Wang Chu stood by the river, looking at the sound of oars and sails that had disappeared into the sky with teary eyes, and refused to leave for a long time. Fengche Lieutenant Wang Bin walked over and said softly, "Achu, the queen invites you to come over." ”

Wang Chu answered, wiped his tears, and walked to the eldest princess's car to ask the eldest princess for instructions. The eldest princess stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears on her face with pity: "Achu, Deran made it clear when she left, you are pregnant, you must not be tired, you must not cry, for fear that I have wronged me." But look at you, you have only been gone for half an hour, and your face is yellow, if De Ran comes back to see you like this in a few months, then how can I explain to him? ”

Wang Chu couldn't help laughing, she deliberately patted her stomach hard, and said with three points of resentment: "This kid is really not at the right time, if it weren't for him, I would have been able to stay with my husband." It's good now, he doesn't even have anyone around him to take care of, and if he reads in the middle of the night, who will add tea and pour water for him. ”

"You, you can't leave without being pregnant." The eldest princess lowered her voice and said: "Can't you see it, De Ran is the line, you are the thread in the hands of the Son of Heaven, as long as you are here, no matter how far De Ran flies, he can't escape the palm of the Son of Heaven." ”

The corners of Wang Chu's mouth were slightly raised, both a little proud and a little worried. She confessed to the eldest princess, followed Wang Bin into the car, and went straight to the queen's car not far away. The queen was not good to send Liu Xiu, she took advantage of the excuse of sightseeing to Shouyang Mountain, which was more than ten miles south of Mengjin, and she did her best.

The queen was glorious and had a very good complexion. According to Liu Xiu's suggestion, she forced Song Feng to resign from the position of Situ, and as Liu Xiu expected, the Song family not only did not lose power, but was rewarded by the Son of Heaven. Not only that, but the Son of Heaven also hired several candidates recommended by Song Feng when he resigned, such as Chen Yu, who became a scholar. Although Shang Shufu is only an official of 600 stones, he is Shang Shuling's deputy, and his position is humble and powerful, and his future is immeasurable.

According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, Chen Yu is now the former official of the Song family.

The relationship between Chen Yu and Zhang Rang is very good, after having him in the middle, the relationship between the Song family and Zhang Rang has eased, this time Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong recommended Tang Zhen to be the Sikong, and Queen Song also helped a little, Zhang Rang sent someone over to pay respects, and the courtesy was exchanged, and Zhang Rang also said some good things for Queen Song in front of the Son of Heaven.

"Achu, you can pay attention to your body, this is not good." The queen affectionately called Wang Chu's maiden name like a family, patted her hand gently, and smiled: "We are really fated, and we have children at the same time, so we will let them be a pair of friends in the future." ”

Wang Chu was flattered. The queen's child is not an ordinary child, if it is a son, it goes without saying that it is a legitimate prince, even if it is a daughter, it is at least a princess. She is different, although Liu Xiu spoils her, she is only a concubine, her children are concubines, and they are not as high as the prince or princess. The queen said this to give Liu Xiu face, but she couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly thanked her.

The queen was in a very good mood, and really praised Liu Xiu a few words, and comforted Wang Chu with words, saying that Liu Xiu would definitely be able to win this expedition, and when the time came, the Son of Heaven would not treat him badly. Although you are a concubine, the Son of Heaven knows that you are the same as a wife in Liu Xiu's heart. The words made Wang Chu's heart warm.

The queen also said that she had asked the Son of Heaven to transfer Wang Chu from the Empress Dowager's palace to the queen's palace as a female scholar. After she became pregnant, the Son of Heaven specially arranged a few very experienced nannies to take care of her daily life, anyway, she couldn't use it alone, so she let Wang Chu accompany her, on the one hand, there was professional care, and secondly, the two of them were also good companions to relieve boredom.

Wang Chu was grateful and thanked again.

…… After Liu Xiu and his entourage went ashore, they entered Hanoi County, took the Shangdang, walked for more than half a month, and arrived at Taiyuan County, which is also the seat of Jinyang, which is also the seat of the history of the state assassin. He set up the camp at the foot of Longshan outside the city, entered the city with the personal guard battalion, and met Dong Zhuo, the current assassin of Bingzhou, who was waiting for the handover.

