Chapter 226: Draft Turmoil
Liu Xie is not a womanizer, and he has no plans to be a stallion. He was already very satisfied with marrying three daughters-in-law. The so-called contented people are always happy, why do you marry so many daughters-in-law? Can you get busy?
Originally, some people in the DPRK and China had some complaints about Liu Xie's delay in the draft, but Liu Xie's attitude was resolute, and they did not dare to force it. But Samhan sent people to offer the United States, which gave these people an excuse. The draft is a good thing for some people, as long as you pay a woman, you can become a relative in one step. In the past, the general He Jin was just a butcher in Wancheng, and the butcher here did not refer to killing pigs and selling meat, but to the powerful places in the local area, but there was no one in the court, and the officialdom naturally could not go smoothly. Liu Bei's sworn brother Zhang Fei is a local tyrant in Zhuozhou, and it was with Zhang Fei's funding that Liu Bei was able to pull up a team to join the sequence of eradicating the Yellow Turban.
He Jin, who was originally a butcher, was favored by Emperor Ling because his sister participated in the draft and entered the palace, and the He family rose to the top, and He Jin became a general. It can be said that the draft is a desperate situation for many people to climb to the sky in one step. And now, Liu Xie's harem has a small number of people, one person in the main palace, two partial concubines, and a lot of free places waiting to be filled. Those who want to increase their political chips are waiting for Liu Xie to announce the draft into the palace. But Liu Xie didn't let go, and he lived beautifully with his three daughters-in-law, and he was not empathetic at all.
Sanhan Xianmei, no one is interested in Sanhan's foreign barbarian, and no one is interested in the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, but Sanhan's behavior of offering beauty has provided some people with an excuse for Liu Xie's draft. The so-called three Koreas offer beauty, and the beauties offered can't actually be seen. Don't be deceived by the so-called handsome men and women of the Republic of Korea in later generations, they are actually all processed and sorted out the day after tomorrow. The people born there are born with prominent cheekbones, and the so-called goose egg face is actually shaved with a knife. Occasionally, there are two variants, and I can't see where they go.
Liu Xie likes beauties that are pure and natural, without adding any preservatives, and he is not interested in the kind of acquired processing. In addition, everyone's aesthetics are different, and the beauties in the eyes of Sanhan are ugly when they come to Liu Xie. However, some people in the court seized this opportunity, it doesn't matter if the saint thinks that the beauties of Sanhan Xian are ugly, the Han population is 10 million, and some are good-looking, as long as Liu Xie nods, he will immediately send the good-looking ones to the palace.
But Liu Xie was not interested in the draft at all. A person's energy is limited, and Liu Xie is a nostalgic person, he and the current three daughters-in-law, it can be said that they have been together for many years, sharing weal and woe, and have deep feelings for each other.
Originally, Liu Xie himself was unwilling, and the draft should end here. But some people didn't want to give up, and Liu Xie refused to let go, so he hit the idea on the head of Queen Zhen Mi. Spread rumors that the queen was jealous, trying to force Zhen Mi to take the initiative to host the draft for Liu Xie.
Liu Xie is very dissatisfied with this, this is to make his own house restless, although there is a return from Tianyan, Liu Xie already knows who is making trouble in secret, but this matter really can't make a big fuss, and Liu Xie can't think of any good solution for a while.
Most of the people who hope that Liu will be drafted are big families who have not been attached to the imperial court for a long time. Their intentions Liu Xie was clear, and they wanted nothing more than to fight for their family to speak in the court by offering their daughters. Although it is an ancestral example that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the role of the pillow wind is still very great.
But the more he has this kind of political purpose, the more Liu Xie can't let those people get their wish. It is true that the acceptance of those women can make the families behind those women more loyal to the court, but the consequences are also enormous. People are emotional animals, if they really meet a new love and have another child, it will have an impact on the stability of the country. After all, the queen's family is from a merchant family, and it is not comparable to a family with a deep heritage.
At present, Liu Xie has a son and two daughters, and the eldest son Liu Kai is born by the queen, and he has been made the crown prince since birth, and he is being cultivated as the prince of the Han Dynasty. At the beginning, in order to compete for the position of Liu Kai's enlightenment teacher, the court almost broke his head, but later Liu Xie was the master and personally educated, which calmed down the dispute between the court and the middle.
