Pei Gai discussed the general trend of the world with Bian Yan today, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Feng Tie and Pei Fu, and he couldn't help but take out a very rough map from the bamboo pole next to the bed, unfold it on the case, and study it in detail alone.

In order to facilitate thinking, he also took pens, ink, inkstones and other objects on the map as markers - unfortunately he doesn't like to play chess, and he doesn't have Go at home, otherwise if he places black and white, it will definitely be much simpler and clearer.

For example, there are several major forces today, from west to east, from north to south, Liangzhou has Zhang Rail, Guanzhong has Sima Bao and Suo Qi, Bashu has Li Xiong, Bingzhou has Liu Kun, Hedong has Liu Cong, Liu Yao, Youzhou has Wang Jun, Hebei has Shile, Yan and Yu have Zu Li, Qingxu has Pei Wenyue in Xiaqu District...... Cao Wei is not enough to see, Jiangdong has Wang Dun and Wang Dao. Oh, and by the way, there are three Xianbei in the far north.

Zhang Liang and Li Xiong are both sitting on the guard, and it will not have any impact on the situation in the Central Plains for the time being. At present, there are two main groups at the center of the struggle, one is the Chang'an regime and the Hu Han regime, and the other is Shi Le and Wang Jun. Looking at the line of Chang'an and Pingyang first, Liu Yue Shizhi is very talented, even if Zu Ti made the Northern Expedition and responded in advance, it is estimated that he will not pose much threat to the Hu Han regime in Pingyang, and at most he will be able to help contain some of the Hu soldiers.

Zu Ti and Suo Qi vs. Liu Cong and Liu Yao, the situation is not the same as the original history, what will be the result? Will the Chang'an regime still be able to hold on?

Pei Gai is very ambivalent about the idea of this small court in Chang'an, on the one hand, he hopes that it can continue to persevere, and not be as easy to destroy as in the original history - it is enough for the emperor to arrest one, and to arrest two in a row, even if he does not support the imperial power, especially the imperial power of the Sima family, but as a Chinese scholar, he also feels too embarrassed. However, Jiankang is gradually gaining strength, and if Chang'an is still there, the two sides will meet each other sooner or later, and the chaos in China may not be able to be stopped for a long time. Don't think that if you destroy the Hu Han Kingdom, the world will be fine, there are still Di and Qiang in the west, and there are Shile of the Qian nationality in the east, and the three Xianbei families in the north cannot be honest ministers of the Jin family for the rest of their lives.

If the Chang'an regime had fallen as scheduled—or had been delayed for another year and a half—and Zu Ti had already won Henan, and Sima Rui ascended the throne in Jiankang, the overall situation would seem to be slightly better than the original history. How to break the situation at that time mainly depends on the struggle of himself and Zu Ti in Jiangbei, if Zu Shizhi is powerful, and does not only rely on those dock forts in the local armed forces, then Jiangdong will not dare to change people casually. And there is also himself, if he joins forces with his ancestors, it is estimated that Wang Dao, Yu Liang and others don't even have the courage to restrain them.

Look at how they treated Wang Dun in history, and you can see how weak this bureaucracy is. If Pei and Zu are united, the momentum of Jiangbei will definitely be greater than the momentum of Wang Dun's midstream, as long as they do not try to seize power and point to Jiankang, the small court will not dare to suppress it.

At that time, it may be possible to focus all of his energy on the battle against Hu Hanguo. If Liu Kun can carry it for a few more days, then the situation in the Central Plains will definitely be beneficial to his side.

But...... Pei Gai slowly moved his gaze to the right side of the map - there is no certain rule for drawing the direction of the map of the year and month, but it is more common to go south and north, left east and right west, and Pei should naturally change it to north and south, left west and right east according to his own habits - there is an inkstone and a bronze paperweight.

Schler is a big problem!

The male of the world is only Shile, Liu Cong and Liu Yao are not enough. If Shi Le did not break with Hu Han and join forces, this battle would be difficult to fight. But if there are still powerful foreign enemies in the Central Plains, can they still achieve the two Zhao kingdoms before and after the original history?

And even according to the inertia of history, the two sides finally broke up, attacking the front Zhao in the front, and the rear Zhao in the rear, which is still a difficult situation. At that time, perhaps he will have to help Zu Ti contain Shi Le, so that Zu Shizhi will destroy the former Zhao first, and then turn his head and attack the Later Zhao with himself.

The question is that side of the paperweight, if you can play a role somewhat, the situation will be reversed in an instant - Wang Pengzu, you are still like the original history, will you be so unbearable, inexplicably captured by someone in a surprise attack?

