On the streets outside the governor's mansion, soldiers were cleaning up the bloody battlefield, hurrying back and forth, busy.

After Zhen Yao left the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, he saw Qin Mi who was slowly leaving, and hurriedly quickened his pace to catch up.

"Brother Zimeng, please stay."

Under the bright moonlight, Qin Mi turned to see Zhen Yao approaching, and asked suspiciously, "What does Zihe have to say?" ”

Zhen Yao showed a warm smile and said with some flattery: "I don't have a place to stay in the city, I want to go to Brother Zimeng's house to disturb some people, and I hope that Brother Zimeng will not refuse me to leave the door." ”

Qin Mi naturally knew that this statement was an excuse, Guo Jia invaded Chengdu and destroyed Liu Yanmanmen first, how big is the state pastor's mansion? It's just that Guo Jialu's subordinates are not too crowded to live in all the martial arts, not to mention that Liu Yan's sons still have mansions in the city, how can there be no Zhen Yao's residence?

There must be another purpose, Qin Mi also wanted to find out some truth from Zhen Yao, so he said politely at the moment: "Zihe is willing to live in the cold house, which is enough to make the cold house shine, please hurry up." ”

The two walked side by side on the blood-smelling streets under the moonlight, chatting about childhood anecdotes, and the strangeness of not seeing each other for several years gradually dissipated a little.

Although the Qin family has a high reputation in Yizhou, the house where Qin Mi lives can really be called a humble house, except for the simple utensils, it is enough to be called a family with four walls, Chengdu is not Qin Mi's home after all, this must be a temporary residence.

Seeing that the sky was about to be slightly bright, the two of them did not feel sleepy, and sat on their knees in the room, with tea on the low table in front of them, chatting leisurely.

After booing each other and asking each other for warmth, Qin Mi went straight to the point, holding the teacup to his mouth, frowning lightly, and asked in a low voice: "Zihe, I won't tell you, after Guo Jia raised troops to capture Hanzhong, I thought that he would stop the army, accumulate strength, and then try to fight in Yinping County, the capital of Wu, and then wave his army south after the north of Chengdu fell into his hands, but I didn't expect him to have the strength to take Chengdu directly, but after seeing you appear beside him, I suddenly realized that everyone in the world has been deceived by you, Guo Jia and the Zhen family have formed a mortal enmity is fake, and the Zhen family secretly helped Guo Jia to raise troops is true, As I expected, the Zhen family, which is the richest in the world, is now running out of oil. ”

Rebellion is never enough to rely on blood, there are too many short-lived rebellions, and Guo Jia's thunderous momentum quickly captured Yizhou, if there is no complete preparation, it will be difficult to succeed.

Zhen Yao does not hide this, and smart people often hide between themselves, or they are hypocritical.

With a hearty smile, Zhen Yao nodded and admitted: "Brother Zi is like a god, the Zhen family has gone bankrupt in order to help the lord, and my two brothers even thought about selling the ancestral house together, if it weren't for the sake of hiding people's eyes, I'm afraid they would really take action." ”

This honest dialogue made Qin Mi frown even more, he couldn't figure out what Guo Jia was worthy of the Zhen family's blood, and even risked the risk of the whole family to die for Guo Jia.

"How can Guo Jia and De? If the Zhen family helps Yuan Shao at this time, they must have a high status among the scholars, and after that, the three of your brothers will have the Yuan family's protection, and the position of the three princes and nine kings will be at your fingertips, so why risk your life and Guo Jia's share of the same spirit? Even more recognize him as the master, surrender to his dignity, Zihe, if my words are abrupt, I hope to forgive me, in my eyes, the Zhen family's move is unwise. ”

Qin Mi's words can be described as very pertinent, Guo Jia was from a humble background, he was the son-in-law of the Zhen family before, and at that time the Zhen family was a super-rich family, although it was not as high as the power and status of the scholar clan, but it was far from Guo Jia's humble background, in the eyes of outsiders, Guo Jia was a son-in-law, and his status after entering the Zhen family was only slightly higher than that of the house slave.

As for the reason why the Zhen family helped Guo Jia, in this short period of time, Qin Mi himself also had some opinions, he didn't dare to make a judgment about right and wrong, but after all, it made sense, Qin Mi thought in his heart that if Guo Jia succeeded, the Zhen family would rise, and the control of real power would be far more status and voice than Shang Jia Lishi, from the perspective of interests, the Zhen family was taking a risk to win a bigger family business and power, but Qin Mi found that he still couldn't understand why the Zhen family wanted to help Guo Jia, because in order to achieve the same goal, Zhen Jiada can help Yuan Shao, help Liu Yu, help Yuan Shu, help Han Fu and other heroes, these are all legitimate heroes.

