After Langya Wang Xun and Wang Yuanlin met Chen Run'er, they were deeply attracted by Chen Run'er's beauty and talent. She would not marry Chen Run'er. This time when she came to Chenjiawu, she invited her uncle Wang Shao to accompany him. Wang Shao is now Situ Changshi. At that time, Chen Cao
When he was a filial piety to his mother, the Chu family framed Chen Caozhi in order to prevent the Chen family from becoming a scholar. Wang Shao, who was the internal history of Yangzhou at that time, upheld justice and defeated the Chu family's conspiracy. Therefore, Wang Shao was very fond of Chen Caozhi.
With kindness, Wang Shao, as a distinguished scholar, never expected that the young man from a poor family who settled in a cottage in front of his mother's tomb and studied hard would now be a senior official of the third rank.
Chen Caozhi was still at a loss to pursue the girl from the Lu family, but now he actually married a girl from a powerful family in the north and the south. It is really a miracle!
Wang Shao supported his nephew Wang Xun's intention to marry Chen Caozhi's niece. Chen Caozhi's current prestige and status were no less than those of Huan Wen who once conquered Shu. He also won the trust of Emperor Sima Yu and had close ties with the gentry in the north and south.
Maintaining a good relationship, Chen Caozhi will definitely be a very important figure in the court in the next thirty years. Marrying the Chen family of Qiantang will have both advantages and disadvantages for the Wang family of Langya——
When he learned that Wang Shao and Wang Xun's uncle and nephew were coming, that evening, Chen Caozhi talked with his sister-in-law Ding Youwei and niece Run'er. Run'er asked: "When girls grow up, they always have to marry other people, right? Chou
uncle?"
Chen Caozhi felt a little heartbroken when he looked at Run'er's bright and flawless eyes. He had watched Run'er grow up. She was well-behaved, cute, and beautiful, like an elf in the fairy world. Now she has grown up and is getting married——
Ding You smiled and said: "Your Aunt Daoyun, you are such a proud person, why didn't you marry your ugly uncle?"
Run'er thought: "That's because I have Uncle Chou. Didn't Aunt Daoyun talk about rejecting marriage in Wuyi Lane? Uncle Chou and the two aunts should be a once-in-a-lifetime romance. It's a pity that I can't find someone worthy of me."
Although Wang Yuanlin is such a persistent person, she is not bad, but if I marry him like this, I always feel that such a marriage is too ordinary and has no twists and turns - "
After all, Run'er has a girl's heart, and the love between the ugly uncle and the two ugly aunts caused a sensation in Jiangzuo, which made her envious. What girl doesn't long for such a vigorous love? But such love is hard to come by, since the mother
Both her uncle and Chou thought that Wang Yuanlin was her good match, so she would also obey her mother's uncle's order to marry Wang Yuanlin. Run'er's temperament was not only refined and high-spirited due to the influence of Chen Caozhi, but also the tranquility and tranquility inherited from her mother's blood.
Gentle, she has her own ideas, but she won't express them too strongly——
After Wang Shao and Wang Xun's uncle and nephew came to Chenjiawu, Chen Caozhi had a long talk with Wang Xun. In this way, the marriage of Wang Xun and Chen Run'er was initially confirmed——
Chen Caozhi returned to his hometown at the end of May and spent more than a month inspecting the family property. He discussed with his sixth uncle Chen Man and others the business and commodity development goals of the Chen family in Qiantang in the next ten years. He also made a special trip to Kuaiji to visit the Yu family.
Celebrities of the surname, Kong family, and Wei family spent the Qixi Festival in Chenjiawu. Chen Caozhi bid farewell to his parents' cemetery and went to Beijing with his wife, children, sisters-in-law, Ding Youwei, and Runer's mother and daughter. Du Zigong also accompanied him all the way.
By boat, we saved ourselves the trouble of traveling and arrived in Jiankang at the end of July. We were greeted by the Xie family, the Lu family, the Murong family, the Langya Wang family, as well as friends Liu Shangzhi, Kong Wang, Fan Ning, and more.
To Ding Youwei's surprise, Zongzhi was also among the greeters. It turned out that Zongzhi had returned to Beijing on business on Xie Xuan's order last month and had only arrived in Jiankang two days ago——
Chen Caozhi stayed in Jiankang for nearly a month and set out for the north at the end of August. Zongzhi and Fan Ning accompanied him. Chen Caozhi hired Zongzhi to join the army in Beifu, Fan Ning was engaged in the administration of Jizhou, and Chen Caozhi opened a government in Jizhou.
The former Beifu Army was also under the jurisdiction of Chen Caozhi. It can be said that the imperial court entrusted the defense of Hebei and Henan to Chen Caozhi. Chen Caozhi's current strength and status seem to be able to compete with Huan Chong, but Huan Chong is the governor of Yangzhou
, the military governor of Jianghuai and Jiuzhou defended the capital, from Jingzhou to Yangzhou, Longkang Huan's power still controlled the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and its deterrence to the court was far beyond what Chen Caozhi could match. The sphere of influence Chen Caozhi controlled was only Huan Wen.
