It turned out that Huang Chengyan came to Cai Mao's mansion at the end of the month in the past two months, and the main purpose was, of course, to take a look at the Jingzhou briefing of the month. And every time Ah Chou comes, he will take the opportunity to go back to the state pastor's mansion, and he doesn't know whether to go to see his aunt or to play with Liu Yu.

However, Ma Yun found an opportunity to observe her twice. Sure enough, there was a slight change in the position of the birthmark on the little girl's face. Although this change is very small, ordinary people can't notice it if they don't pay attention to it, but Ma Yun's eyes are very vicious, and Liu Xin's clever disguise was seen through by her, and this flaw naturally can't escape her eyes. Not only that, Ma Yun also found that compared with the two times, there were slight differences in Ugly's skin color and hair color. These differences can only be discovered by Ma Yun, who pays special attention to it and is as meticulous as a hair.

When Huang Chengyan heard Cai Mao's question, he couldn't help but be angry and funny, and said, "Deju, can't I come until the end of the month?" I'm not here to see the briefing, but to help you with your staff. ”

Cai Mao said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, sister-in-law, you came just in time, help me point me out, this time I can't make any mistakes." ”

Huang Chengyan was taken aback when he received the good news sent by Cai Mao, he didn't understand why Liu Xin valued Cai Mao so much and handed over such an important position as Xiangyang Taishou to him. is also Taishou, as the state city of Xiangyang Taishou, compared with the other Jingxiang eight counties, the status is obviously higher, just like the mayor of an ordinary prefecture-level city is compared with the mayor of a provincial capital. Since it is a state city, the personnel and social relations in Xiangyang must be much more complicated, and it is naturally more necessary to be careful when dealing with it, Huang Chengyan is very afraid that Cai Mao will not be able to cope with it.

There are two sides to everything, but Liu Xin looks at it from another perspective when it comes to appointing Cai Mao as the Taishou of Xiangyang. Cai Mao represents the Cai family, the leading big family in Jingzhou, and as soon as he arrived in Jingzhou, the Cai family stood on his side clearly, and the position given to Cai Mao should not be too bad, otherwise it would be a little too much. Liu Xin also found out now that Cai Mao did not have the ability to lead troops, but he was quite competent when he was the commander of Xiangyang County, and now it should be no problem for him to be a Xiangyang Taishou. What's more, Liu Xin felt that with him sitting in Xiangyang by himself, he didn't have to worry about Cai Mao making any mess.

Sitting in the hall of Cai's mansion, Huang Chengyan listened to Cai Mao's plans for the future, but he was relieved. As the saying goes, diligence can make up for clumsiness, although Cai Mao's ability is a little worse, as long as she thinks twice about everything, nothing will go wrong.

Huang Chengyan came alone this time, and after understanding Cai Mao's current situation, his mind also relaxed, and said: "Deqi, you are now Xiangyang Taishou, there are two places in Xiangyang City that I haven't been to yet, can you take me for a walk?" ”

Cai Mao knew that every time he came, in addition to reading briefings, going around the city was also one of his compulsory courses, and he couldn't help but wonder: "The stone slabs on the streets of Xiangyang City are about to be broken by you, where else have you not been?" ”

Huang Chengyan said with a smile: "It's Xiangyang Academy and Jingzhou Research Institute." ”

There are three hospitals in Xiangyang City, a medical school, a college and a research institute. Medical school can be entered casually, Huang Chengyan has been to see twice, Zhang Ji's medical skills he has heard of, and now Zhang Ji has brought a lot of disciples, there are patients in and out of the medical school from time to time, no matter rich or poor, Zhang Ji and his disciples are treated equally, which makes Huang Chengyan admire. In particular, the plaque hanging on Zhang Ji's clinic - the heart of the doctor's parents, is said to be the moral requirement of Liu Zhoumu for medical practitioners, and it is written by Cai Yong, the president of Xiangyang Academy. Seeing this plaque, Huang Chengyan respected Liu Xin even more, and now he has unknowingly changed his name to Liu Xin, and he no longer calls him by his name. Huang Chengyan also wanted to go to the academy and research institute to have a look, but there were heavy guards there, and he couldn't get in at all.

Cai Mao heard that he wanted to see these two places, and couldn't help but groan: "Sister, if you want to see Xiangyang Academy, I can take you there in the afternoon." As for the research institute, even I can't enter without a warrant from the lord. ”

Huang Chengyan was deeply surprised, he didn't expect this research institute to be really mysterious, and even Cai Mao couldn't even want to see it, so he had to say stupidly: "Okay, forget if you can't go to the research institute, it's idle in the morning anyway, you can take me to the academy, why wait until the afternoon." ”

Cai Mao shook his head and said, "It's definitely not good in the morning, Mrs. Zhou Mu personally teaches the children, how can outsiders go in casually." ”

Ma Yun now goes to the academy every morning and the graduate school in the afternoon. Ma Yun himself doesn't mind showing up in front of people, Liu Xin doesn't care about these scruples, and he often encourages Bian Yu and Cai Yan to go out for a walk more, give lectures to Ma Yun, and engage in research, so what's the disagreement, not to mention that Ma Yun is doing these things to help him. However, Liu Xin's subordinates don't think so, they have to avoid it when it is time to avoid it, and they are not ambiguous.