Pei Cai took out a blank piece of paper, unfolded it on the map, pressed it with a paperweight, sharpened the ink and licked the pen, and planned to write a letter to Wang Jun. He had indeed ignored the lord of Youzhou, who was thousands of miles away—the key was that Wang Jun's reputation was too bad, and his abilities were relatively mediocre, so Pei should treat him as air—but now he felt the need to contact him. First through a few letters, even if you pat Wang Jun's ass, you must get closer to the relationship between the two sides, and then you can take the opportunity to say: You must not believe Shi Le's words of support like in the original history!

By the way, the clan uncle Pei Xian seems to be at Wang Jun's place, and he was appointed as Shangshu, can he exert some influence on Wang Jun through his relationship?

"Bang", a letter somehow stuck to the white paper, and when Pei should show the paper, it fell under the bed. Pick it up and take a look, it turns out to be a letter from Pei Shi that I just received a few days ago, and the main content is also very simple:

You have been crossing the river for almost two years, and the Du family is already sixteen years old, and the Du family often comes to urge, when do you plan to send someone to greet you?

Pei Cai held the letter in his hand, and couldn't help but "tsk" and frowned—he hadn't figured out how to reply yet.

But that was also half a day ago, and after a heartfelt conversation with Bian Yan tonight, he seemed to have some new ideas. So he put down his pen, raised his head slightly, glanced at the candle on the desk, and began to carefully sort out his thoughts.

"The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home?" Pei Gai is all about recovery, and he really has no mood to think about family issues. Although he often dreams back in the middle of the night, there is darkness all around, and this era is also dark, he feels lonely, cold to the bone, and he wants to find someone to talk to, to relieve the loneliness in his heart. But the problem is that how can a woman in this age have a common language with herself, even if she marries a wife, she is just a tool for childbearing - with her own mind in later life, Yaya does not want to form such a husband and wife relationship.

However, he is too lonely, not only lonely next to him, but also lonely under his command. Zu Ti, Tao Kan, and Xiong Yuan can only be said to be allies, Bian Wangzhi is relatively close to him, and he can't say that he has a good relationship, but he can barely be of one heart and one mind, but he can't be said to be his real subordinates. As for Pei Lian, Pei Du, and even Liu Yetang, Zhen Sui, Gao Le and others, their abilities are limited, and I am afraid they are all embarrassed.

How difficult it is to search for talents in a reckless manner, and I am forced to find them from the crowd of scholars - whether it is a family or a poor family. But even if I am afraid of finding out, it is similar to Bian Yan and Xiong Yuan, and I can only achieve the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and it is not easy to really integrate into my own team. In terms of the general mentality of the scholars in these years, it is easiest to achieve the effect of kindness and righteousness by connecting dependents, but it is a pity that although the Wenxi Pei family was originally prosperous, it suffered heavy casualties in the "Eight Kings Rebellion", and the rest were scattered - there are a few in Kansai, and a few in Youzhou and Pingzhou, all of which are thousands of miles away. finally saw Pei Tong, but the little guy refused to stay, and insisted on going to Zhang Rail's place for a leisurely meal......

If you want to go for the second, then you can only seek in-laws, think about the original team after crossing to the south, isn't that also through the marriage relationship of the Pei family, from the Wei family and the Li family? Although the political marriage is dirty, I have to pinch my nose and admit it, since I have traveled to this world, I should not be too civil, but I must bow to reality.

Thinking about it this way, Du Shi is really not a good choice for marriage. The main reason is that the Du family is too thin, Du gave birth to four sons, Du Xi and Du Ji are all deceased, Du Tan and Du Yin seem to be in Chang'an, and only Du Xi's son Du Yi and his wife, brothers and sisters, are in the south. And this Du Yibai gave birth to a handsome face, he had seen it once, and he looked very weak and had no ambition, so it was impossible to run to Huainan to help him.

I knew that I should have found a relatively prosperous portal in the first place. The Langya Wang clan definitely can't consider it, and Pei Gai himself said: "Qi is not a couple." "If he just wants to eat Ansheng rice in Jiangdong, then it is the best choice to marry the thighs of the Wang family, but if he wants to start a career by himself, his wife is too strong, and it is easy to become a restriction.

Considering the political situation after the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in fact, Yu, Diao, Liu, and Xie are all good choices...... Yu Liang has five brothers, which can barely be regarded as a prosperous family, and he does have a younger sister who is the same age as himself...... Oh no, it can only be said that according to the marriage standards of this year, it is almost the year of leaving the cabinet. Even if he looks like Yu Liang, he has a dead face all day long, anyway, he has already decided to have a political marriage, do you still care about those subsections?

