Bai Tu was in a good mood after reading the battle report, and at the same time frowned slightly with some annoyance.

Following the breakthrough of the Central Route Army in Echeng, the Northern Route Army breaking through the Sanguan Pass, and the East and West meeting in Fuyang, the Southern Route Army finally achieved strategic results - Zhang Liao and Gao Shun have led troops to break through the land of Wuling and arrive in Wuling County, Jingnan!

Although judging from the map, this is not a "result", but only a "march" to Jingnan, but ...... Being able to pass through the land of the Five Ridges has already proved that Chen Gong's plan was successful.

It's just that...... What made Bai Tu a little uneasy was that Shanyue was worried that the General's Mansion would "cross the river and tear down the bridge", and transport the baggage from the land of Wuling, and also need the assistance of these Shanyue people, so Chen Gong still stayed in the Shanyue tribe as a "hostage".

Judging from the news sent back by Chen Gong, the three major sects of the Shanyue people, and one Wangkong is planning some conspiracy, and Wuxi Man opened the "White Tiger Festival" or "White Tiger Trial" not long ago, and now all tribes are in the land of Wuling, fighting bravely with the Shanyue people!

The reason why Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were able to lead people through was because Mohuken took the initiative to let them go, and the other tribes in Wuxi were not interested in the Han army - the target of the White Tiger Festival was the Shanyue people, so why bother to move the difficult Han army?

This is also what the General's Mansion and the Shanyue people agreed before, they are responsible for providing grain and grass, and the Shanyue people are responsible for opening up a road in Wuling......

For Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's departure, Shanyue people also felt relieved.

However, Chen Gong did not report in too much detail, such as...... That time, he guided Gao Shun to sneak attack the Wuxi people after the "grain robbery", which was actually an important catalyst for the current situation.

It was that battle that made Mohuken understand that the Han army was likely to find out about his collusion with Wangkong, but judging from the situation of the Shanyue Alliance, the Han army really expected them to bite each other, and did not share this information with the Shanyue people, and also learned from the survivors of this battle that the Han army was strong.

Therefore, Mohuken chose to blackmail Liu Pan who guarded Jingnan once and then let them Han people go "dog eats dog".

Prepare yourself to concentrate on becoming the biggest winner of the White Tiger Festival first, become the real co-owner of the Wuxi people, and at the same time weaken the strength of the Shanyue people is the right way!

It's a pity that Chen Gong's battle report is very brief, although he has heard of the so-called "first warrior" of the Wuxi people, he has not mentioned it in the battle report, otherwise Bai Tu may remember something from the name "Shamoke......

Now Bai Tu was relieved that the Southern Route Army had entered Jingnan, but on the other hand, he was also worried about the safety of Chen Palace.

Bai Tu also understood that with Chen Gong's ability, the reason why he stayed in the Shanyue tribe was more to pave the way for the Great General's Mansion to "integrate the land of the five mountains" in the future.

Otherwise, if they want hostages, will Chen Gong go honestly?

Chen Gong went, just a hostage? Even if they are always wary of Chen Gong, sooner or later they will be "sold" by Chen Gong......

Recently, among the generals' palaces, the busiest are the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, because a large number of departments under the six ministries and attached to the general's palace have begun to be established one after another.

Many of these official offices, the "General's Mansion" may not be used, but the "Marquis of Chu" in the future can be used!

Now, in order to be less "prostitute", although Bai Tu has been awarded Jiuxi, he still calls himself the general of the Han Dynasty, and has always emphasized the "General's Mansion" to the outside world, and downplayed the title of "Marquis of Chu".

After all, the marquis who nominally granted Jiuxi can open the country, but now is not the time to go around shouting that he wants to open the country!

However, sooner or later, the time will be ripe, not only for vanity, but also to further get rid of the involvement with the imperial court - "Kuang Fu Han Family" has reached this point, and it is natural to get rid of the Han Family!

Otherwise, after Cao Cao and Yuan Shao split the winner, they will use the name of the imperial court to control themselves?

Now Bai Tu and Lu Su's expectation is that after occupying Jingzhou and joining Jing to become Western Chu, they can officially play the banner of "Chu State", and no matter who is high or low in the north, they should not have completely separated the winner and the loser, and will be able to gain a firm foothold.

And the big and small official offices have already begun to raise now, not only at the front, but also at the rear......

Than the Taishi Ling, who is responsible for stargazing and determining the calendar, Taichang, who is responsible for presiding over sacrifices, Shaofu, who is responsible for managing the private property of the royal family, and Yushi Zhongcheng, who is responsible for correcting the subordinate officials......

Although these are all court officials, or even Jiuqing, but now the Prime Minister's Mansion has a Prime Minister's Mansion, and it makes no sense that the Prime Minister can touch it and the Marquis of Chu can't touch it.

For example, Taishi Ling is the most important thing - its main function is stargazing.

