At the beginning of the morning on the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi, a group of nearly 300 people, left Gu's manor and arrived at Qu'a. At dusk the next day, Chen Caozhi wrote to Lu Na, the minister of Zuo Min, and to his third brother Chen Shang respectively. The letter to his third brother Chen Shang was mainly to say that he did not bring his third sister-in-law and nephew this time because there was something going on at the third sister-in-law’s mother’s family, so he planned to come with his sister-in-law Youwei at the end of the year. At that time, Mr. Chen was in The east garden of the house by the Qinhuai River should also be completed and ready for move-in. After all, it is not appropriate for a female family to stay in the Gu Mansion when they come to Beijing. The letter written to Wei Rui's father Lu Na details the relationship between Lu Na and Lu Na during the Kuaiji Tutu Period. I ask Lu Shijun to understand the conflict between Chu and Lu Shijun, and also ask Lu Shijun to advise the Minister of Mainland China not to confront Sima Huan for the sake of the family. Recently I heard that Lu Qin has close contacts with Tianshi Dao Lu Song, and Lu Song is the cause of trouble. You should be vigilant.
Chen Caozhi's letter to Lu Na was written in Spring and Autumn style, which was very tactful and would not make Lu Na feel embarrassed about being taught by his younger generation. After he finished writing, he ordered Lai De to hand the letter to Banli, and Banli would find an opportunity to write the letter to him. He gave the short hoe to his sister and handed it to Lu Weirui.
Get up early the next day, Chen Caozhi, Xie Xuan, and Xie Daoyun will go to Gushu Xifu separately. Shen Jin's son Shen Chiqian will follow Chen Caozhi. This time he will only bring four servants with Chen Caozhi to Xifu. Although Gu Kaizhi agreed The conscript will enter the West Mansion, but there is no need to rush there. We will enter the West Mansion together after attending Xie Xuan's wedding.
Ran Sheng also wanted to go to Jiankang first. He still had 80 sergeants left in Jiankang and was going to lead those sergeants back to Xifu. Chen Caozhi ordered him to come to De and bring his letter to his third brother Chen Shang. Jiankang met his third brother Chen Shang, and then came to Gushe with Ran Sheng.
When we parted on the west branch of Quacheng City, Chen Caozhi rode slowly past Lu's motorcade and lifted the curtains with his hoe. Lu Weirui looked at Chen Caozhi from the car window, looked at each other, smiled and nodded, Chen Cao He then turned his horse's head and headed south.
Xie Xuan was depressed for the past two days because of his sister Xie Daoyun's incident. He left Qu'a County and said to Xie Daoyun: "If it weren't for the urgent recruitment of Duke Huan, otherwise we should go back to Wuyi Lane to visit my uncle first, and then my aunt will go to Xifu. of."
Xie Daoyun said: "After meeting Duke Huan, if there is nothing important, it would be okay to go back to Jiankang early. Ah Li still has to go to Yangzhou."
The wedding date for Xie Xuan and the daughter of the Yang family on Heshang is the eighth day of the third lunar month. There are three places in Yang's county, namely Heshang, Taishan and Jingzhao. Now except for Taishan, which is still under the control of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the rest have fallen into the Di-Qin War. The hand of Murong Yan, the so-called Yang family on the river, now lives in Yangzhou. Xie Xuan will sail down to Yangzhou in early March to marry the Yang family's daughter. It is said that the Yang family's daughter has skin as white as snow and is extremely beautiful, but Xie Xuan has not seen it yet.
Xie Xuan looked at his elder sisters, Xie Daoyun and Chen Caozhi, and said, "I will go to Jingzhou after my marriage. From now on, I will not see my brother and Zizheng as much as possible."
Xie Daoyun remained silent.
On the afternoon of the sixth day of February, Chen Cao and his party rushed to Gushu. At the foot of Bailu Mountain, they met Wang Tanzhi, the chief minister of the West Prefecture, Chen Caozhi, Xie Xuan, and Xie Daoyun. They dismounted their horses and saluted, and asked Wang Changshi where he was going.
Wang Tanzhi frowned and said, "Empress Yu passed away at Xianyang Hall at noon yesterday. The Grand Sima ordered me to go to Taicheng to mourn." He cupped his hands and hurried away on horseback with his entourage.
