Chapter 173 Zhuge Liang marries Huang Yueying

At the end of December in the fifth year of Jian'an, in January 201 AD, the Battle of Guandu, which attracted the attention of the world, came to an end.

Cao Cao won, but not by much.

Yuan Shao lost, but only slightly.

The two men's losses were considered to be seven to three, Yuan Shao's loss was seven, and Cao Cao's loss was three.

Because in the end, there were 80,000 troops in Jizhou, and about 30,000 people fled back. Jiang Yiqu led the troops to suppress the rebellion, destroyed more than 10,000 people, and surrendered 20,000 people.

Yuan Shao only killed those mid-level generals who took the lead in making trouble. No matter how bad their crimes were, the lower-level soldiers would not be liquidated even if they looted and killed many people around Liyang, so the rebellion was finally quelled.

In addition, he has a strong foundation and a big family and business, so he can eventually recover.

Although the losses were heavy, the remaining 20,000 elites returned and had a strong foundation. People believed that sooner or later he would make a comeback.

Although Cao Cao won the battle, his hometown of Xudu was stolen. He was so angry that he marched south to Kunyang to confront Liu Biao's army. However, in fact, he did not want to attack Nanyang, but to buy time.

In order to prevent Liu Biao from making a surprise attack when he was rebuilding Xudu, he had to first deter Liu Biao's army, so the two sides remained in a stalemate until the end of December before withdrawing their troops back to Yingchuan.

Yuan and Cao were like two wounded beasts at this time, both starting to go back to lick their wounds. Only Jingzhou's industries were prosperous and full of vitality.

Soon the sixth year of Jian'an arrived as scheduled, and just after the New Year, Shen Chen returned from Huangmenting to Suiting to prepare for teaching.

His reputation is so great that there are so many people who come to study. It is completely different from the past when the first time to recruit students was not only during the off-farm time, but also there were only two or three kittens, and there were not many regular students.

But now that there are so many students, there are also worries about too many students.

Confucius had three thousand disciples, seventy-two of whom entered the house. Not most of them studied with him every day.

Just like a mobile classroom in a university, there are often dozens of people attending class at a time, and some people come and leave, and come and go again.

As for Shen Chen, a large group of students came at once, so he had no choice but to conduct separate classes, divide them into classes according to age, and study according to time every day.

Fortunately, today's students do not have to learn so many subjects as in later generations. They have a full schedule of nine subjects including language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, politics, history and geography. Now they only need to study Confucianism, and the teaching materials can be unified.

For example, at the beginning, you should learn the Analects of Confucius and the principles of life, which will make it easier to teach. You will have a fixed amount of teaching every day and a record of how to teach, so you will not be in a hurry.

In addition, Shen Chen only has ten days of class each month, which is from 3:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the early morning of each month, that is, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day.

There is a half-hour break at noon, and the teaching time is nine hours. There are more than 130 students in three classes, and each class teaches three hours.

In the middle of every month, he would go to Yuliangzhou to discuss academic matters with Pang Degong, Sima Hui, Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others.

In the second half of every month, I practice martial arts and archery diligently, and I also practice on daily basis. For example, when teaching, I get up at six o'clock every morning, hear the chickens dancing, practice for an hour, rest for an hour, and then go to class.

After school in the afternoon, practice for another hour, then prepare tomorrow's lesson plan, go to bed early, and get up the next day to continue living like this day after day.

Human energy is limited, but as long as we maintain self-discipline, we can still achieve multitasking.

In history, there were many people who were versatile in both civil and military affairs. Confucius, Mozi, Sun Tzu, etc. were all talented in martial arts and had a high level of education. They could force you to submit with a sword.

A recent example is Jia Fu, one of the twenty-eight Yuntai soldiers. He was a Confucian scholar. He always took the lead in fighting and was unparalleled in his bravery.

There are also people like Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Lu Meng and others during the Three Kingdoms period. They are also talented people with both wisdom and courage. They can be generals on horseback and prime ministers on horseback. They are all good at literature, Taoism and military strategy.

So whether you are studying literature or martial arts, what matters is not the direction you choose, but whether you have perseverance and perseverance. You cannot fish for three days and dry the net for two days. As long as you persevere, you will always be rewarded.

During this period, in addition to teaching and practicing martial arts, Shen Chen would visit Pang Degong and Sima Hui in the middle of every month to study academics and study Confucianism.

The reason why I didn't look for Zhuge Liang was because Zhuge Liang seemed to be very busy recently. He came to see him several times but was never at home, so he had to go to Yuliangzhou.

As a result, in mid-February, on this day, he was discussing academic issues with Ma Hui of Pang De Company on Yuliang Island. They talked about national identity. They both believed that it should be summarized by the pre-Qin Hua-Yi debate and the relationship between the Xia. Shape the cohesion of the Han nation.

When we were chatting happily, Xu Shu suddenly walked in from the door. He bowed to Mr. Pang De and Sima Hui first, and then said to them mysteriously: "Second Master, Ah Chen, Kong Ming has been missing recently. Every day. I can't find him even if I look for him, do you know why?"

