For what Xiang Ao said, Xi Zhong's head was full of roars. In the eyes of Xi Zhong in the past, fate is determined by heaven, and what his background is is what he is, even if he does what he does, he is just struggling on the road of heaven. However, what Xiang Ao said today, there was indeed a strong sense of disbelief in Xi Zhong's heart, and even a little hatred for injustice.

"What you say is different!" Guo Jia is a lot calmer: "It is true that Taoism has a saying: Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, and three to all things." There is no surprise that all things return to their origins are the same. Everything must have its function, for example, trees can be used for farming, and iron tools can be used for weapons. However, its use is already determined by heaven, and millet and other grains are edible, and they cannot be made into utensils! ”

"Jia appreciates the idea that all things are equal, but the role of all things should not be messed up, and it is the truth that things return to their proper place!"

Xiang Ao was shocked when he heard this, since he saw all kinds of things in the world, Xiang Ao was determined to do something. Hearing Guo Jia's remarks today, Xiang Ao questioned himself a little, and the letter became more and more open.

"Jiazhi's remarks are thought-provoking, Ao is teachable!" Xiang Ao got up and bowed solemnly, Guo Jia's remarks did make Xiang Ao understand a lot, and Xiang Ao admired Guo Jia's wisdom in his heart.

"Don't be like this, Jia can't be a child, it's just a joke!" Guo Jia still had the intention of fighting, and seeing Xiang Ao so humbly thanking him, Guo Jia was so frightened that Guo Jia jumped up and said politely in return.

"Zhao has some doubts in his heart, I wonder if Mr. Guo Xiao can tell me?" Hu Zhao saw Guo Jia's strange opinion, and he also thought about it when the two of them sat down.

"Mr. doesn't dare to be, Mr. Kong Ming can call me Jia!" Guo Jia returned in a low-key manner, his face was still a little unhappy, and he secretly asked in his heart: Why do you call it small?

"Everything is decided, and its use has been formed, what is Zhao Qijia's ambition at such an age?"

"Hehe, Mr. Kong Ming is looking high!" Guo Jia smiled indifferently: "Jia is still young, and he can't talk about his ambition to study!" ”

Hu Zhao felt embarrassed when he heard this, but what Guo Jia said was also a thing, and Hu Zhao didn't want to ask again, so he had to be embarrassed: "It's Zhao who is reckless!" ”

The three of them were talking back and forth, but Xi Zhong was silent on the side. The ancestors of Xi Zhong are not too detailed records, but there are indeed many books in the family, which are passed down by the ancestors. However, since the Qin Dynasty, the family that is famous for its opera surname has not been seen. Xi Zhong guessed that his clan was a pre-Qin clan, or that he had hidden from the world for some reason. However, the opera artist has a lot of reputation in the Yingchuan area, so that the opera Zhicai is really unknown.

Because of his frequent contact with the family, the prestige of the family has existed in his heart for a long time. Xi Zhong looks at the family, not good, nor bad. After all, no matter what happens in the world, it has little effect on the hermit family. However, Xiang Ao's remarks and questions made Xi Zhong have doubts about the current situation, the current situation of the people in the Central Plains was very different from what he saw in the northern Xinjiang, and when he heard Xiang Ao's question, Xi Zhong was entangled.

"Wait!" Xi Zhong suddenly got up and said: "Zhong has to talk about the world on weekdays, but he has not seen its quality, but now he is loyal and courageous, and he wants to get an official position in the general's mansion and practice my body." ”

"Oh?!" Xiang Ao was slightly surprised: "Zhicai wants to enter the court as an official to benefit the people? ”

"Loyalty does not raise filial piety, and there is no foundation for being an official. But today, when I heard what Jun Hou said, I was loyal to ask for a solution, and I hope that Jun Hou would answer! ”

Guo Jia was surprised on the side, so simple to prepare to enter the office? Xi Zhong entered the Shi to teach me how to return to Yingchuan, and my study has not yet been completed!

