In June of the fifth year of Jian'an, after Xin'er and Cai Yan gave birth to two sons to Ye Zhao one after another, Liu Wei and Ren Hongchang added two daughters to Ye Zhao, so far Ye Zhao has four sons and two daughters, and the Ye family gradually began to prosper.

The third son Ye Zhe, the fourth son Ye Kai, the eldest daughter Ye Ning, the second daughter Ye Shu, the entire Taiwei Mansion seemed to be a lot more lively all of a sudden, Cai Yi teased the four younger siblings all day long, and even his studies were abandoned.

Ye Zhao is in a good mood these days, the war in Hetao has come to an end, although he came to report that the Xianbei people have moved, but it is only in Wuyuan Village in a circle, the tragic situation of the Southern Xiongnu obviously frightened the Xianbei people, there is no need Obviously, they are not willing to fight with Ye Zhao anymore, even if the garrison of Hetao is not too many now.

Although Xiliang has not yet been won, it is only lacking an opportunity now, and Ye Zhao's eyes have begun to prepare for the Central Plains.

"Xiliang is not in a hurry, but although the land of this annex is barren, it is bounded by the Taihang Mountains, if our army can seize the annexation state, it is also a strategic place to send troops in the future, therefore, the minister thinks that no matter who wins and who loses in the three parties of Yuan, Cao and Liu this time, our army should occupy the annex before and use it as the boundary!" In Taiwei's mansion, Xi Zhicai drew the boundary for Ye Zhao on the map.

When the soldiers were out of the customs, Xi Zhicai once talked about the general trend of the world.

Bounded by the Taihang Mountains, almost a plain to the east, and many mountains and rivers to the west, seize the state, enter and occupy Sili, Nanyang and even Jingzhou, if the Central Plains are unified, then the Central Plains overlord will be divided into east and west, if the Central Plains has not been unified, Ye Zhao can develop with peace of mind, sit and watch the success or failure, and wait for the princes of the Central Plains to fight almost, and then send troops to finish.

Now Ye Zhao has occupied the land of Guanzhong and Yizhou, Xiliang can go down at any time, the north and south are connected, and the general trend has been achieved, although the focus is now on recuperation, but since he has taken the Hetao, it is just when Yuan Shao is dealing with Liu Bei and Cao Cao to take the state.

First, now Yuan Shao because of the defeat of the river, some in a hurry, it is difficult to take care of the state, and secondly, to occupy the state at this time, it can also reduce Liu Bei's future development space, as long as this side of the Yanmen is a letter, Liu Bei in addition to the strong attack on Yanmen, can only take a detour to the clouds, although Youzhou is not short of cavalry, but from the want to detour to the clouds, not only to cross the boundary of the Xianbei people, and just the distance of the detour, there are thousands of miles away, just this road fee, can be hollowed out Liu Bei's family, Liu Bei wants to develop, can only go south, forced Liu Bei to fight Cao Cao, and on the other hand, he had to guard against Ye Zhao.

Although in this way, there is some meaning of standing on his feet, but Ye Zhao is in danger, he can attack, retreat can defend, whether it is Cao Cao, Liu Bei or Yuan Shao, but he can only fall into a passive situation, so as long as Ye Zhao's side has a solid foundation, he can fully use troops against the Kwantung region.

"This dispatch of troops can be regarded as helping Liu Bei." Ye Zhao nodded with a smile and said: "But whether he can win against Cao Cao is unknown, Zhicai thinks that when is the best time to send troops?" ”

"After the winter, you can send troops, the lord can order Xu Rong to lead Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Zhang Liao from Yunzhong into the state, and at the same time send another army and horses, taking advantage of the time when Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in the state resist Xu Rong's army, send troops from Hedong, cross the stone fortress, and directly attack Jinyang, then the state can be merged." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"I heard that the senior cadres of this state guard are also quite talented, and I just took this opportunity to meet Hebei Yingjie." Ye Zhao nodded and smiled.

"It's just that almost all of the generals of our army are on Xu Rong's side now, do you want to transfer back a few for the lord to deploy?" Li Ru on the side said suddenly.

"Not necessarily." Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "With Dian Wei on the side, Fang Yue is in charge of garrisoning Guanzhong, Ding Li is on the expedition with the army, and the Wei Yan who attacked Chang'an with Yun Chang last time, I think it's pretty good, just to recruit him to listen to." ”

The plan has been decided, the entire Taiwei Mansion began to get busy, although it is a winter army, but after all, it is different from the last time to fight the Huns, the land of the Hetao is fertile, the hills are low, and there is no need for too many tactics, but this attack and the state, one comes to the state and the Hetao is different, the people living are all Han people, the supply of soldiers and horses can not be killed all the way like in the Hetao, and the supply is there, second, the dispatch of soldiers and horses is bright and dark, Xu Rong is good to say, but since this side is going to be dark, it can't be noticed by the state, so how to send the soldiers and horses across the river secretly, There are also many problems with grain and grass to be sent from here, although there are still many months before the beginning of winter, but these things have to be done, and the time is still a little tight.

Of course, for Ye Zhao, these things naturally don't need him to do everything himself, otherwise what is the use of him raising so many people?