Sima Hui was also surprised and said: "A few days ago, I was visiting friends in Zhonglu. When I returned to the north, I wanted to climb Atou Mountain. Thinking that Kong Ming and Ah Chen were in Longzhong, I sent someone to ask. Ah Chen, on the other hand, I came here to accompany me on a mountain climbing trip, but Kong Ming said he hadn’t returned for a few days. Why is that?”

Shen Chen was also very curious and said: "Brother Kong Ming has been rarely seen since late last month. I have only seen him once this month. When I asked him what he was doing, he just smiled and said nothing. He didn't see him back all day long. There seems to be no trace of home, does it mean that Brother Yuanzhi knows where he has gone?"

Xu Shu said proudly: "Of course, these days he often goes to Baishui Township in Miannan to find Duke Chengyan."

Huang Yueying?

This thought suddenly flashed through Shen Chen's mind.

Before he could ask, Xu Shu added: "Gong Chengyan was looking for a son-in-law. He fell in love with Kong Ming, so he called him to Baishui. Baishui was too far away from Longzhong, so he has been living in Chengyan's house recently. .”

"oh?"

Pang Degong smiled and stroked his beard and said, "It seems that Kong Ming is going to be the son-in-law of the Huang family."

"It's two generations higher than me."

Shen Chen cried sadly.

Huang Chengyan’s wife is the sister of Liu Biao’s wife, Mrs. Cai.

In other words, Huang Yueying and his sixth maternal grandmother Cai are cousins, so Zhuge Liang becomes Cai's cousin-in-law, and he is two generations shorter for no reason.

If you knew this, why bother?

Why did you help Deng Hong find Cai as his wife?

Now you have to eat the bitter fruit yourself.

Several people saw his confused expression and burst into laughter.

Sure enough, happiness should be based on the pain of others.

Especially for genius prodigies like Shen Chen, the more painful they are, the happier they are.

And soon, the news of Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying's engagement spread in Jingzhou celebrity circles.

The Zhuge family has close ties with the eight major aristocratic families in Jingzhou. The Pang family and the Kuai family are all related by marriage, and the other aristocratic families also have close friends.

After the news spread, it immediately stirred up waves, and all major families sent people to send gifts.

There were a total of six wedding ceremonies in the Han Dynasty, namely nacai, name asking, naji, nazheng, date request, and personal greeting.

Among them, accepting a betrothal gift is a betrothal gift. Giving a betrothal gift is considered an engagement. After that, invitations must be distributed widely and everyone will be informed of the date of the wedding. This is called the invitation period.

So when the six rites have reached this stage, the wedding has almost come to an end, and all that is left is to welcome the bride and hold a wedding banquet.

No wonder Zhuge Liang is so secretive these days.

Since all the elders in the family have passed away, the eldest brother has separated the family, and the two sisters have married off, leaving only the younger brother in the family. Therefore, according to the rules of the time, he can only do these things by himself.

This made the first four rites almost all handled by him alone. During this period, Zhuge Liang went out early and came back late, and was away from home all day long, which was understandable.

Shen Chen received the invitation. The wedding date was at the end of February, and he had prepared generous gifts in advance.

February 18, Longzhong Township.

On this day, Shen Chen moved back to Suiting from Yuliangzhou, but instead of living in the school, he moved into Zhuge Liang's house and practiced swordplay in his house every day.

On the 21st, Zhuge Liang finally came back. At this time, Shen Chen was playing Go with Zhuge Jun.

Zhuge Jun is already eighteen years old this year, two years older than Shen Chen, but his Go skills are far inferior to Shen Chen's. He was killed indiscriminately by him, and his armor was discarded. The dragon was slaughtered to pieces.

"Brother Ziping, he can't be saved."

Shen Chen looked at Zhuge Jun, who had been thinking deeply, and said to him with a smile.

Zhuge Jun looked at it for a long time, then smiled bitterly and said: "I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. Ah Chen, you are truly a genius. I can't compare to you in anything."

"Brother, don't give up on yourself."

Shen Chen comforted him and said, "Although you can't compare to me in anything, you are older than me."

Zhuge Jun was paralyzed at that time. Is this really a human thing to say?

I am nothing but older than you?

While I was feeling depressed, suddenly Anu's crisp voice came from outside: "Dalang is back."

"Brother Kong Ming is back."

Shen Chen and Zhuge Jun stood up from the corridor and went to the front yard.

I happened to see Zhuge Liang entering his home in the courtyard with a few servants.

"Brother Kong Ming."

Shen Chen walked over and complained: "It's so hard to hide it from me. If Brother Yuanzhi hadn't told me this, I wouldn't have known you were getting married."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "There are no elders in the family, so I can only handle things by myself, and there is no other way."

"Then why don't you call me? Why do you have to do everything yourself?"

Shen Chen spread his hands: "Ziping is your brother. Yuanzhi, Zhouping, Guangyuan, Gongwei and Shiyuan and I are all your friends. We can all come to help. It's not a good thing to have to do everything yourself. It will easily tire yourself."

He almost said, "You don't know how you will die in the future?"

certainly.

Zhuge Liang must not have known that he was exhausted.

Shen Chen knows.

So for the sake of his health, I still have to help him get rid of this bad habit of being a micromanager and having to deal with everything personally in the future.

"Okay, okay."
To be continued...