"Zhicai is extraordinary, and it is my luck to enter my general's mansion. If Zhicai doesn't dislike it, for the time being, he will take the position of the main secretary and handle some people's livelihood and political affairs for me? ”

"Be loyal and do your best!" When Xi Zhong saw Xiang Ao agree, he bowed down and accepted the order.

"Eh, wait!" Guo Jia couldn't be calm: "Brother Zhicai decided so simply? ”

"Yes, too!" Xi Zhong said very calmly at this time.

"Jun Hou, the appointment of the general's palace needs to be reported to the imperial court!" Guo Jia is still lucky.

"I don't know, Your Majesty has given me the right to open the palace, and the Northern Regions Protectorate only needs to be appointed by the general's mansion in response to personnel changes, and the court will be prepared!" Hu Zhao already replied blandly. Xiang Ao also looked at Guo Jia lightly.

"Jia doesn't have to worry, when Jia leaves and returns home, I will send someone to escort me to ensure Jia's safety." Xiang Ao seemed to see Guo Jia's doubts and said: "It's just that after Jia and Guan, if you have any plans to enter the office, you can also write to me, and my general's mansion will open a convenient door." ”

In the face of Xiang Ao's direct invitation, Guo Jia did not have any attitude. He replied flatly: "You have to be a blessing for you, but Jia is still young, so you have to continue to study, and you will make plans when you succeed in what you have learned." ”

Seeing that Hu Zhao was about to speak to persuade Guo Jia, Xiang Ao raised his eyebrows and signaled to put it down for the time being. In Xiang Ao's opinion, after all, Guo Jia is too young. Although his understanding is higher than that of ordinary people, he is even outstanding among the people of insight that Xiang Ao has seen. But what I talked about today, Xiang Ao deeply felt that Guo Jia's temperament and ambition were not compatible with Xiang Ao, and his invitation was just a kind word. Besides, there is no conclusion on how Guo Jiacheng will be in the future, and it is not appropriate to invite him at this time.

Hu Zhao and Xiang Ao's ministers have been in charge for several years, and they can think of Xiang Ao's thoughts for a moment, so they stopped thinking in their hearts and sat down to drink tea.

In the next few days, the four of them also had a lot of exchanges, and Xiang Ao even led out Gao Shun, Jiang Yan and others, so that everyone could gain a little knowledge, and it was not good to train the generals who were in charge of one side to only lead troops to fight.

The more they communicated, the more Xiang Ao understood Guo Jia. This man is not very old, but he is good at cunning. In the detailed discussion, many strategies were mentioned, which made Xiang Ao also feel a deep headache and extremely difficult to deal with. Although he understands Guo Jia more and more, Xiang Ao never wanted to keep Guo Jia, after all, there are differences in concepts, and they may not get along.

As for Xi Zhong, he had a very happy conversation with Xu Fu and Hu Zhao. I don't know if it's because they have similar temperaments, or because the three of them are not big families in the world, the three of them even have the intention of seeing each other late. It made Guo Jia feel isolated, and there was no one to talk to and play. In fact, Xiang Ao is still more temperamental to Guo Jia, but for some reason, the two have never been able to communicate too deeply, and they have feelings for each other.

When he first came to the General's Mansion, Xi Zhong was also extremely low-key. There were not many remarks, and there were no objections, but they completed the matters explained by Xiang Ao in great detail. It's just that I often see Xi Zhong walking on the streets of the city or in the countryside, as if observing the lives of the people.

Xiang Ao only paid a little attention to Xi Zhong at first, and when more than 200,000 Xianbei moved in, Xiang Ao was very busy. More than 200,000 Xianbei moved in, Xiang Ao also ordered people to become naturalized Han people, and after semi-coercive soliciting the consent of the majority of Xianbei, Xiang Ao ordered people to name Han people for 200,000 people.

In a short period of time, 200,000 people were named, and such a terrifying project almost made the entire General's Mansion crazy. If it is one person according to the Han standard, it is indeed too troublesome. In the end, Xiang Ao actually came up with a way to make everyone stunned and named him.

