Chapter 244: The princess chooses a son-in-law
I don't know when, the Son of Heaven had a whim and wanted to recruit Wei Shuo as a colt. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Sima Yao's eldest daughter, Princess Sima Wan of Jinling, is twelve years old this year and has reached the age of talking about marriage.
Originally, according to tradition, the husband of Princess Jinling was not unexpected, and he should be a famous person from a certain family.
There are even rumors that the Son of Heaven has fallen in love with Xie Yan, the son of the Xie family of Chen County, the grandson of Xie An, and the third son of Xie Yan, the general of the army.
In fact, it was not the Son of Heaven who took a fancy to Xie Ming, but Wang Xun, who was entrusted by the Son of Heaven to choose a son-in-law for the princess, recommended Xie Ming.
Before Wei Shuo came, Sima Yao felt that Xie Chao was young and had a good reputation, and he was from a famous family, so he was a good candidate.
But now looking at Xie Ming, Tianzi suddenly feels that this is not the case.
The Sima family's choice of sons-in-law has always had a strong political purpose, including famous people such as Liu Yi and Wang Xianzhi, as well as heroes like Wang Dun and Huan Wen.
Sima Yao's desire to recruit Wei Shuo as a colt was not on a whim, but after careful consideration.
Although the Son of Heaven is mediocre, he is not stupid, and he also knows that Jiangdong is in crisis.
And what's even more terrifying is that something has gone wrong with the next generation of the royal family - the crown prince Sima Dezong is an idiot again.
According to historical records: Sima Dezong, the eldest son of Emperor Xiaowu, "young but not wise." ”
Not only is it not wise, it has a mouth and can't speak, it can't distinguish between hot and cold, hunger and hunger, and it can't cook by itself when it comes to drinking water, eating, sleeping, and getting up.
Coupled with the fact that there was a powerful Sima Daozi next to him, Sima Yao was very worried about the 'Eight Kings' Disaster happening again. ’
In order to contain Sima Daozi, Sima Yao successively promoted a large number of henchmen such as Wang Gong and Yin Zhongkan to leave the town.
However, the Son of Heaven was also worried about the Jinyang Wang clan and the Chen Jun Yin clan, following the example of the Langya Wang clan and the Chen Jun Xie clan.
For this reason, he even began to secretly support Liu Yu, who was born in a poor family.
Now he has taken a fancy to Wei Shuo, who is sitting in the northwest, and hopes to use Hexi to balance the various factions in the DPRK and China.
Considering that Wei Shuo already had a wife and son, Sima Yao did not take the liberty of issuing an edict, and first brought Wang Xun and other henchmen to discuss.
"Where is Wei Qing now? Is it still in Kyoguchi? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, according to the latest news, Dadu Hu and his entourage have left Jingkou and are on their way back to Jiankang."
"That Jingkou Wolong also left with him?"
Jingkou Wolong refers to Liu Muzhi, and with Wei Shuo's invitation, Liu Muzhi's name has spread all over Jiangdong.
In addition to being sought after by the poor scholars, even the court and the powerful of the family have heard of it.
However, most of the families still don't look down on Liu Muzhi, and when they mention it in private, they often use the 'betel nut master book' to call him disparaging.
"Well, in addition to this, there are still several children of the poor family following."
Regarding Wei Shuo's move to recruit talents from poor families, the court has a complicated view.
Some people disagree with this, thinking that Wei Shuo's move is not to worry about putting the cart before the horse.
Some people of insight also pointed out that if they are not stopped, in the long run, the hearts of the Hanmen Shu people will return to Hexi.
"Alright, everyone, stop arguing!"
"Since I have promised Wei Qing to allow him to recruit talents on his own, how can I go back on my word?"
"Bringing you here today is a tricky matter for me to discuss."
Sima Yao hesitated for a moment before he confessed to everyone and Pan.
"You should know that I have a daughter, who will be of age to leave the cabinet."
"Looking around the world, there are no young talents more than most of the protectors."
"Therefore, I intend to recruit Dadu Hu as a concubine, just because he has wives and concubines and children, I am afraid of causing criticism from the outside world and misunderstanding of Dadu Hu."
"Dare to ask you, is there any way to make me get what I want?"
As soon as the Son of Heaven said this, Wang Xun, Xu Miao and others present still didn't understand the deep meaning, knowing that this was a common method of the imperial court.
The Jin dynasty had a tradition of maintaining its rule by enlisting famous people from famous families and 'talented people', among which marrying the royal daughter of the clan was the most effective means and measure.
For example, Huan Wen, Liu Yi, Chu Li and others are all examples, and now the Sima family has obviously taken a fancy to Wei Shuo, who is in the northwest.
Everyone pondered carefully in private, and suddenly felt that the Son of Heaven had made a wonderful move.
Although Wei Shuo belonged to one of the princes, it was not enough to threaten the security of Jiangdong because it was located in the northwest.
Therefore, no matter how big Wei Shuo is, the court and the Son of Heaven will not be restless.