Having more children and being blessed is a traditional concept for many people, but having more children also means constant strife. Especially in the imperial family, the emperor can only be held by one person, and the more sons, the more fierce the competition. Ordinary people can resolve this contradiction by dividing the family, but it is impossible for the royal family. Liu Xie didn't want his descendants to make a fuss about brothers reading the wall in order to compete for the throne, so he naturally had to find a way at the source.
The three daughters-in-law are not from high backgrounds, don't look at the brothers of Zhao Yu and Bu Luan who hold important positions in the court, but their families do not have much influence on the court. As for the Zhen family behind Zhen Mi, it is not a cause for concern. In the case that the children born to the three daughters have grown up together since they were young and have a deep relationship, Liu Xie is not too worried about sibling disputes in the future. Even if these three daughters have children born in the future, there is no need to worry about giving birth to rebels who will destroy the stability and unity of the family.
The question of the heir did not convince Liu Xie that the three daughters-in-law, even if one daughter-in-law was pregnant, there were two spare. Even if the three daughters are pregnant at the same time, just taking care of the three pregnant women is enough to keep people busy, so how can there be spare time to do anything else? Liu Xie will be in charge of other things, but in terms of feelings, he doesn't like to be done by others.
I have been with Liu Xie for a long time, and people who know Liu Xie's temperament will never entangle with Liu Xie in the draft, so as not to make Liu Xie unhappy, and find an opportunity to wear their own small shoes. Although that kind of revenge will not affect his career, the restlessness of his family is enough to cause headaches.
"Husband, what are you going to do this time? It's better to fulfill the wishes of those ministers and choose some younger sisters to enter the palace to serve their husbands. Zhen Mi shook the fan in her hand and asked Liu Xiedao. At this time, Zhen Mi was already pregnant, and it was only confirmed last month that Liu Xie planned to share the good news with the ministers, but he didn't want to make a fuss about the draft again.
"Mi'er, I have a lot to learn from your intentions, and I definitely don't think anything wrong." Liu Xie already has experience in treating pregnant women, he has taken care of three pregnant women, and if he has no experience, it is nonsense, once he is born and twice he is mature, Liu Xie knew that Zhen Mi was talking back, so he hurriedly swore to the sky.
"But some people say that concubines are jealous."
"That's their nonsense, Mi'er doesn't have to take it seriously. Those people wanted to beat Mi'er after they found out that it didn't work for their husbands, and used public opinion to persuade Mi'er to persuade her husband to agree to the draft. ”
"But this reputation for jealousy is not good after all."
"What's wrong with jealousy? It's a sign of love. It shows that you love me to the bone and don't want anyone to share it with you. ”
Hearing Liu Xie's explicit statement, Zhen Mi, Zhao Yu and Bu Luan on the side all blushed a little. Han people pay attention to subtlety, and they always don't like to say it bluntly about love, love, and the like. Like the three words I love you, many couples often never say it to their other half in their lives. But Liu Xie is not such a reserved person, he not only fully expresses his feelings for the third daughter in action, but also often speaks out. Of course, this kind of thing will only be said when there are no outsiders, and if it is announced loudly in public, Liu Xie will also be a little embarrassed.
"Daddy, daddy......" Just when the confession of the third daughter called Liu Xie was a little embarrassed, the person who rescued the scene came, and the crown prince Liu Kai "rolled" in like a ball, followed by two younger sisters.
Although it is not yet winter, the climate in Chang'an has become colder, Liu Kai is the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, naturally he can't let him freeze, he is wearing a thick body, he ran outside for a while before, and he was sweating profusely at this time. Liu Xie couldn't help frowning when he saw it and asked, "Nine catties, who dressed you so much, is it hot or not?" ”
Jiujin is Liu Kai's nickname, and he is closest to his father, and when he heard his father ask, he hurriedly nodded and said: "It's hot, but Aunt Bu said that she won't get sick if she wears more, and she doesn't need to drink that kind of bitter medicine." ”
"Of course, you have to drink medicine when you are sick, but you don't have to wear so much because you are afraid of getting sick. You wear so much, and you like to run around outside, and when you sweat, it's easy to get sick. Liu Xie said and wiped the sweat on Liu Kai's head, and instructed the attendant to lead Liu Kai to take a bath, and then change his clothes.