Xiang Ao set up a level of people in the place under his jurisdiction, based on the contribution to the Northern Protectorate, from high to low, divided into one to nine grades. Different levels enjoy different treatment of the Northern Regions Protectorate, and the highest class can even do nothing on weekdays, just accept the support of the government to spend a life in peace.

The premise of getting the rating is that you must speak Chinese and understand Han etiquette, and after the rating, you must walk in the Northern Regions Protectorate and the Great Han under the name of Han. Although Xiang Ao is not interested in Guo Jia for the time being, he has put forward the insurmountable argument that everything has its own use, and Xiang Ao has very much agreed with it at this time. After all, there are no rules.

As for the implementation of the system, Xiang Ao also reported to the imperial court. However, it is inevitable that the officials of the family will resist it, and in the above book, Xiang Ao starts with the assessment of the slave level, and then customizes it to the first to ninth class people. However, how to implement it in the Northern Regions Protectorate is still Xiang Ao's decision.

For the sake of superficiality, slaves still existed. Han Chinese who committed adultery and criminals, or foreigners with rebellious intentions, were all enslaved by Xiang Ao and engaged in the lowest things. Xiang Ao never thought that such a system would be the foundation of his foothold in the world in the future.

In addition to the resettlement of the people who moved in, in fact, there are no other political affairs that are too important for the time being. The only thing that needs to be arranged is the dismissal of the extra 10,000 soldiers after the return of the expedition according to the requirements of the imperial court.

Xiang Ao had planned to continue to seek opportunities to defeat Xianbei, and it was a pity that the soldiers who were extremely difficult to recruit were dismissed like this. Xiang Ao adopted Xu Fu's strategy and stationed troops in the people. 10,000 soldiers set aside a small amount of land for them to cultivate, and continued their daily exercises in addition to farming, but the intensity was much less.

As long as the weekday drills are not interrupted, these soldiers can still get on their horses and fight when the troops are fighting.

In addition to Rong County, Sanfeng County, as well as the surrendered cities and fortresses that need to be garrisoned, the most important thing is the defense of the city at the foot of Danhan Mountain. Because Xianbei had been dispersed at this time, the Eastern Yuwen Department could not suppress the rest of the tribes, and Yuwen Mohuai, who tried to integrate Xianbei, had to retreat near Daxianbei Mountain at this time. And the Murong tribe that went north in the central part was also fighting with multiple tribes for control of the central part at this time.

What Xiang Ao never expected was that Jiang Lu would use his own strength to make Murong Bo and Kebi turn against each other. It is not complicated to say, when Murong Bo was fighting with other tribes for control, Jiang Lu served his son as a slave of the Han people and advised him. In a year, Jiang Lu has been planted in many parts of Xianbei.

At this time, Murong Bu and Kebineng turned against each other, and it was Jiang Lu who designed Murong Bo's son to die at the hands of Kebineng. The details were not very important, and the result was that Kebi and Murong Bo had a big fight at the foot of the Wolf Juxu Mountain at this time.

After arranging a number of matters, the day of leaving Xiang Ao to go to Luoyang was also approaching. Originally, Xiang Ao only planned to bring a dozen or so guards. However, Jiang Yao'er really wanted to go to the capital of the Han Dynasty to see and understand. It was not easy to refuse Jiang Yaoer's request for Xiang Ao, so he had to agree to go along. Xiang Ao arranged for Jiang Bi's sisters to take care of Jiang Yao'er.

The ones who protect Jiang Yao'er and Xiaoya are the female soldiers trained by Xiaoya, twenty people. At Hu Zhao's strong request, Xiang Ao had to take Li Zhu and Jiao Meng with him. promised to send people to protect Guo Jia's return to his hometown, and Xiang Ao sent ten elite horsemen to protect him.

Xu Fu also proposed to go with him before Xiang Ao left, planning to return to Yingchuan to study again and visit his old mother by the way. Xiang Ao did not refuse, after all, Xu Fu's study was also for Xiang Ao.

As a result, the last to travel, plus Xiang Ao's own personal guards of fifty people, nearly a hundred people. made Xiang Ao speechless.