- Pei should not remember, there is a biography of this Yu Liang sister, the small character Wenjun, who later married Sima Shao, the crown prince of Emperor Jin Yuan, as a concubine, Sima Shao succeeded to the throne as Emperor Ming of Jin, and was named the queen, died of sorrow at the age of thirty-two, and was called Queen Mingmu.

Of course, even if he comes up with a shy face, Yu Yuangui may not be willing to marry him. Bian Wangzhi, why don't you have a daughter, sister or something? Zu Ti had only two sons; Tao Kan seems to have a daughter, but he hasn't taken him to the river, so I don't know how old he is...... Xi Daohui also refused to die, but Mrs. Xi was beautiful and her age was more in line with her heart......

Ahh Anyway, there was no one left and right, Pei Cai couldn't help but raise his hand and gently smacked his mouth.

As for the Jiangdong clan, the southerners take into account the origin of their overseas Chinese, and the northerners rely on the Wang family, so it is estimated that it is not so easy to negotiate marriage. And since he has agreed to Du Shi and made a dowry for marriage, he Pei Wenyue is not a guy who is good at breaking contracts and turning his face and not recognizing people, so he really can't wipe his face and refuse.

For now, the only way to do this is to marry a wife first, and then take a concubine. The concubine requires a low status, so the concubines of large families and the daughters of poor families have more room to choose, and it may be a good idea to use the concubine room to win over some families and recruit some relatives. As for whether there will be discord, contradictions, and power and profit between the concubines...... It's better to have someone fighting for power than to be empty and have no one around.

Thinking of this, Pei couldn't help but hang his head, looked at the letter from Pei in his hand, and said in his heart Okay, since the other party is urging, then I will get married quickly. So I picked up the pen and wrote back to Pei's first, saying that I was planning to welcome my relatives, but there was no suitable candidate around me - my status was very low, how could I be the messenger of my family? Unless it's Bian Yan, but you can't let the guard of a county leave the place without permission and go to do personal things for the assassin. It's better to arrange everything by your aunt, you can ask Wei to go out to greet my relatives and send the bride to Huaiyin for me.

After writing this letter, he only felt that he had let go of a big burden, and then he considered the words and went to write letters to Pei Xian and Wang Jun.

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Pei Fu stayed in the state office in Huaiyin City, Pei Ding and Pei Wu helped settle his residence, and also introduced some of the situation in the mansion and recognized the head. After Pei Fu cried for a while, he asked them to find some water, wiped his face, and suddenly felt refreshed and in an extremely happy mood.

He was originally a slave of the Pei family's main branch, and he grew up in the Pei manor in Wenxi County, and he followed the old master Pei to Luoyang when he was just an adult. His brother Pei Hu is the big housekeeper in Luoyang's Pei Mansion, the so-called "Prime Minister Menzi Seven Officials", Pei Yu was one of the rulers at that time, this pair of Pei brothers is really majestic, and many low-level officials have to be respectful when they see them.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Pei Fei died soon, Pei Song and Pei Gai brothers were sentenced to live far away, Pei Hu and Pei Fu, as the most confidant slaves, followed the two little masters on the road, and traveled thousands of miles to the northeast. Needless to say, Pei Fu wanted to run away several times, but considering that he was a slave of the Pei family, there was really no place to go to leave the Pei family - especially when it was a big crime to run away from slaves at that time - he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Immediately, the peak turned around, and the imperial court restored Pei Song's reputation, pardoned Pei Song and Pei Gai, and Pei Hu and Pei Fu were able to follow back to Luoyang. Although the world is already in turmoil and difficult to save, Luoyang City is shocked every day, the market is depressed, and the Pei Song brothers are no longer the glory of their father, after all, they still don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Then Pei should follow Sima Yue out of the town in Xiang, Pei Song volunteered to lobby Chen Wu, Pei Fu followed, and then fell into an extremely difficult and embarrassing situation. After Pei Song's death, although Li Tou took him in, he was just treated as an ordinary slave, and begging for a life was also a soldier and a soldier. He almost had the heart to commit suicide, but he couldn't make up his mind - especially when he grew up under the care of his brother all his life, he really didn't have any responsibility, but his brother was trapped in Luoyang, and it is estimated that he would have died a long time ago......

Therefore, as soon as he got the news of Pei Gai in Chenting, Pei Fu immediately begged to see Zu Ti and asked to send him to Huaiyin. When he saw Pei Gai, Pei Gai also allowed him to stay, and he couldn't help but let a big stone fall to the ground, and the long-standing dark clouds that shrouded his heart were dispersed in one day. But then he was puzzled again, and said to himself: "Erlang is no longer what he used to be...... Can hard work really make a person grow like this? ”