At the beginning, Shu Yan took the lead in smashing the Huns, and was criticized by some so-called people of insight in the surrounding counties and even in this county, thinking that it was an egg hitting a stone, and it was better to surrender as soon as possible. But in the end, except for a small number of soldiers who died in battle, the lives of the people of the city were saved, and even property was lost. On the other hand, those who abandoned the city and left, the people were not spared by the iron hooves of the Huns, and were still burned and looted.

The siege of Ruyin City was finally lifted, and the people all cheered, and they set up wine and food one after another, celebrating while thanking Shu Yan's achievements. Shu Yan had no intention of enjoying peace. He first buried Peng Hui and other fallen soldiers, and gave bereavement to their families, and then set about restoring social order as soon as possible.

After the Xiongnu soldiers retreated, the people who had taken refuge in various counties and townships returned to their homes, resumed their work and production, and gradually returned to normal life. In addition, the demobilized soldiers returned to their hometowns, and the agricultural and industrial industries were quickly restored.

After several months, social order has basically returned to normal. At this, Shu Yan gathered all the officials together. Without the pressure of the soldiers, the officials of the Ruyin County Bureau also regained their long-lost ease. Shu Yan watched everyone talk and laugh comfortably, except for Peng Hui, who was grateful for his loyalty and bravery, and couldn't help but feel sad.

Du Jian saw Shu Yan's face gloomy, and asked in wonder: "Now that it is stable and peaceful, and the people are well fed and clothed, why is Shu Cheng like this?" ”

Shu Yan sighed: "We enjoy peace, but we don't know that this peace is bought by the blood of Peng Hui and many other warriors." ”

After Shu Yan said this, Du Jian also sighed: "I have worked with Lao Peng for many years, but I only know his strength, but I don't know that he is so loyal and brave. This sacrifice for the country is really respectable. How can my colleagues not be sad! ”

Wu Qian and others also praised the spirit of the Ruyin army and people who bravely resisted the Hun iron cavalry, and said with emotion:

"At Lao Peng's age, he can call himself an old man and be in the back on the battlefield. But he is always strong, not only does he not flinch in the face of strong enemies, but he always rushes to the front, which is really respectable. ”

"The old ones are certainly respectable, but those young recruits are like newborn calves, and they are fearless in the face of real swords and guns, and they dare to fight and dare to fight, which is also admirable."

"If the 19 states of the Great Jin Dynasty and the 168 counties all fight with the same enemy, how can the Xiongnu become powerful? Will the Great Jin perish? ”

Sun Yi looked at everyone and sighed word by word, and when the emotion was almost over, he turned the conversation around and said: "Lao Peng is indeed respectable, but the person has gone and cannot be resurrected." At present, his position is vacant, and it is better to choose someone to fill the vacancy as soon as possible. ”

Shu Yan nodded and said: "Sun Gongcao is right, if any of you have a suitable candidate, I recommend you to do this Bing Cao History, just talk about it." ”

Ruoxin said without thinking: "Is that still useful?" Tang Daxia's martial arts are invincible, and he has great achievements in resisting the enemy, and he has won the expectations of the public. ”

Du Jian agreed: "His father is a battle-hardened captain, he is also from a military family, and he is a good martial artist, so it is very suitable to be a soldier Cao Shi." ”

Wu Qian followed: "He was originally the order history of our county government, if he can do this soldier Cao history, it would be great." I'm afraid that he has already seen through the world and is unbearable for this worldly business. ”

Shu Yan shook his head and smiled: "That's right, he had already said goodbye to me the day before yesterday and traveled all over the world." You'd better push someone else. ”

Regarding Tang Hui's departure, everyone expected Zheng but as for pushing others, they all looked at each other, and no one could think of a suitable person for a while.

Shu Yan saw that everyone had no goal, so he said: "The history of the soldier Cao must select those who have personally been on the battlefield, and those who can lead the soldiers are the best." I nominate one person, what do you think of Zhang Fei? ”

Wu Qian nodded and said: "Although Zhang Fei is a little younger, his courage is the first, and he leads the troops to guard the East City, and he can take charge as much as me, Peng Hui, and Tang Hui, which shows his ability." In addition to Tang Hui, Bing Cao Shi is none other than this person. ”

Everyone agreed. Sun Yi immediately went to inform Zhang Fei.