Chen Caozhi and Xie Xuan looked at each other. The Sima royal family was really dying. In June last year, Emperor Ai Sima Pi and Queen Jing Wang died on the same day. Only half a year later, the newly appointed Queen Yu passed away again. Queen Yu was out of love. The Chuan Yu family was the daughter of the late Great Sikong Yu Bing and the sister of Beizhong Lang General Yu Xi and Guangzhou Governor Yu Yun. She was only twenty-one years old this year and died young.
Xie Xuan whispered: "Sima Huan is quite dissatisfied with the emperor's appointment of Concubine Yu as his queen. He never thought that Queen Yu would die so early. Let's see if the emperor will still disagree with Sima Huan on the matter of establishing a queen!"
Chen Cao and the other three returned to their apartment in Gushu City. Chen Cao ordered his subordinate Zuo Lang to find a nearby house for Shen Chiqian and his servants to live in. Xiaochan knew that Cao Cao's young man was very clean, so he ordered his servant to prepare water. After bathing and freshening up, Zuo Lang came to report that Wei Chang, the chief clerk of the General's Palace, conveyed the order of Huan, Grand Sima, and invited Chen Canjun to attend a night banquet at the General's Palace. He thanked Sima and wished that Canjun would also go with him.
Xie Xuan was already Huanhuo's Army Commander and Prime Minister of Nanjun, seventh rank. Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun were promoted to eighth rank to join the army, and were no longer ninth rank.
At the end of the Shen Dynasty, Chen Caozhi, Xie Xuan, and Xie Daoyun arrived at the General's Mansion. Huan Wen greeted them at the foot of the steps. He glanced at the three people's faces with his eyes like purple stone ridges and said with a smile: "Thank you Sima, Chen Canjun, Zhu Canjun , we have been separated for half a year, and the country is working hard."
Chen Caozhi and the others hurriedly saluted Huan Wen and sat down in the hall. The banquet had been prepared and there was no one else but the maids. It seemed that Huan Wen had specially invited Chen Caozhi and the three of them today.
During the dinner, Huan Wen did not mention the funeral ceremony for Queen Yu after his death, and drank and ate meat freely. Xie Xuan and Chen Caozhi naturally pretended not to know, and they reported to Huan Wen respectively the cases of Tu Duan in Wuxing County and Tu Duan in Kuaiji County. Huan Wen already knew about these things. He raised his glass and smiled, listening to Xie Xuan and Chen Cao's report.
Huan Wen saw that Xie Daoyun didn't drink much and didn't talk much, so he said: "This time the Kuaiji soil was destroyed, Chen Canjun was certainly the first to contribute, but without Zhu Canjun's assistance, he could have achieved such good results. I heard that Zhu Canjun went to Qian Tang Is it possible to solve problems for Chen Shenjun?"
Xie Daoyun then briefly talked about the case of He's instigating people to falsely accuse Chen's land occupation in Qiantang. Huan Wen praised: "I wish you to join the army and be meticulous in your work, so that young people can take advantage of it. If Chen joins the army, he should give you a toast. If you don't wish to join the army, How can Chen Shenjun concentrate on reviewing Tujuan!"
Chen Caozhi smiled and raised his glass to thank Daoyun from a distance. Thanking Daoyun, he smiled, covered it with his big sleeves, and drank it all in one gulp.
Huan Wen was very interested. He struck Tie Ruyi on the table, and the sound of silk and bamboo strings from the two walls overflowed like water. There were also dancers dancing. This is Shao music. According to legend, it was made by Emperor Shun and has been passed down for three thousand years. In temples and banquets, it has always been royal music.
After three rounds of drinking, the dancers retired and the music in the wall stopped. Huan Wen struck with iron as he wished. Two armored warriors came up with a long sword and presented it to Huan Wen respectfully.
This is a large sword with a ring head. The blade is more than three feet long and the handle is also three feet long. Huan Wen stood up and held the sword in his hand. The candlelight illuminated the blade. The blade was like snow. Huan Wen, holding the sword in his hand, was as heroic as Cao Cao writing poems in the red cliff. , said loudly: "This sword is made from newly quarried iron stone in Mufu Mountain, Jingzhou. It is forged in a new type of bellows blast furnace. It can be folded and refined for hundreds of times. It is extremely sharp. I will use this sword to destroy the Qin Dynasty, eliminate Murong, achieve unparalleled achievements, and be famous." Hundreds of generations."