Huang Chengyan couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he always thought that Liu Xin was already very talented, but he didn't expect that even his wife could teach the children of the academy, no wonder Liu Xin's son would be so smart. Huang Chengyan knew that every time Ah Chou always went to see his aunt, he actually wanted to find Liu Yu to fight. Huang Chengyan also often supports his daughter behind his back, but the two sides are still evenly matched, and it seems that Liu Yu must have a master behind him.

Huang Chengyan has been to Yingchuan Academy many times, but after seeing Xiangyang Academy, he was fascinated, not only because it occupies a larger area than Yingchuan Academy, and there are more houses than Yingchuan Academy, but also because the facilities here are much better than Yingchuan Academy, but because the teaching methods and the content taught here. In particular, Huang Chengyan saw a math note taken by the student here, this course was taught by Mrs. Zhou Mu herself, and the various symbols in it were like a book from heaven, which made him breathtaking, and he couldn't wait to take the student's notes secretly.

In the golden autumn of August, Cai Yan gave birth to a daughter. As early as half a month ago, Cai Yong and his wife were busy, and Mrs. Cai frequently went in and out of the backyard of the state pastoral mansion to prepare this and that for her daughter. Mrs. Cai is also an experienced person, looking at her daughter's pointed belly, she only thought that she was pregnant with a boy, but she gave birth to a girl, and she couldn't help but be disappointed.

Cai Yong is also patriarchal ideologically, and it is his lifelong regret that he has not been able to give birth to a son, and even he has to mention that he has no queen in the recital to the emperor. This time, Cai Yong can think about it, since Cai Yan can give birth to a daughter, he can also give birth to a son one day, all he cares about is whether Liu Xin will let his son take his mother's surname at that time.

In this era, it is a very deviant thing for a child to follow his mother's surname, and Cai Yong can be regarded as a defender, but now he is shouting for Liu Xin to do such a deviant thing. This can also be regarded as another kind of ass deciding the head, his ass sits on the side of the continuation of the Cai family's incense, and it is naturally not so important whether the child follows the father's surname or the mother's surname. Just like the current debate on whether to ban firecrackers, some people have always supported the setting off of firecrackers, carrying the banner of national traditional culture, once his family has children to take the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination, he immediately turned into the most staunch ban.

When Liu Xin walked into the room, Cai Yan still had tears on her face, and she gave birth to a daughter, and she always felt a little lost in her heart. Cai Yan wasn't worried about what Liu Xin would think, she was secretly comparing herself with Bian Yu. Liu Xin knew what she was thinking, grabbed her hand and comforted: "Yan'er, don't think about it too much, in fact, I like both boys and girls, and even prefer girls a little more." ”

Cai Yan's eyes flashed wide, as if he believed it or not, and did not speak.

Liu Xin looked at her appearance and said angrily: "You have obediently raised my body for me, and I am not afraid of running out of firewood." In the future, we will work harder and give birth to ten or eight of them, and we will not be worried about having no son? ”

Ma Yun and Bian Yu next to them had already covered their mouths and laughed non-stop, Cai Yan was so ashamed that his face was flushed, and he didn't dare to say a word.

As time passed, the controversy between the government and the opposition about Liu Xin gradually faded, and Liu Xin tried to keep a low profile and did not introduce any new policies. Jingzhou is now politically harmonious, mountain bandits and bandits have nowhere to hide, and all counties have entered a period of rapid development.

Compared to Jingzhou, the rest of the Han Dynasty was not so stable. In the two years after the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, all counties in the world had a short period of recuperation. But this kind of calm did not last long, first the northern tribes frequently invaded You, And, Liang and other prefectures, and then rebellions arose in various places, Xiliang had Bian Zhang, Han Sui rebelled, Jizhou had a black mountain thief Zhang Yan gathered a crowd known as a million, the imperial court sent troops everywhere, tired of running for his life. Since the Changsha thief Xing escaped from Jingzhou, he disappeared for a while, and he also took advantage of the smoke in the world to raise the flag and rebel again, and actually captured Lujiang City and proclaimed himself Lujiang Taishou.

When the news reached Xiangyang, Liu Xin was furious and gathered to discuss, wanting to send troops to attack Lujiang. At this time, it was winter, the weather was very cold, the grain and grass transportation was inconvenient, and the cross-border use of troops was afraid that they would once again arouse criticism from the government and the opposition.

After Liu Hong got that unknown spice, he really felt the joy of male and female love, and from then on, he was obsessed with women, ignored the government and politics, and handed over all political affairs to the ten permanent servants headed by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. At the same time, the courtiers condemned Liu Hong in an endless stream of recitals, accusing the ten permanent servants of being the culprit of causing the turmoil in the world. Although these pieces were suppressed by Liu Hong, the Ten Standing Servants still had a deep sense of crisis.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong once fought openly and secretly on the issue of Liu Xin, but now they have also abandoned their previous suspicions and stood together again. They knew very well that in order to silence the courtiers, the first thing was to quell the turmoil in various places. Zhang Rang and others are now in power, and after a conspiracy, they will make a heavy plan, first make a fake edict to recruit An Zhang Yan, and make him a general in the middle of the difficulty, and then appoint Zhang Wen as the general of the chariot cavalry, Dong Zhuo as the general of the prisoner, and go to Xiliang to crusade against Bian Zhang and Han Sui. Then, another edict was issued, appointing Sun Jian as the Taishou of Lujiang and crusading against Ou Xing.