Liu Kai was taken down, and the remaining two small ones snuggled up to Liu Xie's side, one left and one right. For the two daughters, Liu Xie is also very attentive. For his daughter, Liu Xie does not have the idea of patriarchy, and when he enlightened Liu Kai, the eldest daughter Liu Ying and the second daughter Liu Lan also had to learn together.
With the children present, Zhen Mi naturally didn't want to tell Liu Xie about the draft, the family was happy together, and when Liu Kai came back, Liu Xie felt very comfortable to take the school test for the children's homework. But someone didn't want Liu Xie to be happy, interrupting Liu Xie's family fun at this time.
"Mother, why did Daddy look so ugly when he left?" Liu Kai asked Zhen Mi curiously.
"It doesn't matter, Daddy is not angry with you, but angry that someone came to trouble him." Zhen Mi smiled and rubbed her son's head.
"Now that my big man is like the sky, who dares to be so short-sighted?"
Zhen Mi was amused by Liu Kai's little appearance, and said with a smile: "Your father doesn't want the draft, but some people don't have long eyes, so if you have to stuff a few women around your father, your father is naturally unhappy." ”
"Hmm...... Daddy did the right thing, women are very troublesome, and they cry at every turn. Liu Kai nodded and said with a serious face.
"Nine catties, I know that women are in trouble at such a young age." Zhao Yu on the side couldn't help but smile and said to Liu Kai.
"Of course, I'm an adult."
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"Fengxiao, why don't you negotiate well, what are you doing here to see me?" Liu Xie glared at Guo Jia with an unhappy face and asked. has been with Liu Xie for a while, and Guo Jia has also mastered the ability to judge Liu Xie's mood at that time by what Liu Xie calls people and what he calls himself. At present, Liu Xie's mood is not very good, otherwise he would not have suddenly called himself me when I usually come and go.
"Holy Lord, the minister has come to report something."
"What?"
"When the minister was chatting with Zhuge Liang today, I heard him mention the recent draft that is going viral in Chang'an, and the minister suspects that Zhuge Liang and others are adding fuel to the fire."
"Draft, draft, pick a ghost show. If anyone dares to mention the draft to me again, I will be in a hurry. really responded to the sentence that the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuchs are in a hurry, and I marry a few daughters-in-law to take care of their bird affairs. Liu Xie said angrily.
"The saint is angry, in fact, the emperors of the draft have been drafted, why does the saint keep resisting?" Guo Jia persuaded him, and then asked his own questions. In Guo Jia's opinion, it is a good thing for the emperor to choose a few dignified women to accompany the king in the palace. What's more, choosing the daughter of a big family to enter the palace can also win over the big family and calm people's hearts, I don't understand why Liu Xie is quite resistant to the draft.
"Fengxiao, do you have a woman who is in love with each other?"
"Uh...... Yes. Guo Jia thought for a moment and replied.
“…… Sister Cai doesn't count, you haven't asked her clearly, maybe you are unrequited love, wishful thinking. ”
"Shengshang, you can't say that, although the minister doesn't dare to compare himself to Pan An, but he doesn't look bad, plus his intelligence is also outstanding, why doesn't Sister Cai like me?"
"Fengxiao, when a woman looks at a person, she doesn't just look at whether the person is good-looking or not, whether he is knowledgeable. You don't even have the courage to verify it yourself, so you pretend to be confident with me. ”
Guo Jia lowered his head when he was said, full of unconvinced. And Liu Xie ignored Guo Jia, and said to himself: "Women actually look at men the same as men look at women, and they care about feelings. It feels right, the other party is willing to be poor, but if it doesn't feel right, even if it is the dragon and phoenix among people, they are not willing. ”
"Listen to the meaning of the saint, I know a lot about women."
"At least you know better than you do. Want to know why I don't want to be drafted? Because a person's energy is limited, and there are many women, it is inevitable that there will be times when they can't be taken care of, but those women are people who want to accompany them for a lifetime, and if they neglect each other, will you feel guilty in your heart? I asked myself if I didn't have the ability to do everything, so in order not to make my women sad, I naturally had to reduce the number. Speaking of which, I'm a little envious of Feng Xiao, you won't have any worries about this at all in the future. ”
"Why?" Guo Jia asked subconsciously.
"There are tigers in the family, and you dare to be half-hearted?"
Guo Jia: "......"
