Since the beginning of winter last year, Dongyi Lieutenant Feng Shi was no longer able to serve due to illness, and his eldest son Feng Chuan was responsible for all the affairs in the school captain's mansion, and the rest of the Feng family moved to Xi'an Ping under the escort of the second son Feng Yi. The huge school captain's mansion left only the old two feudal fathers and sons and a few slaves.

"Ahem!" Feng Shi coughed a few times, and with difficulty with his right hand, he picked up a piece of music from the bedside and handed it to his eldest son, Feng Xuan, and then sighed and said: "None of the people in my Feng family have the qualifications of a king, if you want to extend the family in the troubled times, you must choose a master to take refuge." ”

"Ahem...... For...... Ahem...... As a father, I thought it was ...... Ahem! ”

Seeing that his father was coughing again, Feng Yan hurriedly stepped forward and gently slapped him on the back a few times, and persuaded: "Father, if you have anything to say, let's wait until you get well in the future." ”

Feng Shi closed his eyes and stroked his chest a few times, shook his head and said, "If you don't explain again, I'm afraid I won't have a chance for my father." While I'm still sober at the moment, it's better to explain the future as soon as possible. ”

"Father, why do you say that? You're just feeling a chill, and my son believes you'll get better soon. ”

"I know my own family affairs, and I know very well what the old man's body is. As the saying goes: life is rare for seventy years! The old man is eighty years old this year, and he has lived enough. If it weren't for the chaos in the world, the old man should be teasing his grandson at home at the moment to enjoy the joy of family, where is the need to think about the world's major events? Forget it, don't talk about these useless things. ”

"Boss, you are mature and steady, although you won't have much success in officialdom, it's enough to keep your family business! In the future, I will be glad to seal the lintel of my house, but it still depends on the performance of my two grandchildren. Both Yi'er and Yu'er are smart and clever people, and they will have their own opportunities in the future. ”

"The Father has left you alone today, for you are the firstborn, and you have the duty to do so. Second, you act steadily, and I have something important to explain to you. ”

"Father, please command, son must do his best!" Feng hurriedly fell to his knees.

"Boss, get up! The letter I have just handed over to you is the prelude to my resignation, and in it, in addition to some polite words, I have asked the imperial court to appoint Wei Shuo to succeed him as the lieutenant of Dongyi. In two days, you will take the concert and set off for Koto! ”

"Koto? Is my father worried that Cui Tingshi has the intention to get involved in the position of captain of Dongyi? ”

"Alas, it's not just a heart, it's just an open fire battle! The reason why Li Zhen, the former captain of Dongyi, was killed was not because of Wang Jun. If it hadn't been for his father to woo Murong Diao as foreign aid, he would have ended up with the same fate as Li Zhen. Originally, my father planned to leave this position to Murong Diao, so that he could take care of our Feng family. But now that Lord Wei has risen in Liaodong, the Feng family no longer has to rely on Yidi's generation. ”

"Then how should Lord Murong explain it?"

"Confess? What is there to explain? A group of barbarians, if it weren't for the fact that the court itself was not angry, why would it be possible to let the Hu people of all departments be crowned with monkeys? The power of my Han family is borne by the Han family, and handing it over to the Hu people is not to raise tigers? If he hadn't been cornered, the old man would not have chosen to cling to his Murong tribe. ”

After being counted by his father, Feng Smoke stopped mentioning this stubble, in fact, he didn't take any Hu people in his eyes. In the eyes of orthodox scholars, the Hu people were just tools to be used, and they never regarded them as their own.

As expected by Feng Shi, Cui Yu is indeed very covetous of the position of Dongyi Captain, and now he is in the history of Pingzhou Thorn, as long as he wins the Dongyi Captain again, he will inevitably do his best to win the military and political power of Liaodong and become the only Jin leader in Liaodong.

Although Cui Bi's ability is not big, his ambition is not small. He is unwilling to be attached to Wang Jun all the time, as a Qinghe Cui family, Cui Yu thinks that he is not weaker than Wang Jun who was born in Taiyuan Wang, and always dreams of separating one side. Becoming the captain of Dongyi and taking the military and political power of Liaodong was the most important step in his plan to divide Liaodong.

Recently, with the release of Feng Shi seriously ill, Cui Yu suddenly became ready to move. He not only persuaded Wang Jun to privately appoint him as the captain of Dongyi, but also constantly sent people to threaten Feng Shi and ask Feng Shi to recommend him as his successor. It's just that although Wang Jun is arrogant, he doesn't dare to take the liberty of removing Feng Yi from the post of Dongyi lieutenant, and only promises Cui Yu to wait for the release of Feng Yi and his death before he will be named as the next Dongyi lieutenant.

