Everyone sat down in the lobby, and a maid served them tea, Liu Jing asked Zhong Xuan with a smile: "This time Zhong Gong sent an envoy to Jiaozhou, I don't know how Uncle Liu Huang is doing?" ”

Zhong Xuan has been in officialdom for a long time and has a deep understanding of many subtexts, for example, Liu Jing should ask Cao Cao's physical condition, but he asked Liu Bei's physical condition at this time, in fact, he wanted to know about his own situation as an envoy to Jiaozhou, but he couldn't ask directly about this kind of thing, so he implicitly replaced it with Liu Bei's body.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Uncle Liu Huang still doesn't seem to be very suitable for the climate of South Vietnam, and his health is not very good, Weichen went to Jiaozhou this time, Uncle Liu Huang obviously didn't care too much, and talked in generalities, it ended in less than a quarter of an hour, and it is estimated that it has something to do with his body."

Zhong Jing also tactfully told Liu Jing that he had no results in this mission to Jiaozhou, Liu Jing smiled, and the topic turned to Yedu, "I have been fighting with Wei for more than ten years, and I have not won or lost so far, but each other has become Weng's son-in-law, which can be regarded as a kind of fate, but unfortunately the way of heaven is ruthless, Wei Gong is old, and there is little life, I hope that in the last few years, I will not fight with him again, so as not to hurt the friendship of Weng and son-in-law, if Zhong Gong goes back, Wei Gong asks, Zhong Gong can convey my greetings to him, and at the same time I will abide by the agreement reached by the two sides and truce with each other." ”

Zhong Xuan nodded, "Weichen must convey it!" ”

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said: "In the past two months, Zhong Gong has been an envoy to Jiaozhou, and he may not know the situation in Yedu, but I know a little, can Zhong Gong want to know?" ”

Although Zhong Xuan felt that it was not appropriate to talk too much about Ye with Liu Jing, he also wanted to hear Liu Jing's opinion, which was also something that Cao Cao was interested in, so he smiled and said: "Weichen listens!" ”

"In the past two months, Wei has been a little chaotic, the case of Jian'an's seven sons has been concluded, Chen Lin, Liu Zhen, Ying Ling, Xu Gan, Wei Wei five people were beheaded, hundreds of officials were implicated, and there were countless civilians, Cui Lin also unfortunately died, Xiahoudun was transferred back to Yedu, appointed as a general, Cao Zhen was appointed as the governor of Xudu and Yuzhou, and the Duke of Wei immediately forced the Ding order, and nearly 1,000 wealthy families were cleaned up in various places, only from the hands of the Qinghe Cui clan to clear out 6,000 farmers and 30,000 hectares of land, and the rest of the Bohai Gao, Fanyang Lu, and Boling Cui, The Taiyuan Wang family, the Hongnong Yang family, the Xingyang Zheng family and other famous families were not spared. ”

Liu Jing enumerated them one by one, Zhong Xuan listened very heavily in his heart, he didn't expect the officialdom purge in Yedu to be so stormy, and he didn't expect Cao Cao to be extremely ruthless and clean up all the major scholar clans, no wonder Yang Biao would appear in Chang'an, especially Cui Lin's death, which made him feel gloomy, for a long time, he asked in a deep voice: "Among the major scholar clans, in addition to Cui Lin, who else has suffered misfortune?" ”

"I haven't heard of this, Cao Cao used Qinghe Cui's to kill chickens and monkeys, and families from all over the country have responded to the Ding order, in just two months, Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Bingzhou have cleared out 200,000 Tibetan households and one million hectares of land, and now the Ding order is still being implemented, and it is said that it will be implemented until the end of next year, and it is estimated that one million households of homesteaders will be added in the end."

Zhong Xuan sighed, "It's a pity that the foundation has also been destroyed." ”

Liu Jing also smiled, "I can understand Cao Cao's helplessness, he is also forced to do it, there is no land to cultivate, but there is no population, even the officials can't support it, not to mention the army, but he should have done this a long time ago, and it shouldn't have been delayed until now." ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head, "The key is that it is only for the scholars, not for the powerful, the position is unfair, no matter how good the starting point is, it will be criticized, but I can also understand that the hearts of these scholars are no longer towards him, it is nothing more than adding to the disease." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Jing smiled again: "Neizi is very good at calligraphy, and he has been yearning for Zhong Gong's work for a long time. ”

Zhong Xuan because of the long-distance horseback trekking, these two days wrist some discomfort, he was not satisfied with the words written, he pondered for a moment and said: "Your Royal Highness is gracious, Zhong Xuan Yan can not follow, but I happened to twist my wrist a little yesterday, I am afraid that I can't write the words that His Highness is satisfied with, I wrote a few words that I am more satisfied with when I was in Jiaozhou, if His Highness does not dislike the old words, I am willing to give it to His Highness." ”

Liu Jing smiled: "Where can I be suspicious, thank you Zhong Gong for giving me the words!" ”

Zhong Xuan personally went to fetch three scrolls of brocade scrolls and gave them to Liu Jing, Liu Jing was overjoyed, and asked Zhang to arrange for a doctor, so he took the brocade shaft and left.

Zhong Xuan and Zhang both sent Liu Jing away, and the two returned to the inner hall, Zhang Ji said worriedly: "Ye is not calm, if the prince returns, he will be harmed by Cao Pi, the king of Han treats the public with sincerity, and promises to take important positions, why doesn't the prince stay?" ”

Zhong Xuan sighed, "No matter what, I have to go back!" ”

Liu Jing's family has been living in Weiyang Palace for two months, and there were discussions in Chang'an City at first, but most of them were in favor of the Han King living in Weiyang Palace, even including Cao Cao's side, there was not much criticism, and it seemed very calm, the reason is very simple, when Liu Jing was named the king of Han, it was clear in the edict that he had a ritual system with the prince.

