the East China Sea, Wang Dun and Wang Han failed to catch up, but after Sima Li's ceremony, the two brothers and sons happened to arrive in Jianye, so they also showed up. That night, the two came to visit Director Wang, talked by candlelight, and first exchanged information on the north and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

At that time, the territory that Hu and Han could really control was only two or three counties, and most of the vast Central Plains were actually in a state of anarchy, and the forces of the Han and Jin countries were divided into one side and intertwined. The Hu and Han sides can be roughly divided into four main forces, one is the emperor Liu Cong, based in the capital Pingyang, and is fighting with Liu Kun of Jinyang, although he has an absolute advantage in manpower and material resources, but he has not been able to achieve a complete victory for a while.

The second is Liu Yao, trapped in Chang'an, and was enshrined by Jia Kai as Sima Ye, the king of Qin, and led the Jin army of Guanxi Zhulu to be overstretched, and I believe that he will soon be forced to withdraw from Guanzhong, or still return to Henan, or run back to Pingyang in one go.

The third is Cao Wei, who built Guanggu City in the south of Yaowang Mountain, used it as a base, swept westward, and had already captured more than half of Qingzhou. Fourth, Shi Le, who had just left Gepi not long ago and returned to the north, Wang Dun judged that he was going to return to Xuchang and seek to seize Henan. But Wang Dao said: "Pei Wenyue fled from Shile's army, according to what he said, Shile is likely to cross the river to Handan and Xiangguo...... Wang Han pouted: "Young scholar, what do you know?" If Shile goes to Hebei, he will be killed by Wang Sikong, and he will die by himself? ”

To say that the most powerful force in the Jin side at that time was not in Jiangdong, not in Guanxi, but in Youzhou. Hussar general, leading Youzhou Thorn History, Sikong, and Captain Wang Jun of the Karasuma Captain not only strong and strong, Hebei scholars have gone to attach after being attacked by soldiers, and he also connects the Duan clan Xianbei in the north, and Tuoba Xianbei in the west, and often drives these two clans as their forerunners, and the military strength is the crown of the world. I think that Sima Yue and Sima Ying fought at the beginning, and it was by relying on Wang Jun's strength that Sima Ying was finally expelled from Yecheng.

And although Hu Hanbing is not afraid of Jinshi, he is only afraid of Wang Jun, why? Because Wang Jun often brings Xianbei soldiers with him. The Huns have always been afraid of Xianbei, not to mention the Huns who can't even look down on the Huhu tribe - Shile was defeated by Wang Jun in the past, and now he dares to go to Hebei? That's not looking for death.

Wang Dao frowned, and said: "Before the thieves besieged Luoyang, Hebei is empty, if Wang Sikong is willing to lead the Xianbei soldiers to the south, then the north of the Yellow River, when the country is restored, and then enter Qingxu, and I will go north and south, Cao Wei is not enough to level it." Why hasn't there been any action? ”

Wang Dun leaned closer, lowered his voice and said, "There are rumors that Wang Sikong wants to follow what Gou Dao will do......