The Taishi Order of the Eastern Han Dynasty has been epicly strengthened and greatly reduced twice.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a "swan song of the historian, no rhyme of separation", Sima Qian became the "Taishi Gong", theoretically it was above the prime minister, and the official documents in various places should be advanced to the Taishi Gong and enter the Prime Minister's Mansion.

However, after Sima Qian, Taishi Ling has been cut once, but it still has the function of compiling history, and in the late Western Han Dynasty, Taishi Ling only has the power to watch the stars, and there is no special historian in the compilation, and there is a "living" in the palace who is responsible for recording, as for the writing of specific historical books, they are all "part-time", sometimes by Taishi Ling, sometimes by other officials.

This is also why in the Later Three Kingdoms period, Shu Han did not have a special historian - it can be regarded as adhering to the tradition of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

And Tai Shiling's stargazing is not only for divination, but also for observing solar terms.

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was already a saying that there were 24 solar terms, which was an important supplement to the "Ganzhi calendar".

The 24 solar terms are the measurement of the solar year, which can better represent the climate change of the four seasons of the year, which is why the 24 solar terms can correspond to the date of the foreign "solar calendar", but do not correspond to the local "lunar calendar".

For example, the winter solstice is often on December 22 of the Common Era......

In the absence of the 24 solar terms, the Ganzhi calendar is a pure lunar calendar, and it is precisely because of the combination of the 24 solar terms that the leap month in the Ganzhi calendar is set up, which is the complete "lunar calendar" of the combination of yin and yang.

In ancient times, the 24 solar terms were observed, although they were not as accurate as "seconds" in later generations, but they were not too bad.

In the future, every year, the Taishi official of the Marquis of Chu Mansion will release the solar terms and guide farming, which can subtly enhance the sense of belonging of the people under his rule.

In addition, when the time is ripe, it can secretly restore the historical function of the Taishi Command Office, which is a real social heavyweight!

A large number of new official offices were established, and not only the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites were busy, but Lu Kang also worked hard.

Although the status of the General's Mansion in Jiangdong is now more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Especially after Huainan, the dependence on Jiangdong has also been reduced, so Lu Kang's role as a "family hub" has been weakened, but the Jiangdong family has become accustomed to finding Lu Kang to hold together.

And after Lu Kang's affairs increased, Zhang Chunhua, as a scholar, also gained more and more experience, and the most important thing was ...... With Lu Kang's help, Zhang Chunhua usually contacts people from other families on behalf of Lu Kang, and others also give her three more points of thin noodles, and she is becoming more and more proficient in dealing with people.

After all, Lu Kang is old, and he can't trouble him in everything, and sometimes some people who don't need to see in person, or don't want to see in person, are received by Zhang Chunhua.

But on this day, the unconscious Lu Jun, that is, Lu Xun's uncle and Lu Kang's eldest son, who has no prospects, came to trouble his father again.

When Lu Kang saw his son, he was angry.

This is more people than people have to die, goods have to be thrown, compared to his nephew Lu Xun, and grandson Lu Ji, this Lu Jun is simply not a weapon, even if he has his own big tree, Lu Kang does not dare to entrust him with important tasks, just serve as an idle position, lest he cause any trouble behind him.

"Dad, Shang'er is also at the age of marriage now......" Lu Jun saw that his father's face was impatient, and hurriedly said "business".

As soon as he heard that it was his grandson Lu Shang's matter, Lu Kang looked calmer, after all, he was a relative of the next generation, and his grandson was treated better than his son regardless of whether he succeeded or not.

"Well, which family are you looking for?" Lu Kang asked.

Because he is not the eldest grandson, Lu Kang did not personally plan these before.

"My son thinks that Xu Kun's eldest daughter Xu Hui is a good match for Shang'er." Lu Jun hurriedly said.

"Xu Kun...... Well, Xu's is indeed good. Lu Kang didn't know any of Xu Hui's juniors, but he had an impression of Xu Kun.

The Xu family is also a big family of Wu County, and he has an in-law with the Sun family, and Xu Kun is still Sun Jian's nephew, but he is nearly forty years old.

Lu Kang said "good", naturally referring to the Xu family, as for Xu Hui, he didn't know......

In the history without the white rabbit effect, Xu Kun's eldest daughter did marry Zhou Shang, but Zhou Shang died of illness not long after, and then Xu Kunnu remarried Sun Quan, who was the adoptive mother of the crown prince Sun Deng, even if Sun Quan later loved Queen Bu very much, but because Concubine Xu, who was the adoptive mother of the prince, was still there, Queen Bu was not officially awarded the title of "queen" during her lifetime.

And Xu Kun's second daughter is also married to Sun Quan's third brother Sun Yi, which shows the closeness of the Xu family and the Sun family.

Of course, now that Sun Ce is a general who has opened another department under Bai Tu, even the Sun family is unwilling to get too close to him, so as not to be suspicious, and the Xu family will naturally not look for awkwardness......