Dong Zhuo is about forty years old, tall, with a rough face, a pair of big eyes and a bright eye, a wide mouth hidden in a thick beard, not angry and arrogant. Behind him stood several equally fierce guards, who looked different from the mainlanders, and looked at Liu Xiu with a very unkind expression.

But Dong Zhuo was very polite, he invited Liu Xiu to the court, handed over the relevant official documents, and then said in a tone mixed with envy: "The adult is young and promising, and he is in charge of the military of a state just now, and Zhuo may have to rely on the adult in the future." ”

It's not the first time Liu Xiu has heard the name Dong Zhuo, although Dong Zhuo is not as famous as he was later, but he has strong martial arts skills, outstanding riding and archery, can shoot left and right, and is a famous Xiliang warrior. In the army for nearly ten years, he made a lot of military achievements, in the first year of Yongkang, he served as Sima under Zhang Huan in Beizhong Lang, followed Zhang Huan to conquer and annex the state, because of the merit for Langzhong, the Son of Heaven gave 9,000 horses, he gave all the soldiers under him, which attracted Zhang Huan's attention at that time. But I don't know if it's because Zhang Huan is good and doesn't like too rough warriors, or for some reason, Zhang Huan doesn't like this fierce general under him very much. Not only did he not recruit him, but he refused very bluntly when Dong Zhuo approached him, and turned away Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Zhan, who came to give gifts.

Because there was no one in the court, Dong Zhuo's career was not smooth. Yin Duan, who served as Sima under Zhang Huan with him, because he was recommended by Zhang Huan, was appointed as the Huiji Taishou because of his merits, but he was just a Langzhong, and later served as the captain of Guangwu Ling and the western part of Shu County, and then it was easy to become the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions with more than 2,000 stones.

Dong Zhuo later understood, no matter how good his martial arts skills were, no one in the court could not be an official, so he sent someone to give gifts to Zhang Rang, and soon enlisted the history of the state assassin, this time the Son of Heaven wanted Liu Xiu to be in charge of the military of the state, and he did not treat Dong Zhuo badly, and transferred him to Hedong Taishou, and from the assassin history to Taishou is to be promoted, and Hedong is the department of the department, the capital of Gyeonggi, and it is not something that ordinary people can do.

Therefore, although Dong Zhuo was a little envious of Liu Xiu, he had no malicious intent, especially when he heard that Liu Xiu had participated in the battle in Ningcheng, and he had captured the Xianbei prince Huaizong twice, and he was a very brave warrior, so he naturally felt closer. It's just that in his opinion, Liu Xiu was able to get to this point in a short period of time, relying more on the trust of the Son of Heaven, not that he is really capable, and there is still a certain distance from a person like him who is slashed out with a knife, and he is naturally a little arrogant, in contrast, when facing Sima Yuan Shao behind Liu Xiu, he is more respectful.

On the one hand, Liu Xiu felt sympathy for Dong Zhuo's experience, and on the other hand, thinking of the evil things he would do in the future, he couldn't help but be a little wary of him, but at this moment, he couldn't say that you might do evil in the future, so I have to do it for the heavens now.

After the two politely handed over their official duties, Dong Zhuo said very enthusiastically: "The adults came from afar, the journey was tiring, Zhuo arranged some wine and food for the adults, dare to invite the adults to enjoy the light, and please come together." ”

When he spoke, his hot gaze fell on Yuan Shao's face, and the host and guest Liu Xiu were cold, Liu Xiu looked at it indifferently, but Han Sui couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed: "Lord Dong, my lord is busy with military affairs, I'm afraid I don't have time to eat and drink." ”

Liu Xiu was busy handing over official business, and did not introduce Han Sui and others to Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo did not know Han Sui, he knew that Yuan Shao was because Yuan Shao's name was too loud, and many people had mentioned this matter in his ears. He glanced at Han Sui very unhappily, and said in his heart, what kind of thing are you, a military horse, dare to speak on this occasion? I gave Yuan Shao face, it was because Yuan Shao was a son of the Yuan family and had an outstanding reputation, not because he was a military horse. Jun Sima is nothing in my eyes.

"My lord, I don't know who this is smart?"