Guo Tang arched his hand and said: "The appointment and dismissal of Cizuo officials are all decided by Taishou alone, and there is no need to be recommended by everyone at all. Now Shu Cheng is the first head of our Ruyin County, and he exercises the power of Taishou, as long as he determines who it is, he can directly order it to be granted, and it is too humble to discuss it with us. ”

"Brother Guo!" Qian Sheng corrected, "Since you know that you are the number one family member in this county, how can you return Xinjiang Shucheng?" Shouldn't it be renamed 'Shu Taishou'? ”

"Yes, it will be Shu Taishou in the future." Everyone cheered.

Shu Yan smiled and shook his head.

Du Jian saw that Shu Yan was still shirking, and said hurriedly: "At the beginning, Shi Taishou wanted to transfer the position of Taishou to you in the name of Ding Wei. You have not been officially granted by the imperial court, and your name is not right, and you refuse to accept it. Now that he has left us to cross the river, the Great Jin has also died, and Liu Mang has promised to let us decide the affairs of Ruyin within three years. This Ruyin is too guarded by you, and you don't need to go through any appointment at all, what else do you want to resign? ”

"It's not that I don't want to be this Taishou, it's that I don't know what year it is."

Du Jian thought that Shu Yan was pretending to be crazy and stupid, and in order to shirk it, he pretended not to even know the year name. "This excuse is too naïve, isn't it? Even the dripping hair knows that this year is Jianxing-" However, he stopped halfway through.

It turned out that when Sima Ye ascended the throne, he changed the name of the year to Jianxing. He surrendered to Liu Cong last year, in the fourth year of Jianxing. If it is normal, this year should be the fifth year of Jianxing, but since he has surrendered to the Xiongnu on behalf of the imperial court, this era name naturally no longer exists. If you are too shou, you will inevitably use the era name on many occasions such as giving orders and signing official documents, but what should this era name be?

Du Jian only now understands what Shu Yan meant, and the sentence "I don't know what year it is" revealed the sadness in his heart.

Ruoxin interjected: "Liu Mang has only given us three years of autonomy, and after three years, we will definitely change to their era names." Although Sima Ye surrendered to Liu Cong, he is still there, and it is not impossible for us to continue to use the era name of 'Jianxing' at this stage. ”

Du Jian said: "That's right, we still use the name 'Jianxing', and now it is the fifth year of Jianxing." ”

Shu Yan smiled bitterly, paused and said, "I summoned everyone here today because of three things: the first is to fill the vacancy of the soldier Cao Shi; The second is to announce the news - our emperor who led the sheep and asked to surrender has been killed by Liu Cong! ”

Everyone was indignant when they heard the news.

Ruoxin said: "Although the first emperor Sima Chi was also killed by the Huns, he has always stuck to the city and fought to the end with the Huns, refused to surrender, and it was expected that he was killed; But Sima Ye had obviously surrendered and there was no threat, so why did he kill him? ”

Qian Sheng said: "Liu Cong is cruel and treacherous, and he will not last long!" ”

Du Jian said: "Even if Sima Ye is alive, he is often insulted and teased by Liu Cong and others, and it is better to be dead." It's just that after he died, the name 'Jianxing' is not suitable for us to continue to use. ”

Guo Tang said: "They don't care about Cangcao and Bing Cao, our Hucao is involved in issuing the most announcements, what era name will be used when the time comes?" You can't leave it without a date, right? ”

At this moment, Sun Yi came in from outside, heard the words of Du Jian and Guo Tang, and said with a smile: "It's the second year of Lin Jia. Why don't you even know the year name? ”

Lin Jia is the newly changed era name after Liu Cong killed Sima Ye in Chang'an last year, in order to celebrate the extinction of the Jin family. According to Sima Ye's chronology, last year was the fourth year of Jianxing, and this year should be the fifth year of Jianxing; According to Liu Cong's chronology, last year was the first year of Lin Jia, and this year should be the second year of Lin Jia.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to compliment.

