Cai He is Liu Xin's brother-in-law, Tian Feng is naturally clear about this. Since Liu Xin suddenly asked about Cai He's placement, in Tian Feng's opinion, it was obvious that he wanted him to take special care of Cai He. However, Liu Xin can rest assured that Tian Feng is in charge of the ministry, because he believes that he is fair.

Tian Feng thought for a while, then arched his hand and said, "Lord Qi, since Cai He and the other students are also from Xiangyang Academy, they should be treated equally. The subordinates thought that they could be temporarily entrusted with the post of county chief. However, the Cai family is a Xiangyang family, and Cai He is Deju's younger brother, so in order to avoid suspicion, he can be ordered to serve in other counties. ”

If it was arranged by others, perhaps in order to please Liu Xin, Cai He would be arranged in any of Xiangyang's county governors or long history. After all, Xiangyang is Cai He's hometown, and his brother Cai Mao is Xiangyang Taishou, and Xiangyang's prosperity is unparalleled in the world. But Tian Feng was different from others, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he blocked the possibility of Cai He becoming an official in Xiangyang.

Liu Xin couldn't help laughing and said, "Yuan Hao, you are mistaken. Last year, Cai He led the Cai family's caravan to the Western Regions, and later sent an envoy to the Five Kingdoms for Liu. Compared with other students, Cai He should have experienced a lot. ”

Tian Feng suddenly realized that Liu Xin did not want to arrange Cai He in Xiangyang, but to arrange him directly into the sixth department, and couldn't help but mutter: "The lord said this, there is some truth. Just ......"

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "No, it's just." Liu is about to send someone to envoy Dawan and Kangju to the five countries again, and Cai He is the most suitable person. However, he went out in white last time, and after all, his name is not right, and this time he needs to be given an official identity. ”

Tian Feng pondered for a moment, leaned over and said: "The envoys of the Han Dynasty are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and the subordinates think that Cai He can be appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Rites. ”

The six departments are all headed by Shangshu, with one left and right attendant, and one subordinate as the division, each division with Langzhong as the main official, and the outer lang and the chief as the subordinate officials. Tian Feng immediately proposed to let Cai He serve as the chief official of the Foreign Affairs Department, not because Cai He was Liu Xin's brother-in-law, but because considering that the diplomatic envoys represented the dignity of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to give Cai He a certain status.

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Langzhong's status is only higher than that of the county guard. Cai He was in such a high position at a young age, which was harmful to him. In this way, let him temporarily preside over the affairs of the Foreign Affairs Department as a foreigner, and after some time, Liu will personally arrange the affairs of his envoy. ”

According to Liu Xin's latest Han official grade, the county guard is the fifth grade, the county guard and the long history are both the sixth grade, and the member wailang is from the fifth grade, between the county guard and the county guard. Judging from the grade alone, such an arrangement is a kind of care for Cai He, but it is not. If you serve as a county magistrate or chief historian in the local area, you can spend the six-month inspection period in peace. Serving as an envoy is different, although the wind is not infinite on the surface, there are many uncertain factors hidden, and even many dangers will be encountered. Therefore, Liu Xin's arrangement also has the meaning of letting Cai He continue to practice.

Although Tian Feng is the secretary of the ministry, the ministry does not have a fixed office space in Xiangyang, not only the ministry of officials, but also the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Crime, and even the cabinet scholars do not have a decent office space, so Tian Feng's seals and letters are carried with him. Today he came in a hurry, and he didn't even bother to change his clothes, but the seal did not fall. The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in the state pastor's mansion are all ready-made, and Tian Feng finished writing "brushing and brushing", stamped with the big seal of the ministry, and a letter of appointment was freshly baked.

Liu Xin took the freshly baked letter of appointment, and returned to the back house in a hurry, and saw Cai Jue's sisters sitting together talking at a glance, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Eldest sister, when did you arrive?" ”

Although it has been twelve years since he came to this era, Liu Xin still retains some habits of later generations, in his eyes, relatives are relatives, there is no need to pretend to be official, what to put on a shelf, this "eldest sister" shouted naturally and cordially.

Cai Yue bowed sincerely and said, "The woman has seen the adult. The woman came to see her sister and her little nephew. ”

Liu Xin laughed. The little maid who appeared outside the hall door just now was standing behind Cai Jue, and Cai Yue spoke a little slurred, if she came to the mansion and had nothing to do with herself, the ghost wouldn't believe it. Liu Xin waved her hand and said, "Eldest sister, they are all family, there is nothing bad to say." As long as Liu can help with something, he will never refuse. ”

Relatives should support each other, otherwise what do relatives do? Although Cai Jue's identity is not the main room, Liu Xin will do his best for the Cai family's affairs.

Liu Xin had already made up his mind that one day he would sit on the throne. It is a taboo for successive emperors to interfere in politics, and from ancient times to the present, how many such cases are there that cannot be prevented. Therefore, Liu Xin had no intention of guarding against these relatives of his own at all. The principle of employing people lies in the fact that one looks at the character and the other is to learn, and the most important thing is to establish the corresponding system.