Before Liu Xiu could speak, Yuan Shao took the initiative to speak, and he smiled playfully: "Lord Dong, this is a famous person from your state, you don't know the name of Jincheng Hanwenyue, right?" ”

Dong Zhuo's face turned red suddenly, Han Sui and Bian Zhang were celebrities in Liangzhou, he usually couldn't see them, but he didn't expect to see them in person today. He didn't expect that Liu Xiu, a captain of Changshui, would have a famous man like Han Sui as a military commander.

This face is a big shame.

With such an episode, Dong Zhuo was in a bad mood, and he was not in the mood to invite Liu Xiu to dinner again, so he took his subordinates and left.

Liu Xiu was indeed in no mood to eat, so he immediately summoned the people sent by Hedong County. The Son of Heaven asked him to go on an expedition and provided him with 2,000 weapons and equipment, but after he arrived in Bingzhou, he wanted to expand the organization, but the Son of Heaven did not give all the weapons and equipment, so he had to let Hedong County send it to Jinyang. Anyi has an iron official, and although the quality of the weapons is not as good as Luoyang's arsenal, it is not bad.

However, as soon as Liu Xiu saw the list sent, he became angry: Hedong County only sent half of the amount allocated to him by the Son of Heaven.

Liu Xiu was very annoyed: "Call me the people from Hedong County." ”

After a short time, a young man came to Liu Xiu and gave a respectful salute: "Xu Huang, the golden official of the Hedong Taishou Mansion, meet your lord." ”

Liu Xiu is even more popular, such a big matter, Hedong Mansion actually only sent a hundred stone Jin Cao officials to deal with it, and even Jin Cao Peng himself didn't show up, which doesn't give Lao Tzu a fucking face. He got up and was about to scold, when suddenly his heart moved, glared at the young man and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Go back to your lord, call Xu Huang below."

Liu Xiu's eyes suddenly appeared in front of him, Xu Huang, wouldn't he be the Xu Huang in the Wuziliang General, he is still a hundred-stone official? Well, it looks like this, it's really ordinary, and there is no such thing as a famous general. Could it be the same name? There are many people with the same name in these years.

Liu Xiu nodded quietly, slowed down his face, and asked again: "Is there a word under your feet?" ”

"Back to my lord, the cursive word Gongming."

Liu Xiu's hand shook and the list in his hand rattled. He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, shook the list in his hand, and asked with full authority: "What's going on?" ”

Xu Huang was a little nervous, he shouldn't have come this time because he wasn't old enough. The matter that the Son of Heaven confessed, it is said that even if Lord Taishou does not come in person, then it should be sent by a great official such as Gong Cao, and then take a step back Long live, Jin Cao Peng, who is in charge of salt and iron currency, must come. But because Taishou Han Chun is a famous man in Nanyang, he is very unaccustomed to Liu Xiu, and this time he was dismissed because of this matter, so he didn't want to come at all, and he didn't want to make up for the lack of money. Jin Cao Peng went to ask him, his eyes widened, the edict is so urgent, you let me conjure it? You can send him as much as you want, the Son of Heaven blames it, and I have my own responsibility, it's your business.

Jin Cao Peng didn't dare to be verbose, knowing that Han Chun's Taishou had been dismissed, and he was just waiting for the next Taishou to hand over. He also heard about Liu Xiu's "prestige", and knew that this guy was unreasonable, and he didn't dare to come, so he asked for sick leave and pushed the matter to Xu Huang.

Xu Huang had no place to push, so he had to bite the bullet, and now when he looked at Liu Xiu's face, he thought that he would be unlucky this time. However, he still told the truth truthfully, of course, he didn't say that he didn't take Liu Xiu in his eyes, and he was not in the mood to deal with him at all, but he just said that the edict of the Son of Heaven was too urgent, and there were really not so many weapons in the Hedong arsenal, and some of them were all sent.

Xu Huang spoke unhurriedly, and his voice was not high, but he did not leak, not only quietly exonerated Shangguan from responsibility, but also left room for words: Hedong County is mobilizing iron billets from Tieguan, stepping up time to build, please give me some time.

"You Han Tai are so bold that you dare to disobey the edict of the Son of Heaven." Liu Xiu sneered, "Military affairs, they don't take it seriously, I don't know if there is a big Han law in their eyes." ”

Xu Huang didn't dare to say anything, others spoke softly, Liu Xiu was a confidant of the Son of Heaven, how he wanted to clean up Taishou was his business, and he couldn't control it. Anyway, he said everything he should have said, he did what he should have done, and the rest is left to fate.