Seeing that Qin Mi on the opposite side seemed to have thousands of questions in his heart that were difficult to solve, Zhen Yao smiled and said: "As Brother Zi Meng said, the Zhen family also had disagreements on whether to help the lord, my eldest brother Zhen Yu wanted to help the lord, it was out of love, he and my lord have known each other for a long time, and they have made friends with each other and made friends as confidants. My second brother Zhen Yan was very hesitant to help the lord at that time, although he had a lot of concerns as a Han Chen, but the situation was treacherous at that time, and the state pastors in various places had a tendency to secede, if the state pastor was full-fledged, I am afraid that the Zhen family could only be slaughtered by others, which was a situation that my second brother did not want to see, so he could only serve one side of the male lord, and my lord had a strategy and a good strategy, my second brother had admired it for a long time, and he could only take advantage of the trend and serve my lord. As for the next, hehe, don't mention it. ”

Zhen Yao was willing to talk to him, which made Qin Mi deeply surprised, since they talked to each other sincerely, then Suo broke the sand pot and asked in the end, Qin Mi asked: "Why is Zihe willing to help Guo Jia?" I wish to hear more about it. ”

A little playful smile appeared on his face, Zhen Yao laughed at himself: "Hehe, I just want to go vigorously in this world with my father-in-law, victory and defeat, in the eyes of the next is just a passing cloud, not worth mentioning, what I pursue is this thrilling blood and ups and downs." ”

Qin Mi's expression was stunned, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed, pointing at Zhen Yao, who also kept laughing, helpless.

Not every child of a big family takes the rise and fall of the family as his own responsibility, Zhen Yao doesn't want to be burdened by the family, and following Guo Jia is like getting rid of the shackles and pursuing a different life of his dreams.

After laughing, the two saluted each other with tea instead of wine, drank heartily, and after putting down the teacup, the topic returned to business again.

Qin Mi, who restrained his smile, recalled what Guo Jia had said to him, and asked hesitantly: "Zihe, can you tell me the truth, what will your father-in-law do next?" ”

Zhen Yao shook his head honestly and said: "Brother Zijing, I can't guess what my lord thinks, what you and I can think of is that my lord will inevitably hold the fourteen counties in the north of Yizhou in his hands next, and what he will do after that, I don't dare to guess." ”

The military operation is very simple, everyone can guess it, the key is the administrative action, what will happen to Guo Jia? Will the Yizhou Shi clan continue to hold power?

After pondering solemnly for a moment, Qin Mi asked thoughtfully: "Zihe, how many subordinates are there in your family when your lord enters Yizhou this time?" ”

Zhen Yao didn't hide this, and said casually: "There are ten military generals who are in charge alone, and there are six strategists who give advice." ”

After hearing this, Qin Mi breathed a sigh of relief and said to herself: "I'm relieved of this." ”

Hearing that Guo Jia and Zhen Yao were only seven scribes around him, Qin Mi was naturally relieved.

The facts are in front of him, and there is only one way for Guo Jianeng to go: to appease the Yizhou scholars.

Why? Regardless of whether Guo Jia, who has less than 20 civil and military personnel, can form a centralized shogunate of the Reading Power regime, who will Guo Jia send to the officials directly under the fourteen counties in the northern part of Yizhou? Who will send the hundred or so counties in the fourteen counties?

The reason why the scholars were able to control the official career, in addition to the rise of the gate valve and the way to promote filial piety, the biggest reason is that not everyone can receive education at this time, and whoever wants to study can read.

The common people are also rich, but the children have no place to study and study, school? It was all a private school run by the scholars.

Take Yingchuan Academy as an example, it is full of children of the noble family, ordinary people want to study, there is no way, even if there are wise men who love to accept apprentices, they will be excluded and difficult by many parties, Xu Shu is the best example around Guo Jia, and the same is true for the drama Zhicai.

That's why Qin Mi breathed a sigh of relief, what about Guo Jia Youcai? Can one person govern the whole of Yizhou? No, he only has a few strategic players under him, and most of the martial arts generals are illiterate at this time, let alone those small soldiers under him.

In the end, Guo Jia has to rely on the scholars to govern Yizhou, because the talents who are knowledgeable and can govern are in the hands of the scholars.

As if guessing what Qin Mi was thinking, Zhen Yao said earnestly: "Brother Ziyi, although I have a general friendship with you, I can talk and laugh like friends for many years, and it can be said that I am familiar at first sight. Today, you visit my lord to come forward for the Qin family, I can understand, the Ming people don't say secret words, the gentlemen and villains are all in a thought, whether the Qin family is loyal to the monarch and serve the country, I don't comment, but the Qin family doesn't care who is the state pastor in Yizhou, who is the king and hegemon in Yizhou, and it is not an exaggeration, right? ”

The mood that had just been relieved became tense again, Qin Mi closed his eyes with a look of regret, and nodded slowly, he could shake his head and veto, but that was too hypocritical, he disdained it, everyone in the Shi clan today, who is not struggling to plan for their own interests?

Didn't Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the third dukes of the fourth world, take advantage of this and get the support of the Shi clan in the world?

Qin Mi said bitterly: "The situation is like this, as a child of the Qin family, how can you see the decline of the family?" I also had to come forward, first came to Chengdu to explore the intentions of your lord, it is really Yingchuan Guo Jia's fierce reputation, and the Qin family has to guard against it. ”

Zhen Yao put away his flirtatious smile, reached out to hold Qin Mi's little arm, stared into the other party's eyes, and said sincerely: "Brother Zi Meng, there is another reason to follow my lord in the future, that is, my lord is not satisfied with the lord of a corner of peace, and the ambition of my lord is the whole world!" Brother Ziyi, you have read the scriptures and history and understand the righteousness, and you should also know why the world has fallen to this point, the rise and fall of the world and the rise and fall of the family, which is more important? Brother Ziyi, you are a national scholar, if you can't show your strengths, wouldn't it be a pity in the world? The king will repay him with a countryman, and my lord will definitely treat him as a countryman! ”

Qin Mi's eyes were full of shock, looking at Zhen Yao's burning gaze, her quiet heart could not be suppressed.