What's more important is that even the Duke of Wei can live in the Tongque Palace, why can't the King of Han live in the palace? If he attacked Liu Jing for this matter, wouldn't he be secretly slandering Duke Wei, no one would be stupid enough to ask for trouble, as for the puppet son Liu Xie, Cao Cao had strictly forbidden the minister to contact him without authorization, he didn't know what was happening outside, and even if he knew, no one took his words seriously.

In the past two months, Tao Zhan and others have gradually adapted to the palace life, and everyone has their own palace, most of which live near Yao Pond, with beautiful scenery, but some of the living habits of the Han Dynasty Mansion continue to be maintained, such as everyone having dinner together, gathering and chatting, etc., these are the habits that everyone is willing to maintain, otherwise living alone in an open room will make people very lonely.

Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the palace is also full of lanterns, even the eight pleasure boats on the Yao Pond are also full of lanterns, everyone especially likes the Kunlun Building in the middle of the Yao Pond, the Kunlun Building is slightly smaller than the Phoenix Tower where Tao Zhan lives, but it is also as high as five zhang, there are nearly 100 rooms, before the snow, most of their gatherings are held in the Kunlun Building.

At this time, there was a thick layer of ice in the Yao Pond, and the Weiyang Palace was also a world of ice and snow, so everyone had an entertainment project, riding a sleigh or skating on the ice, which the children especially liked.

Tao Zhan stood in front of the window, looking at the children playing on the ice in the distance, with a smile on her face, her room lit a brazier, which was exceptionally warm, at this time, the female head of the palace, Jiang Shi, said at the door: "Is the princess looking for me?" ”

Jiang was the housekeeper in Liu Jing's mansion as early as when Tao Zhan got married, and she had been following Tao Zhan for ten years, and she was loyal, everyone liked her very much, called her Jiang Po, and Tao Zhan appointed her as the head of Weiyang Palace, and she arranged everyone's living.

Tao Zhan closed the window, turned around and walked back to the room and said with a smile: "Have you arranged all the midwife?" ”

Xiao Qiao is about to give birth, and Da Qiao will give birth next month, these are two important things, even more important than the New Year, Tao Zhan is very worried about this, she wants to find a few more experienced midwives.

Jiang Shi bowed down and said: "Please rest assured, the princess has been arranged, and there are people in charge of all kinds of taboos, and there will be no problems." ”

Tao Zhan smiled and said: "I know that the birth of our family's children was arranged by Jiang Po, and I am already familiar with these, but I am just concerned about it, so I have to ask more." ”

"The princess doesn't have to be so polite."

Tao Zhan sat down and thought about it, and then asked, "What did Chief Manager Zhao say about the palace maid going home to visit relatives?" ”

Approaching the New Year, according to customs, children have to go home and reunite with their parents, Tao Zhan specially investigated the palace maid, and found that there were more than 20 parents there, so she had the heart to let the palace maid go home for the New Year, but Mr. Zhao was resolutely opposed, saying that this violated the palace etiquette system, which made Tao Zhan very unhappy, but she still hoped to get the approval of most people, including Mr. Zhao.

Jiang hesitated and said, "Princess Qiyu, I talked to Chief Manager Zhao, and he is still resolutely opposed, but I don't think it's appropriate. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Mr. Zhao said that the palace maids will make up things in the palace when they go home, and even make up some vulgar and indecent things, and then they will spread everywhere, and the more they spread, the more vulgar they will be, which will affect the reputation of the princess and other ladies, in addition, these palace maids will inevitably have some things about men and women, if they are pregnant, they will make the palace restless, so I also think it is inappropriate to let the palace maids go home for the New Year, just let them write family letters."

After all, Tao Zhan is still young, and he doesn't know much about the affairs of the philistine, not as long-lived as the Jiang family, nor as experienced as the manager Zhao, Jiang's words made her secretly surprised, thinking that there is indeed such a possibility.

And the matter of her husband Na Da Qiao as a concubine has not been spread to the outside world, although Da Qiao changed her name to Jiang Lian, the palace maid basically does not know her true identity, but I am afraid that in case, for the sake of prudence, it is better not to be careless.

Thinking of this, Tao Zhan said: "I also asked His Highness about this matter, and he also objected, since His Highness is against it, then I naturally have to obey, so this matter is over, let them write a letter home, and then give each of them five taels of gold, and let them carry it home with the letter." ”

"I see, is there anything else going on with the princess?"

Tao Zhan took a brocade shaft from the table, handed it to Jiang Shi and said: "This is the calligraphy that His Highness just sent someone, it is estimated that Mrs. Lian will like it, you can go to the Seven Star Pavilion for a while and give her the calligraphy!" ”

"I'll go!"

After moving to Weiyang Palace, Tao Zhan was much busier than before, but she would also pay attention to the Tao family's affairs, recently he heard from his husband that he was ready to transfer his brother to Beijing and serve as Shaofu Siqing, which made Tao Zhan a little worried, and his brother went to Lingzhou for more than two years, and he was transferred back to Beijing to serve as a senior official.

Tao Zhan hopes that his brother can be fixed somewhere for a longer time, at least for more than five years, and don't always transfer around, which is not good for him, it seems that he has more seniority and has been a lot of officials, but his actual ability is not enough to hone.

Tao Zheng was thinking about her brother in a daze, and her personal maid reported at the door: "Princess, Mrs. Zhu is asking to see you outside the palace!" ”

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