"Okay, I don't blame you, you're just a little official, it's useless to blame you." Liu Xiuyu exhaled angrily, "I will send someone to deal with this matter, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

Xu Huang was relieved, hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and prepared to retreat. Liu Xiuyi raised his hand and stopped him: "You can't go." ”

Xu Huang is inexplicable, you said you don't blame me, my errand is over, why don't you let me go.

Liu Xiu said: "You don't have to go back for the time being. I think you're good, it's a pity to be a hundred-stone official, I'm going to conquer Xianbei, it's the time to use people, you come to me to do things. The state thorn mansion is too small, how about going to Changshui Camp? ”

Xu Huang didn't understand for a while, Liu Xiu didn't embarrass him, he was already very surprised, why did he want to get rid of him? What's even more outrageous is that he said that the Assassin Mansion was too small and let him enter the Changshui Camp, which was too much to look up to him. He hesitated for a moment, but was still moved by the appreciation revealed in Liu Xiu's words. His family background is very ordinary, it is estimated that he will be a county official in Hedong until the end, and even a chief official like Gong Cao may not have a chance, and it is impossible to think of the Northern Army as an ordinary soldier in normal times, and now the Northern Army has taken the initiative to invite him, what is there to hesitate.

"Master Xie."

Liu Xiu smiled, in the end, he was a child from a poor family, and his way out was too small, so he was grateful for a little opportunity. In the final analysis, if the Han Dynasty is going to die, it is also a blockage in the road of talents, and a large number of people from ordinary backgrounds have no way out, so the world will fall apart.

Liu Xiu asked Xu Huang to sit down and asked a few questions, and then arranged for him to go to Xu Yu, preparing to let him stay in the guard camp for a while to familiarize himself with the situation. Xu Huang went with a thousand thanks.

"Adults are really discerning." A middle-aged man walked in with square steps and bowed to Liu Xiu.

"Foot?" Liu Xiu was puzzled, who is this master, and is this sincere or sarcastic?

"Taiyuan Wang Yun was originally a different driver of the Assassin Mansion." Wang Yun said without being salty: "The celebrities of this county have prepared a banquet, and they will listen to the training of the adults. ”

Liu Xiu was surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Prince Wang Yun, who was called Wang Zuozhicai by Guo Linzong?" ”

"Don't dare." Wang Yun said modestly with an expressionless face, but looking at him like that, he probably didn't have any sincerity. "I didn't expect that the name of the humble person would reach the ears of adults, I am really ashamed."

As soon as he arrived in Jinyang today, his complexion was different, as soon as Dong Zhuo left, his nemesis came one after another, and what was even more outrageous was that Wang Yun was still Dong Zhuo's other driver. My God, if Dong Zhuo had the foresight, he should have killed him.

"Hehe, when I was resting in the realm, I took the time to sacrifice Guo Linzong. In any case, I am also a student now, so I would like to pay some tribute to the seniors of this student. Liu Xiu also said unhurriedly: "Thank you Taiyuan sages for the invitation, Xiu is grateful, and he will definitely be there at that time." ”

When Wang Yun heard this, he stopped being verbose, bowed and saluted, turned around and left.

Liu Xiu sighed, and said that Guo Linzong was known as a knowledger, and it seemed that he was not as godly as he was preaching. He said that this Wang Yun is a thousand miles, Wang Zuozhicai, but unfortunately compared with another Wang Zuozhicai, Xun Yu, this Wang Zuozhicai is too far behind. If Xun Yu can endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens and aspire to the royal family, this is just stubborn and self-serving, and he doesn't know the severity. After killing Dong Zhuo, if he hadn't insisted on going his own way, he had to kill all the people of Xiliang and force Jia Xu to come up with a plan to save himself, Dahan might have been a different person.