Therefore, the current Xu family is not as prosperous as it was in history.

At this time, Lu Jun wanted to stop talking, stopped talking and said, "Actually...... Xu Kun also has a second daughter, Xu Rong, who is very smart, young and good at astrology, and it is said that she has a scheming temperament and dares to make decisions......"

It's not that Lu Jun is greedy, but choosing a daughter-in-law for himself, who doesn't want to choose the best of the best?

Especially now that Lu Kang is still there, the Lu family also has the qualifications to be greedy, as long as Lu Kang is willing to pull down his son and ask for marriage, the more excellent second daughter Xu Rong also has a chance......

"Huh? What did you just say? Lu Kang didn't know what to think of, and his eyes lit up when he heard the words.

"Xu Kun also has a second daughter, Xu Rong, who is very ......"

"Next!" Lu Kang urged.

"Good at astrology, and ...... temperament"

"Good!" Lu Kang patted his thigh and said.

"Dad, you said you could go ......"

"That's right, you can recommend this Xu ...... Xu Rong, for Taishi Ling...... No, if you are in the Chuhou Mansion, don't call it Tai Shiling, call it ...... Tai Shi Cheng is good! Lu Kang stroked his beard and said.

Lu Jun: ???

Is it really good that you're always like this? Xu Rong is only twenty-eight years old, so she will be Tai Shicheng? Although I don't know the grade, it seems to be equivalent to Taishi Ling, right? Your old grandson, Lu Shangke, is still a county official......

"This ...... Dad, Shang'er only stood out from the merit selection test last year, and now he is only a county official......" Lu Jun said a little awkwardly.

This is also Lao Lu's high ideological realm, and he deliberately raised Bai Tu's selection of talents, and specially let many Lu family children enter the office from the channel of the selection test, anyway, the shadow of the Lu family will not disappear because of the channel of entering the office, and if you delay from the grassroots level for a year or two, you will be able to rise back, and in Bai Tu's eyes, there will also be a great favor!

"Huh? Who told you about Shang'er! I think Xu Hui is good! Lu Kang said.

Lu Jun: ......

"That's it, I'll go to Xu's Mansion in a while and have a good chat about Xu Rong...... cough, let's talk about the marriage of Xu Hui and Shang'er. Lu Kang said with a smile, and seemed to be in a better mood all of a sudden.

Lu Jun didn't understand that today he was begging the old man to propose marriage to his grandson, or he came to recommend talents to the old man.

didn't know that this did solve a troublesome matter for Lu Kang.

Previously, Lu Kang had been looking for a "strange woman" who was born in the Jiangdong clan and could recommend female officials, but ...... Although the Han Dynasty was far less patriarchal than in the Ming and Qing dynasties, women from the scholar clan must have also read books, but ...... Generally tend to the direction of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the subset of scripture and history is at most seen, as for the art of strategy and war, Tao strategy and mental art, it is usually not involved.

If you want to recommend female officials, you must also be outstanding, otherwise it is not shameful enough!

It's just that it's not easy to find a second Zhang Chunhua, and Lu Kang understands Zhang Chunhua's ability and growth best.

As for the second Huang Yueying? Don't even think about it, this kind of partial talent is something that can be met but not sought, and it is not a day or two for the Ministry of Industry to seek talents, but there is only one Huang Yueying.

However, now a Xu Rong has popped up, which suddenly gave Lu Kang confidence - it doesn't matter if "planning and daring to decide" is true or not, but "good astrology" ...... But he is a professional counterpart to Tai Shicheng.

Measuring the laws of celestial movements, in modern times, any hobbyist, as long as he is willing to buy equipment, can learn to "have the universe in mind" by himself, but in the past, it was ...... In all dynasties, this is a top-secret forbidden art, especially after the emergence of the doctrine of celestial and human induction, the people strictly prohibit the spread of astronomical knowledge, which is stricter than the control of the art of war.

Some of the Jiangdong Shi clans have a longer inheritance than the Han Dynasty, so naturally there are related inheritances in private, but they are definitely not common.

Therefore, it is somewhat similar to Huang Yueying's situation, whether their personality and ability are suitable for being an official is secondary, and their "professional skills" are excellent, so they can be recommended.

Even if Xu Rong's astrology is not as "talented as ghosts and gods" as Huang Yueying's mechanism, it ...... Behind Xu Rong is the Jiangdong Shi clan, if you ...... in the future It's really like Lao Lu thought, if Xu Rong can tie the knot with the lord, then Xu Rong will be the focus of the Jiangdong Shi clan after his death!

After Lao Lu felt that his health was getting worse and worse, he always thought about what happened after his death......

Lao Lu, who has always been conscientious, directly explained a few words to Zhang Chunhua after his son left, and then gave himself a duty in advance, and prepared a car to go to Xu's house.