After nearly half a month of arduous travel, Chen Qun and his family finally arrived in Chang'an, although Chen Qun has been to Chang'an many times, but this time the arrival made him particularly excited, many years ago he had the idea of serving the King of Han, but he could not break through the shackles of apostasy, had to press this idea in his heart, today he finally realized this long-cherished wish for many years, he will start a new career, thinking of this, his eyes are a little moist.

"When was the last time my uncle came to Chang'an?" Xun Zhi asked with a smile next to him.

Chen Qun hurriedly stabilized his mind and said: "Two years ago or three years ago, I can't remember clearly, although I served as Miss Ning's wedding envoy last year, I didn't come to Chang'an, I only sent it to Pujin Pass. ”

"Uncle feels that Chang'an has changed a lot compared to last time?"

Xun Zhi's reminder made Chen Qun realize that it was indeed very different from before, they had already passed Duling, and the official road where they were now should be the official road from Duling to Chang'an City.

He remembered that in the past, there were endless farmlands on both sides, but now there were dense buildings on both sides, one next to the other, all kinds of shops, which continued to Chang'an City in the distance.

And the official road has become flat and wide, at least twice as wide as before, both sides are covered with snow, and the roofs are also covered with snow, and now the day is just dawn, and many shops have not yet opened, but there are already many pedestrians on the streets, most of them riding horses or donkeys, and there are also many carriages, both people and carriages are in a hurry, and they do not even notice this distant convoy.

Xun Zhi sighed softly: "It seems that it has been completed, it has only been a year, and it is indeed changing with each passing day!" ”

"What do you mean?" Chen Qun asked puzzled.

"I mean three sub-cities, when I left Chang'an for Yangzhou the year before last, the three were still being rebuilt, but I didn't expect it to be completed now, and the roadside has become so prosperous."

Chen Qun also heard Zhong Xuan talk about the sub-city of Chang'an, the scale of the three sub-cities is comparable to that of Shangxian, sharing the population of Chang'an, making Chang'an more neat and orderly, he nodded, this is indeed a great creation.

At this time, a team of people rushed in front, and the leader was Sima Yi of Xiangguo, who was entrusted by Liu Jing to welcome Chen Qun's arrival, "Brother Changwen!" Sima Yi smiled and waved his hand.

Chen Qun and Sima Yi were very familiar, he was overjoyed, and urged the horse to greet him, and the two laughed and saluted, "When I see Zhongda again, my demeanor is still the same!" ”

"Where! This is to see Brother Changwen, happy in my heart. ”

Sima Yi returned the salute to Xun Zhi again, and then smiled at Chen Qun: "His Royal Highness the King of Han sent me to greet Changwen, and Changwen and his family have worked hard all the way. ”

Chen Qun was a little stunned, Sima Yi actually came to greet him, you must know that the last time he greeted Zhong Xuan, he was just sending Huangmen Shilang, this time he sent Xiangguo to greet him, this kind of courtesy was so grand that Chen Qun's nose was slightly sour, he was extremely moved in his heart, and hurriedly turned his head and asked his son to come up to salute, in order to hide his feelings.

Everyone saw the salute, Sima Yi accompanied Chen Qun to Chang'an City slowly, and introduced the newly repaired sub-city to Chen Qun, "Now it seems that the plan to build the sub-city is completely correct, the price in Chang'an City is too expensive, with the sub-city, so that the civilians also have a place to stay, but three sub-cities are definitely not enough, we are not ready to expand the sub-city, but are ready to build a few more sub-cities, I estimate that in a few decades, there will be more than a dozen sub-cities around Chang'an." ”

"Doesn't King Han consider building the eastern capital Luoyang in the future?"

Sima Yi shook his head, "I won't consider it for at least thirty years, the main thing is to develop Longyou and Hexi, as well as Shuofang County in the north, and restore the Western Regions in the future, these are not to be completed in the short term, at least in a few decades, so we still have to take Chang'an as the capital." ”

The group came to your hotel, and Sima Yi said apologetically: "The official residence for Changwen is not ready, first wronged Changwen and his family to live in your hotel temporarily, at most a month, Changwen can move to a new home." ”

Chen Qun smiled: "This doesn't matter, your hotel is very good, I have lived in it, it is better than my mansion in Yedu." ”

At this time, Guan Cheng came out to greet the ceremony, and led Chen Qun's family into your hotel, Chen Qun because he was going to see Liu Jing, he did not go in with his family to rest for the time being, Xun Zhi also said goodbye and returned to his home, Sima Yi saw that Chen Qun's family had been arranged, so he took Chen Qun to Weiyang Palace.

"Zhongda, what news do you have after I leave?" Chen Qun saw that there was no one else around, so he quietly asked Sima Yidao.

Sima Yi smiled slightly: "Changwen's departure caused an uproar in Yedu, Yedu was uneasy, people were thinking about the Han, Cao Pi tried his best to maintain stability to no avail, I heard that Cao Pi urgently set up a patrol envoy, the name is good, in fact, it is to secretly monitor all officials." ”

Chen Qun sighed, he didn't expect his departure to cause such an uproar, and he asked again, "Then what did Duke Wei say?" ”

Sima Yi shook his head, "Only Duke Wei doesn't know about this, I heard that the high-ranking officials of Cao Wei have concealed Duke Wei." ”

Chen Qun was silent, he understood why he did this, Wei Gong's body couldn't withstand the stimulation, in fact, this was the best, and he didn't want Cao Cao to feel disappointed.