Qi County, Liu Xiu suddenly remembered the Qi family compound in later generations. Bingzhou is now poor and weak, but in later generations Shanxi is the country's famous silver capital, Shanxi ticket number once mastered the country's economic lifeline, even the imperial court's military salaries are carried by them, and Shanxi has coal, is the country's famous coal-producing province, on the one hand is like ants to exchange their lives for money, on the other hand is everywhere, the coal boss with thousands of dollars. Shanxi is mountainous and hilly, and it is unlikely that it will become a large agricultural province, so if you want to establish yourself here, while guarding the border for the Han Dynasty, and cultivating your own strength, it seems that you have to use your brains from these aspects.

The first meeting with the bigwigs in Taiyuan tonight is very important.

Liu Xian was thinking about it, and Taiyuan Taishou Wang Qiu came to see him. As soon as they met and said hello, Wang Qiu asked, "Dare to ask the envoy, did the prince come to the adult just now?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded, looked at Wang Qiu and didn't speak, and said in his heart What does this guy mean.

"Wang Zishi is a talent, but the celebrity has too much temper." Wang Qiu said with a smile. He commented on Wang Yun with a very objective attitude, on the surface, he praised Wang Yun for his talent, both civil and military, and lofty ambitions, but in fact, the meaning was that he was ambitious and talented, easy to make a name for himself, and was a little arrogant and arrogant, and did not take the chief in his eyes, especially because he was prejudiced and felt that the children of small families were not good, and only the children of the family were talents.

He emphasized the last point intentionally or unintentionally, and Liu Xiu suddenly understood that this guy must have a personal vendetta with Wang Yun, and this is to give Wang Yun eye medicine.

He couldn't help but sigh secretly. The Son of Heaven acted for his convenience, so he took over the post of assassin of the state. Although the assassin is only a 600-stone official, he is responsible for supervising the Taishou and the powerful in the state, and now he has the right to transfer troops, so it has actually far exceeded the original regulations. There is no separation of rights, and with power comes benefits, especially when it comes to the interests of so many large households, it is inevitable to compete for power and profit.

When he first entered the official career, when he was in Luoyang, he was covered by the Son of Heaven, even if he made a mistake, Lao Tzu generously admitted his mistake, and no one could do anything to me, for example, he began to talk crazy about driving the fifth lieutenant out of the Northern Army, but he failed to make it at that time, but in fact, he did it later, and the five lieutenants have all changed now.

It's different when he arrives in Bingzhou, he is now a big official of the Son of Heaven, and once something goes wrong, it's not just five captains who know. The Son of Heaven overrode public opinion, thought of various ways to send him to Bingzhou, and secretly changed the concept, authorizing him to expand the Changshui Battalion to be larger than the original Fifth School of the Northern Army, but it was under great pressure. If he messes up and makes a mess of the state, not only will he lose face, but the face of the Son of Heaven will be gone, and there will naturally be no way to talk about future reforms. At that time, it is very likely that the Son of Heaven will take out anger on him and use him as a scapegoat.

The local governor of Dahan is Taishou, who is appointed by Situ Fu, and all other governors are signed by Taishou himself. In fact, if Taishou wants to manage a county, it is impossible for him alone, and it is inevitable to rely on the strong and powerful in the county, such as the Wang family, you can't get around. These places have marriages with each other, and even if you don't sign him, it's impossible not to sign his relatives. Taishou is a few years, no longer than ten years, but the local people have to go on forever, and it is very normal for these officials to tend to locals when dealing with affairs.

It's difficult to keep too hard here, if you let it all go to your subordinates, then he may get a good reputation, but the power is sideways, and the benefits are also very limited, if you don't let go, the conflict with the local heroes is inevitable, unless you encounter an extremely strong Taishou, generally speaking, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and the Taishou will suffer some losses.

Seeing Wang Qiu like this, he probably suffered in the competition with Wang Yun, so he ignored the unspoken rules of officialdom and drugged Wang Yun as soon as he saw the assassination. But he can't be on the king's ball, this is the Assassin's Mansion, those little officials may be some distant relatives of Wang Yun, he said here that Wang Yun is not, it won't take half an hour to reach Wang Yun's ears. With Wang Yun's dog temper, he is likely to be angry with him at today's dinner.

He smiled: "Domeng Mansion Monarch reminds." It is inevitable that talented people have a lot of tempers. However, as long as he does not miss his official business because of personal feelings, even if he has some temper, it can be forgiven. ”

Wang Qiu understood and nodded again and again: "What the envoy said is very true, what he said is very true." ”

(To be continued)