In the next few months, Ye Zhao spent most of his time with his wife and children, and he would take his wife and children out for an outing, but most of the time, he still stayed in the city, after all, the four daughters had just given birth, and even the strongest Ren Hongchang was a little weak.

Chang'an Academy now has a lot of students, Shuzhong after more than a year of arrangement, in Guanzhong has been completely implemented, and with the continuous growth of Ye Zhao's momentum, especially after the victory of the Hetao, there began to be some Xiliang, Guanzhong and even Kanto not too famous scholars to come to study.

For these scholars who have achieved some learning, studying is still secondary, mainly because the influence of the new policy in Guanzhong has now spread in Kanto, and the books that Li Ru sold to Kanto have gradually played a role, and the scholars have also begun to split in their attitude towards Ye Zhao, and the top families naturally absolutely reject Ye Zhao's new policy.

But for people like Ye Zhao who were born and were on the fringes of the family, although the new policy on Ye Zhao's side damaged the overall rights of the scholar class, even within the scholar circle, the distribution of rights and privileges was pyramidal and uneven.

If the power of a top family like the Xun family is one hundred, then the children of these families at the bottom, I am afraid that many of them will not be able to achieve this value.

The uneven distribution of power also makes the degree of rejection of the New Deal different, and even for many low-level families, it is easier to get ahead by investing in Ye Zhao's side

In this regard, Ye Zhao is naturally happy to see it, the family began to split, and it also means that he has begun to lay out things from the Zhongping period to now after more than ten years, it has begun to gradually blossom and bear fruit, this is just the beginning, and when he will merge with Zhou, Xiliang, Jingzhou, and move the capital to Sili, it is when those foreshadowing really began to break out, that is the real innovation, now, although the effect has begun to appear, but for Ye Zhao, it is still in the accumulation stage, once the accumulation is completed, Then it's time for a change in the world.

"Husband, how long will it take to send troops this time?" After autumn, Ye Zhao can clearly feel that after the body gradually recovers, these women have become extremely obsessed with themselves, although for Ye Zhao, it is already common to send troops to fight, but for Ye Zhao's women, the pain of this separation is obviously not comfortable, after the fierce lingering, Liu Wei lazily lay in Ye Zhao's arms, looking at Ye Zhao stupidly.

People say that after becoming a husband and wife, no matter how strong the feelings are, they will gradually get tired of it, but this kind of thing seems to be wrong on Ye Zhao's side, maybe it is a relationship that often separates, and he always doesn't get tired of looking at his four beautiful wives and concubines, even if it has been more than ten years with Liu Wei, and even longer with Xin'er, but when Ye Zhao is with them, he can always feel something that can't be felt outside.

"If it's fast, I should be able to come back this time next year." Ye Zhao thought for a moment and said with a smile.

The terrain of Bingzhou is complex, Zhongtiao Mountain, Luliang Mountain, Taihang Mountain three mountain ranges are divided into countless branches, although not as steep as Shuzhong, but looking at the world, on the complexity of the terrain, Bingzhou is probably second only to Shuzhong, such a place, aside from the war, it will take a lot of time just to march, and after the battle, it will be managed, Ye Zhao estimates, if it goes well, it should be able to teach next autumn, but if it does not go well or something happens, it is not necessarily, it is difficult to give an accurate time for this kind of thing.

Liu Wei didn't ask again, just leaned back hard, as if she wanted to integrate her body into Ye Zhao's body, the faint reluctance and attachment, Ye Zhao could feel it, but he didn't say anything.

A man's world is sometimes really not suitable for women to intervene, Liu Wei knows this, so she didn't do anything nonsense, she just hoped to accompany Ye Zhao well during this time.

Time, for four women, is like sand between their fingers, they want to grasp it, but they can't grasp it no matter what.

This time Ye Zhao sent troops, in addition to Wei Yan, Ding Li, and Dian Wei, he also took Ye Zheng with him, as the eldest son, although Ye Zheng, who had just reached the age of eleven, was still very young, but he had studied with Ye Zhao over the years, the knowledge in the academy, what he could learn at this stage, had almost learned, of course, at the age of eleven, it would be a lie to say that he was well-read, although Ye Zheng had good qualifications, but he was not the kind of demon-level genius who could never forget it, there was too much knowledge in this world, and he couldn't learn it in a lifetime.

This expedition to Bingzhou, although it is a bit early for Ye Zheng, but in this era, there are many eleven or twelve-year-old teenagers who are pulled to the battlefield, such as Bingzhou, Youzhou, Xiliang, and other places where the population is ordered but often invaded by foreign enemies, children of this age can often be seen in the army, Ye Zhao did not let Ye Zheng run to fight, but just wanted Ye Zheng to see the cruelty of this battlefield, as the object of Ye Zhao's training, Ye Zhao has very high hopes for Ye Zheng, this time, I just want him to experience the real battlefield.

Although Liu Wei was reluctant, her family never objected to Ye Zhao's decision, but on the day of the expedition, Liu Wei was accompanied by the other three daughters, and watched Ye Zheng disappear with Ye Zhao before silently weeping back.