On the contrary, it was pulled to the side of the royal family, as an external auxiliary force, which was conducive to the Son of Heaven to control the court situation and balance the place.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he might as well set up the left and right wives, and the princess and the original partner are all his wives."
"Mrs. Left and Right? Is there a precedent for the ages? Sima Yao couldn't help but be overjoyed, if he could find another example of the previous dynasty, it would be perfect.
"As early as when I was Emperor Wu of the Dynasty, at that time, Taiwei Jia Gongchong first married Li Wan as his wife, and then because of the accident in the Li family, Li Wan was convicted of exile and divorced, and then married Guo Huai."
"Soon after, Li Wan was pardoned, and Emperor Wu authorized Jia Chong to marry two wives, called 'Left and Right Ladies'."
"Although Jia Gong was afraid of the prestige of his wife Guo Huai, he finally resigned the edict of the two ladies, which is enough for future generations to act according to the rules."
"That's a great thing!"
There are examples of Emperor Wu and Jia Chong first, and Sima Yao has no worries at the moment, and he will immediately issue an order to canonize him.
In the end, it was Wang Gong and others who stopped him, and everyone agreed that it was best to find someone to explore the capital first.
"Who do you think it's better to send?"
Everyone glanced at each other and frowned, and there was no good candidate for a while.
Since this person represents the royal family, his status naturally can't be too low, and at the same time, he has to have a little friendship with Wei Shuo, so that he won't be unable to speak.
After a while, I saw that Wang Xun wanted to speak and stopped.
"Your Majesty, there is a candidate for the minister, but he doesn't dare to say it clearly, for fear that His Majesty will suspect that the minister has ulterior motives."
"Oh? I don't know where it is sacred? Please say clearly, whether it is appropriate or not, I don't blame you. ”
"No! This person is my fourth uncle Wang Shao's third son Wang Mi, who has a rare reputation, worships the secretary Lang, and has now passed to the third uncle Wang Xie. ”
As soon as he heard that it was Wang Mi, Sima Yao immediately understood why Wang Xun was worried.
Wang Mi is different from other Wang families, this person has always been close to Huan Xuan.
And the Son of Heaven has always been at odds with the Huan family, no wonder Wang Xun wants to speak and stop.
"Your Majesty, cousin Wang Mi had a relationship with Dadu when he was in Jiangling, and the two sides had a good personal relationship."
The Son of Heaven thought about it and found that there was no more suitable candidate than Wang Mi in the government and the opposition, so he had to order him to go to Wei Shuo.
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At the beginning of the seventeenth year of the year, a team of chariots and horses of about several hundred people hurriedly marched on the official road.
The ruts crunched against the snow more than half a foot thick.
It was already noon, and the people and horses traveled to the shady wall of the mountains, and gradually approached the capital city of Jiankang.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from the rear team to the front team, and immediately a man about thirty years old was about thirty years old, with a thin face, a two-angular scarf on his head, and a robe with a wide collar and a thorn script, and his eyes were bright.
A guard whispered: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, the right Sima is here!" ”
The one who was called the right Sima by the guards was Liu Muzhi, who had just joined Hexi.
In order to compare Liu Muzhi, after leaving Beijing, the accommodation arrangements were handed over to Liu Muzhi to be responsible for.
Although they are all small things, many celebrities and celebrities often disdain to do them.
As everyone knows, success or failure can be seen in small things, and only when small things are done well can big things be successful.
Sure enough, Liu Muzhi not only did not feel impatient with this, but arranged all kinds of things in an orderly manner, and won the unanimous praise of everyone with his talent.
I saw Liu Muzhi turn over and jump off the horse, and glanced at the guards with tired faces.
"I've been in a hurry for two hours in a row, and everyone is tired, right?"
"Thank you Sima for your concern, I'm a old soldier, and it's nothing to suffer this little bit."
"I want to follow the capital to protect the east and conquer Shuofang, it is also such a cold winter, the army has marched for a day and a night, without eating a mouthful of dry food, not a drop of water, and is stunned to rush to the front of the Wei army to set up defenses."
"These guards are all elites selected from the soldiers of the Xiang Army, why were they afraid of this trip?!"
Liu Muzhi nodded with satisfaction, for most of the past half a month, the person who touched him the most was the hard-working Hexi soldiers.
It's no wonder that most of the capital guards are famous in the northwest, so why worry about the world with this strong army?
"Most of the guards have orders, let everyone stop and rest for a quarter of an hour, and wait for the next breath to rush to Jiankang."
"The whole team rests in place and is not allowed to move around."
The men and horses of the brigade immediately stood still, the knife did not leave their bodies, the reins did not leave their hands, they sat or lay nearby, those who drank water drank water, and those who nibbled on dry food gnawed dry food, and at a glance they knew that it was a well-trained army with a strict appearance.
Just arranged the front team, Liu Muzhi was about to turn around and report to Wei Shuo.
Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves coming from the official road in the distance, and I saw dozens of horses galloping towards this side from afar.
The leader was about 50 years old, eight feet long, wearing a Taoist robe, with a clear face and three long beards under his chin.
The cold wind blew, and the sleeves and beard of the robe fluttered slowly, as if the gods were reincarnated.