The two came to the front of Weiyang Palace, and Sima Yi smiled and said, "Changwen will wait for a while, and I will go to report to His Royal Highness the King of Han." ”……

Although the city of Chang'an was a peaceful atmosphere of singing and dancing, the Weiyang Palace was full of tension before the war, and in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, the armistice contract signed by the Han and Wei countries after the Hefei War expired, and the two sides resumed the state of war at this time.

What's more, the Han State completely unified the south last year, and after nearly two years of vigorous troops, all kinds of materials and war preparations have been completed, and the war state of the Han State has recovered to the best, and it can launch a thunderous attack on the Wei State at any time, but the Han State still owes an excuse to start a war.

Although Cao Cao established the Wei State and completely emptied the Han Dynasty, he did not usurp the throne after all, and the title was only the Duke of Wei, and he was essentially a Han Dynasty, and Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, was still alive, and the Han Dynasty did not disappear, whether it was the Han State or the Wei State, it was only a vassal state under the Han Dynasty, and Liu Jing and Cao Cao were also Han Chen, and it was this that made Liu Jing still lack a moral excuse for war.

Although it seems that this excuse is not important, if it is not resolved, it will become a flaw in Liu Jing's history, and it is precisely for this reason that the Han army only tried to attack Wei several times, without a substantive attack.

However, the opportunity will not come, Liu Jing is also waiting patiently, but the preparations for war have not been relaxed for a moment.

In the study viewing hall, Liu Jing stood in front of the sand table with his hands in his hands, pondering for a long time, the sand table in front of him was the entire world sand table, which was made up of seven sand tables, which was extremely huge, occupying half of the area of the lobby.

At this time, a practitioner stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, Sima Xiangguo has sent news that Chen Yuanjun has arrived at Weiyang Palace. ”

Liu Jing recovered from his contemplation and nodded, "Please come to my study to meet you." ”

Engaged in walking out quickly, Liu Jing reached out and took a pennant and planted it on the mouth of the Yangtze River outside Jianye, where there was a strange army he deployed, everything was ready, only the east wind was owed.

At this time, he reported at the door: "Your Highness, they are here." ”

Liu Jing turned around and walked towards his study, Liu Jing's study is actually a group of buildings, including the main hall of court affairs, the meeting hall, the viewing hall, the guest hall, the secretary hall, the library pavilion, the viewing tower and so on more than a dozen buildings, covering an area of 30 acres.

Liu Jing usually handles official affairs in the main hall of court affairs, and also meets important ministers such as Xiangguo there, but if he sees foreign ministers such as Zhong Xuan and Chen Qun, he is usually in the Yinbin Hall.

Chen Qun and Sima Yi were already waiting in the Yinbin Hall, he was drinking tea, his heart was quite nervous, at this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, Sima Yi reminded him in a low voice: "Your Highness is here!" ”

Chen Qun hurriedly followed Sima Yi to stand up, only to see dozens of guards surrounding Liu Jing appear in the hall, the guards were lined up on both sides, Liu Jing walked up to the hall quickly, Sima Yi and Chen Qun hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

"Sima Xiangguo has worked hard, please excuse me!"

Liu Jing and Sima Yi greeted each other, and then turned their attention to Chen Qun here, Liu Jing smiled slightly: "It is gratifying that Chen Gong can arrive in Chang'an smoothly, and I warmly welcome Chen Gong and his family on behalf of the Han Kingdom." ”

Chen Qun bowed deeply, "The revival of the Han family is my father's and my greatest long-cherished wish, and it is also Chen Qun's honor to serve His Royal Highness the King of Han today." ”

"Well said!"

Liu Jing held Chen Qun and smiled: "Please sit down, let's talk slowly." ”

The three of them sat down, and Liu Jing smiled again: "Back then, I talked to Chen Gong about the law, and I was quite interested in Chen Gong's Nine Grades Zhongzheng, I wonder if Chen Gong is still implementing this system in Wei State?" ”

Chen Qun was a little stunned, he remembered very well that Liu Jing was resolutely opposed to the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System back then, and judging from his meritocracy in several imperial examinations, his approach was also contrary to his Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, so why is he interested now.

He was puzzled in his heart, so he had to say cautiously: "Duke Wei originally disapproved of Jiupin Zhongzheng, especially when he implemented the Ding Order in the past two years to suppress the family, Jiupin Zhongzheng didn't mention it anymore. ”

Liu Jing nodded, "The Jiupin Zhongzheng system is not good for the poor disciples, if it is strictly implemented, it is equivalent to depriving them of the way to progress, it is indeed unreasonable, however, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system also has its positive side, such as the long-term evaluation of the character of the scholars, which is very important. In the imperial examination, he may not be able to be an official, and his usual virtue must be assessed by the officials. ”

Chen Qun's heart was full of wry smiles, the original nine-grade Zhongzheng system is not to take the imperial examination, as long as the local Zhongzheng assesses the character of the scholars, and then recommends them, they can be officials, this is actually the perfection and continuation of the filial piety and honesty system in the Han Dynasty, but unexpectedly, Liu Jing removed the key to it, and retained the secondary assessment, which completely changed the taste.

Chen Qun was helpless, so he had to smile bitterly and said, "Your Highness is reasonable. ”

Liu Jing understood his helplessness, so he smiled, stopped mentioning the matter for the time being, changed the topic back, and said to Chen Qun: "This time Chen Gong came to the Han Kingdom, I have carefully considered it, I want to first wronged Chen Gong to serve as the right minister of Shangshu Province, and preside over the formulation of the new Han law, after the Han law is formulated, I will reuse Chen Gong." ”

Chen Qun was overjoyed, bowed down and saluted: "I am willing to serve His Highness!" ”

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