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The two of them chatted for a while, and Liu Xie asked Guo Jia about the progress of the negotiations, Guo Jia shrugged his shoulders when he heard this, and spread his hands and said, "What else can be done?" Zhuge Liang and those people refused to give in, and it was impossible for us to agree to the plan proposed by Zhuge Liang and others, so it was so deadlocked. ”
“…… It's not a problem to drag it like this all the time. Bonghyo, what can you do not have? Liu Xie frowned and asked Guo Jiadao.
"Holy means ......"
"The imperial court will not use troops abroad for the time being, and it makes no sense to keep Zhuge Liang and others to continue to stay in Chang'an, send them back as soon as possible."
"Holy Lord, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate." Guo Jia objected after hearing this.
"What? Do you disagree? ”
"The minister thinks that it is best not to let Zhuge Liang and others know about the temporary use of troops by the imperial court, and the more worried they are, the more beneficial it will be to the imperial court. Now that the imperial court is powerful, even if it maintains hundreds of thousands of troops, it will not affect agricultural affairs, but the princes of the three roads are different. The situation of Yuan Xi in Hebei is better, but most of the soldiers and horses under Sun Quan and Liu Bei are forcibly conscripted, and a large number of soldiers cannot go home in time to farm, which will inevitably affect the cultivation in the coming year. ”
“…… Okay, listening to what you said, there is some truth, then this matter will be left to you to decide, the left and right is to raise a few idlers, and I can still afford it. Seeing that Guo Jia was willing to do things, Liu Xie naturally wouldn't stop him, so he started to be the shopkeeper and decided not to intervene in the negotiation anymore, and Guo Jia was fully responsible.
Liu Xie thought that Guo Jia came to him to fight for the leading power of negotiation from him, and he would leave if he gave him, but he didn't want Guo Jia to mention another thing, which made Liu Xie's mood unhappy again.
It turned out that the matter of the draft somehow reached Cao Cao's ears, and the newly appointed imperial court envoy did not inspect the place for Liu Xie, but asked Guo Jia to explore the situation, and wanted to send his daughter Cao Jie into the palace to serve Liu Xie.
Liu Xie didn't even want Fu Shou in the romance, would he want your old Cao to give his daughter? Are you kidding! That Cao Jie Liu Xie has seen, she is still a twelve-year-old girl, she looks very delicate, but Liu Xie asked himself if he was not a beast, so he couldn't do it.
“…… Fengxiao, you do something for me. ”
"Holy Lord, please command." As soon as he heard that Liu Xie claimed to be me again, Guo Jia hurriedly replied respectfully.
"This time, Sanhan offered beauty to me ten Sanhan beauties, and you sent those ten beauties to Caofu for me, and said that I gave him a warm bed."
“…… Saint, Cao Yuanjun is just worried about the future of the Cao family, so he doesn't have to be so vicious, right? Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and asked Liu Xiedao cautiously. The so-called three-Korean beauty Guo Jia has seen it, but it is really not a beauty, and it does not conform to the aesthetics of our Han people.
"If you don't, those ten beauties will be given to you."
Guo Jia immediately changed his words and said: "The saint cares about Cao Envoy Jun's body, and the minister must send the three Han beauties to Cao Envoy Jun's mansion." ”
"Hmph."
"But the saint, Cao Yuanjun is not young, are you open? so as not to lose the virtuous minister. Guo Jia cautiously said tentatively.
“…… Tell Lao Cao for me, let him think less about what he has and doesn't have. If you want to ensure the prosperity of the Cao family, you should put more effort into educating your children, and don't think about crooked ways. The ten Sanhan beauties are at his disposal, and it is up to him to decide whether to warm the bed or give them away. ”
With Liu Xie's permission, Guo Jia retired and left the palace to take ten three-Korean beauties to Caofu. Soon after the new construction of Caofu in Chang'an, after Cao Pi surrendered, except for Cao Pi, who was sent back to Peiguo County to guard the ancestral industry, the rest of the Cao family were placed in Chang'an. Guo Jia came to the door with ten women, and Mrs. Ding, who was in charge of the Cao family, greeted him personally.
"What is the reason for Feng Xiao?" Mrs. Ding asked expressionlessly.
Seeing that Mrs. Ding was not angry and arrogant, Guo Jia suddenly regretted it a little and did not dare to wade into this troubled water. Cao Cao is not at home, Mrs. Ding of the Cao family has the final say, she sends a woman to Cao Cao, and she also gives ten of them, and it is strange that Mrs. Ding can give herself a good face.