Chen Caozhi was quite happy. Sharp and durable weapons had finally begun to be forged. The Eastern Jin Dynasty's military strength would be greatly enhanced. Although it was not possible that the Northern Expedition could be successful with only spears and strong shields, it would at least increase the chances of unifying the Central Plains.
In the year of Huan Wen, he ordered his warriors to go down with a broad sword and said to Xie Xuan: "I value talents at a young age. It is my arrangement for you to go to Jingzhou to serve as my brother Huan Huo's marching Sima. Sima Xun, the governor of Liangzhou, has long been rebellious. You As the prime minister of Nanjun, Zhu Xu was the prime minister of Jiangxia. Once Sima Xun rebelled, he and Huan Huo would launch an army to conquer. I once said that when Xie was forty years old, he would support Zhan Jie, but if he didn't achieve military merit, how could he be here?" He asked again: " Can Youdu take up his post in the middle of next month?"
Xie Xuandao: "Yes."
Huan Wen smiled and said: "You have to travel far away when you are newly married. Don't blame Huan for being unkind." His purple eyes flashed, he looked at Chen Caozhi and said: "Chen Yu's reputation has spread to the north. I have an important mission now.
I wonder if Chen Yu can come with us?"
Chen Cao said: "The Duke of the county has his orders, but you dare not obey them."
Huan Wen did not say what he wanted to send Chen Caozhi for, but said: "I want to send Chen Caozhi to the north, but there are many troubles in Western Shu, and there are also constraints in the court. It is necessary to eliminate these troubles before he can send his troops to the north. This is Huan's third time.
In the Northern Expedition, the first two expeditions against Qin were successful, but they did not achieve great success. This third Northern Expedition must achieve great success. Please try it and plan for me."
Chen Caozhi knew that Huan Wen was eager to usurp the throne and wanted the troops who had made contributions during the Northern Expedition to return to the court and replace Sima as the emperor. However, it was not a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition now, so he said: "This matter is of great importance. I will think about it carefully when I go back and report to the emperor another day."
The Duke gave his advice and suggestions."
Huan Wen said: "Okay, I will not talk about the important mission that I want Chen Canjun to take on for the time being. We will discuss it later after Chen Canjun presents his Northern Expedition strategy."
At the end of the Xu period, Chen Cao and the other three resigned from the General's Mansion. The money and silk that Huan Wen rewarded the three of them were also sent to their residence in Fenghuang Mountain. Each of them had 200,000 yuan and 300 pieces of silk.
Xie Xuan did not return to his apartment immediately. He went to talk to his sister Xie Daoyun at her residence and asked, "What mission do you think Duke Huan will have in sending his son again?"
Xie Daoyun frowned and said, "It's hard to guess! Duke Huan is about to make the Northern Expedition. Could it be that he wants Zi Zhong to use the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal lines?"
Xie Xuansi thought: "Sister, there are many things going on. It is very likely that Duke Huan wants to send Zizhong as an envoy to Fu Qin or Murong Yan. If this is true, the future risks are unpredictable."
Xie Daoyun said: "Zizhong is willing to take risks and go through all kinds of hardships for his family's plan and his plan to marry Lu's daughter."
Xie Xuanxin said: "Even if Zizhong becomes a black-headed prince, he may not be able to marry a daughter of the Lu family. Are there any three male princes who have never married in ancient times?" He also thought: "If Zi Zhong wants to marry my sister, I don't know whether the third uncle or the fourth uncle will marry me."
Will uncle agree? I'm afraid it will be difficult."
When the Xie sisters and brothers were chatting by the stove, they heard the faint sound of the neighbor's recorder. Xie Daoyun's face was filled with joy and he said: "Zizhong left the Keting flute with Gushu. He hasn't played music for half a year. He must be extremely itchy."
, we both have good ears." Then he and Xie Xuan walked to the backyard and listened to the beautiful flute music in the cold night of mid-spring. As expected, it was one song after another. Xie Daoyun was deeply intoxicated, and his feet were as cold as ice without even noticing...
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At the beginning of the next morning, Huan Wen sent someone to summon Chen Caozhi to the general's palace. In Huan Wen's view, although Xie Xuan was talented, he could only use it and not become his confidant. Chen Caozhi was different and came from a poor family.
Chen Caozhi would become his confidant, and the success of Gengxu Tujuan made Huan Wen value Chen Caozhi even more. Huan Wen wanted to be Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Caozhi was his Zhang Zifang.