Cai Yue didn't know that Liu Xin would be so generous, she muttered for a long time, and stopped talking. It was Cai Jue who told Liu Xin with a smile.

Liu Xin groaned: "I didn't expect this Liu Bei to be so able to toss, is he really unscrupulous?" ”

In fact, Liu Bei is not unscrupulous, but deeply jealous. If Liu Bang hadn't taken the initiative to come to the door to cry to him, he would have continued to stay at home. But it didn't matter if he "went out of the house" this time, but because of Sima Hui's words, he got into trouble and didn't dare to mess with it.

Cai Jue was kind-hearted and didn't want her husband to kill too much, so she hurriedly persuaded: "Master, it's better to make the family affair between Yu'er and Yueying public, lest those people with ulterior motives do anything crooked." ”

Cai Yue had the same idea as Cai Jue, and also looked at Liu Xin with blank eyes.

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "These are two different things. Liu Bei is an adult, and he should be responsible for his actions. ”

Cai Jue was even more surprised, and said in a loud voice: "Master, although Liu Bei has had, but he has also saved Bang'er's life, if you kill him, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of the master, and I hope the master will think twice." ”

"Good decent, what am I going to do with him?" Liu Xin snorted, but secretly sneered in his heart, killing Liu Bei like this not only damaged his reputation, but also was too cheap. Liu Xin has already made up his mind, since you Liu Bei likes tossing so much, then I will let you toss enough!

Huang Chengyan meant to shut up Liu Bei. Although he didn't say it very clearly, Cai Yue's husband and wife who had been with him for many years already understood what he meant. The best way to silence a person is to let him die.

Hearing that Liu Xin didn't want to kill Liu Bei, Cai Yue couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said repeatedly: "Lord Liu, then I will ...... when I go back."

"Eldest sister, please rest assured, I can guarantee that Liu Bei will not talk nonsense about this matter again." Liu Xin smiled and waved her hand, took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, and said, "Eldest sister, if you come to Xiangyang, you must go to Deju's house to see Yueying, right?" There is one thing here, please bring it to Cai He by the way, so that he can come to the mansion early tomorrow morning. ”

When Liu Xin was not in Xiangyang, Huang Yueying lived in the state pastor's mansion, and after Liu Xin came back, it was a little inconvenient, so Huang Yueying lived in Cai Mao's house. It is not easy for Cai Yue to come to Xiangyang, and she does have this plan to go to Cai Mao's house to see her daughter.

Cai Jue didn't care about this, took the piece of paper in Liu Xin's hand first, screamed, and said with a grudge: "Master, you want to let your little brother go to the Western Regions again." The road is far away, and it is all barren land. ”

Cai Jue is also a lady from a famous family, if it was in the past, Liu Xin said that this piece of paper was handed over to Cai Yue, she would not dare to snatch it so presumptuously. But in the past ten years, Liu Xin has taken a flat attitude towards her women, and Cai Jue has gradually become less restrained.

Liu Xin didn't care, smiled and said, "What do you know." I, the Han Dynasty, will let the Quartet come to congratulate! Cai He has become this foreign affairs secretary, and he will go down in history in the future and glorify his ancestors. ”

Cai Yue was overjoyed, and quickly took the letter of appointment from Cai Jue's hand, put it in his arms like a baby, and said, "Please rest assured, the woman will definitely hand it over to Cai He herself." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Eldest sister, there is one more thing that needs to be discussed with you. In two or three months, Xiangyang Academy will move to Chang'an. Of course, the academy will remain, but most of the teachers and students will move there. Whether Yueying will go to Chang'an to study or continue to stay in Xiangyang, you need to discuss this matter with Mr. Chengyan. ”

Cai Yue blurted out without thinking about it: "Of course I went to Chang'an to study." ”

Since most of the teachers and students are moving to Chang'an, it goes without saying that Xiangyang Academy will definitely gradually decline, and Yingchuan Academy is the best example.

Once upon a time, Yingchuan Academy was famous all over the world, Sima Hui, Pang Degong and others were all gentlemen of the academy, and Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Han Opera and other talented people were all disciples of the academy. Since the Yellow Turban**, Yingchuan Academy has been declining day by day. Although Liu Xin later occupied Yingchuan, he allocated a special fund to expand the academy and vigorously supported it, but with the mountain of Xiangyang Academy placed there, Yingchuan has long since lost its former glory. Although Cai Yue is a woman, she has lived with a famous person like Huang Chengyan for many years, so she naturally understands the truth.

Liu Xin bowed his head and said, "In this case, I can ask someone to leave a house for you in Chang'an City." However, you and Chengyan must be mentally prepared, Chang'an City is not as cheap as Xiangyang, whether it is a house or daily expenses. ”

Huang Chengyan's family also has dozens of acres of thin fields, and it is not a problem to mix food and clothing, but if you want to live in Chang'an City, if you have no other industry, I am afraid it will be difficult to bear with the income from this little land.