It's a pity that although Cui Yu easily got his brother-in-law Wang Jun, he couldn't make Feng Shi succumb to him anyway. For the sake of the family, even Murong Diao, who had been kind to him, gave up, let alone Cui Yu, who had an enmity with him.

In addition to Cui Yu, Murong Diao of Changli County has also been wanting to get an official position in the imperial court, and the soon-to-be-vacant Lieutenant Dongyi naturally entered Murong Diao's sight.

Murong Diao is very talented, he does not reject Han culture as much as the other two Xianbei, but vigorously promotes Sinicization education in the Murong tribe, in order to improve the knowledge and cultivation of the children of the tribal nobles.

At the tribal meeting, Murong Diao proposed to take up the post of captain of Dongyi, which sparked a heated debate. Many tribal elders thought that Murong Diao was the governor of Dashan Yu and Xianbei, and there was no need to risk offending Wang Jun to compete for the position of a small Dongyi captain

Only Murong Diao insisted on his own opinion and persuaded the tribesmen: "Now that the two capitals have overturned, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, and the evil king of Lang has settled in Jiangdong, which is really the desire of the people." The reason why the leaders of the various departments do not have a clear official position in the court, cannot command the heroes, and think that they are powerful and do not accept the king's Taoism. Now we should take the opportunity to send an envoy to make friends with the Lang Evil King, win the support of the Langya King, and then rely on the righteousness of the court to hang the people and fight the crime, and spread our prestige to the surrounding areas, in the future, we will definitely be able to unify the entire Xianbei tribe! ”

Choosing to be a vassal to the Jin family was not only a decision made by Murong Diao after careful consideration, but also a matter of his personal experience. Decades ago, Murong Diao offered the Murong tribe more than ten years of recuperation in exchange for surrender to Emperor Wu of Jin.

Today, Murong Diao obviously wants to follow the old path again, and obtain the position of Dongyi Lieutenant by being a vassal to the Jin family, so as to obtain the right to hang the people in Liaodong and fight crimes, and take the opportunity to expand the strength of the Murong tribe.

"But since the old man left us, there are not many famous Han people in the tribe, who should my brother send to Jiangdong?" Murong Yun quite agreed with Murong Diao's decision, but he was just worried about the envoy.

Unexpectedly, after listening to his brother's words, Murong Diao hurriedly said: "As Brother Xian said, brother, I am also worried about this matter, after I have considered it in many ways, I feel that there is no more suitable messenger than you, brother!" Brother Xian is not only the elder of my Murong tribe, but also my own brother, no matter from the public or private aspects, it is enough to represent the sincerity of the Murong tribe! ”

Listening to Murong Diao's words, Murong Yun's face froze, although he intended to refuse, but he was afraid that Murong Diao would have a bad heart, so he had no choice but to take on this burden. It is difficult to travel from Liaodong to Jiangdong on the road. Not only do you have to cross several different separatist forces, but you also have to worry about encountering robbers on the road. Murong Yun naturally didn't want to leave the comfortable tribe and go to Jiangdong, which was full of dangers.

In late June, Feng Zhao entered Xi'an Ping with the release of the seal, and told Wei Shuo in detail about his father's intention to recommend a successor to Dongyi as the lieutenant of Dongyi. Wei Shuo himself has nothing, Pei Wei, Lu Chang, Han Shou, Yang Tan, Feng Yi, Yu Shi Xiake and others are all happy.

"Lord, there is a lot to be done in this matter! If the lord is in charge of the Dongyi Captain's Mansion, he can justifiably command the Liaodong Prefectures. ”

"Yes, yes, now the lord is ready for everything, only a division is missing from the famous name, once the lord succeeds to the captain of Dongyi, the people of Liaodi will come to vote."

"Don't miss the main public plane and don't come again, don't let down the kindness of Lord Feng!"

In the face of everyone's hard persuasion, Wei Shuo had no choice but to agree. Besides, the ancients were very particular about doing things, and they often said: "If you want to do your thing, you must first correct your name!" "Since Wei Shuo has arrived in ancient times, he naturally has to follow the rules of the game of the ancients.

Besides, the captain of Dongyi is a very important position in Liaodong, not only in charge of the military power in Liaodong, but also has the right to conquer the surrounding barbarians. As the captain of Dongyi, Wei Shuo can justifiably expand his power.