There was a moment of silence, but Ruoxin said, "Why should we bother with the era name? Before the Han Dynasty, there were no era names. The year of that time: when the previous generation is mentioned, the monarch's name is added to a certain year; At that time, most of the words used in contemporary times were the Ganzhi date. Why can't we follow the example of the pre-Qin and use the Ganzhi chronology? ”

Guo Tang couldn't help but praise: "Yes, yes, yes, during this period, we will use the Ganzhi year, what if it is three years later?" ”

Everyone is relaxed again. Du Jian suddenly remembered what Shu Yan had just said, and asked, "Shu Taishou has three things to tell you just now, just two, what about the other?" ”

Regarding Du Jian, whether he agreed or not, he directly changed his name to Taishou, Shu Yan smiled faintly: "In my life, I was born in the first year of Tai, I lost my parents in Xianning, I entered Luoyang in the year of Taikang, I went to Dawan in the year of Yuankang, Yongkang returned to Ruyin with his second wife, and Yongjianian fought against the Huns, and now I resigned, but I don't know the year name." ”

"Resigned?" Everyone was just relaxed, and then they were surprised again.

"That's right! The third thing I want to do today is to decide to return to agriculture and no longer be an official. ”

"How can you go?" Du Jian thought it was incredible.

"Why can't I go?"

"You built a school, repaired canals, set up assistance funds for the poor, gave food restrictions to officials, persuaded farmers to teach mulberry, protected workers and promoted business, cut down the powerful families, liberated tenants, created a prosperous era inside, and resisted the Huns outside. For the sake of the people of Ruyin, you have done your best and worked hard - do you think the people of Ruyin can promise you to go? You're gone, what should you do in Ruyin County? How can Ruyin be separated from you? ”

"Hahahaha. Brother Du, don't do that. I'm just doing what I can, and every official should do it, so how did I get to the point where I had to do it? Now that even the imperial court can be without, what is it without me? ”

"But—I know you don't want to be the second minister, but we still have three years of autonomy, and it's not too late to make a decision after three years!"

"When I was in Luoyang, I already had the intention of returning to the field, but now that I have changed to a foreign court, if I linger in the officialdom again, I don't know how to advance or retreat."

Du Jian seemed to see that Shu Yan's determination was irretrievable, and paused: "But who will you hand over this big mess to Ruyin?" ”

Shu Yan glanced at everyone, then his eyes fell on Sun Yi and said, "I think among you, only Sun Gongcao is the most able to respond to the situation. ”

Faced with Shu Yan's proposal, everyone found it very difficult to understand. Because among all the officials, Sun Yi has always been the most ambiguous with Shu Yan's views, especially in the attitude towards the Xiongnu, he has always been the most anti-war and the most amiable, and everyone doesn't know why Shu Yan recommended Sun Yi as his successor.

Only Ruoxin can understand Shu Yan's painstaking efforts: three years of autonomy is just a snap of a finger, and when three years have passed, will she continue to fight against the Xiongnu court? There will be no benefit to confronting the imperial court, if it is beneficial to the people of Ruyin, it is only when it is handed over to someone like Sun Yi to lead it in line with the situation.

Shu Yan led the horse out of the gate of the county office, and when he turned around, he found that all the officials and the officers of the county office had been sent out. He gave everyone a deep snort, then turned his horse and walked away. Before the people knew, he had to hurry out of the city.

I didn't go far when I heard someone shouting from behind, "Brother-in-law, wait for me." ”

Shu Yan looked back, but it was Ruoxin, who was chasing after him with two bags.

"What are you doing here?" Shu Yan seemed to have guessed, but he couldn't help but ask.

Ruoxin gasped and laughed: "As soon as you leave, you are arrogant, you know how to advance and retreat, am I not a person who knows how to enter the turbulence?" ”

Shu Yan knows that Ruoxin's character is like a strong bamboo orchid, unyielding, and unconventional. There was no need for any persuasion, Lang Ran smiled, got off the horse, helped him put the luggage package on the horse's back, and the two led the horse to the school