As a result of the Third Northern Expedition, the original Eastern Jin power structure south of the Huaihe River has not changed much. Of course, the decline of the Huan family from its peak is obvious. Emperor Sima Yu hopes to support Chen Caozhi to check and balance Huan Chong——
This time in Jiankang, Zongzhi and his attendant Zhang Ping's daughter had already performed the ceremony of accepting the invitation, asking for her name, accepting the invitation, accepting the invitation, and asking for an appointment. The date of personal greeting was scheduled for the second day of October next year. Gu Kaizhi laughed and said to Chen Cao
To take advantage of him, if Zongzhi marries Zhang Tongyun's concubine, wouldn't Chen Caozhi be a generation older than him? Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "My brother-in-law really wants to marry your wife, Weiqing. Changkang is of a younger generation."
No." During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, this kind of unequal marriage was very common, as long as they were not blood relatives, it was fine——
The wedding date of Run'er and Wang Xun has also been determined by divination. It will be the sixth day of November next year. Chen Caozhi will rush back to attend the wedding of his nephew and niece as a direct elder -
Chen Caozhi proposed to establish the Tianshi Tao General Administration in Jiankang. The memorial of Du Zigong's appointment as the Grand Priest Liquor was approved by the emperor's monk's desk and Zhongshu Sheng. Du Zigong will also start to develop the Tianshi Tao doctrine and fasting system in Jiangzuo and Central Plains.
Carry out reforms to integrate the teachings of Tianshi Dao with Confucian etiquette, and at the same time restrict officials from preaching. In this way, Sun Tai and others cannot use their official positions to develop their own followers——
Lu Weirui, Xiaochan, and Murong Qinchen took their children to the north with Chen Caozhi, while Xie Daoyun stayed in Jiangdong. She wanted to continue building docks and seaports, and she was pregnant again, so apart from Xie Daoyun and her daughter, they went north this time.
Apart from the slight regret of not being able to travel together, Chen Caozhi enjoyed the full happiness of his family. During the more than 3,000-mile journey, he traveled by car or boat, enjoying the mountains and rivers with his wife and children. Wei Rui and Xiao Chan had never been there before.
Crossing the north of the Yangtze River, heading north this time, I only felt that the sky and the earth were vastly different, and the mountains and rivers were majestic. Bo Zhen and Fang Yu were more than four years old, and their minds were gradually opening up, and they also knew how to appreciate the beauty of the mountains and rivers. This journey made the two little brothers and sisters grow up.
Gaining more experience, getting along with his father day and night, and getting closer to each other. This is what Chen Caozhi values most. He does not want to be emotionally separated from his children because of his busy military and political affairs——
Xiao Zhongyu, who is not yet two years old, does not like to ride in boats and only likes to ride horses. Every day when the ship docks, Chen Caozhi and Murong Qinchen will take Xiao Zhongyu ashore for a horseback ride. Although Xiao Zhongyu is young, he is very strong.
But he was very young. His brother-in-law, who was two years older than him, was really not as good as him. Chen Caozhi smiled and said to Murong Qinchen: "I want Zhong Yu to learn both civil and military skills. From now on, I will guard Yecheng. Zhong Yu is half Xianbei."
, the Xianbei people will be happy to obey him, and he will be good at caring for the beasts."
Murong Qinchen was very happy and said: "The child is still young, less than two years old, so you want to let him lead the army and become a general!"
Chen Caozhi smiled, looked up at the sky, and said: "The gap between heaven and earth in life is like the passing of a white horse. It happened suddenly. Looking back, it will be like this."
Chen Cao's party met Liu Laozhi in Pengcheng and arrived in Yecheng in early October. Chief Shi Cui and Sima Suqi reported to Chen Caozhi all the military and political affairs in Jizhou in the past six months. Chen Cao was inevitably busy, and Murong Qin
Chen took Wei Rui and Xiao Chan around. Wei Rui also liked to look for famous flowers and exotic flowers. Seeing that the flowers and trees in the Tongque Garden were left unattended and withering, she felt very sorry for them, so she begged Chen Cao to send the Tongque Garden to him.
The garden was assigned to Bingjing Terrace and separated from Ye Palace. She could take care of the flowers and trees in the garden, so Chen Cao agreed.
King Fu Jian of Qin heard that Chen Cao's wife Lu Weirui and their children had come to Yecheng, and ordered Xi Bao to send a large number of gifts in order to marry Chen Caozhi. Chen Caozhi did not want to go to war with Di Qin now, so he naturally accepted it, although
There is peace in all areas, but Chen Caozhi has not relaxed his military readiness. He can now build an army. Previously, there were only 15,000 soldiers in Jizhou, and now 60,000 Beifu soldiers are under his command. However, these 60,000 Beifu soldiers were merged with the state, and Youzhou
Heping Prefecture was divided into 40,000 soldiers, and another 20,000 were stationed in Luoyang. Jizhou still only had 15,000 soldiers. Chen Caozhi had to expand his army. Huan Wen took away 100,000 war horses when he returned south from the Northern Expedition. In addition to keeping them for military use,
They were distributed to the royal family and major aristocratic families. There was no shortage of horses in Jiangdong, but there were not many war horses left in Jizhou. Chen Cao ordered Tian Luo, the governor of Youzhou, to recruit 20,000 good horses from Longcheng outside the Great Wall and send them to Jizhou. Jizhou fortress
Although the formation of 10,000 heavy cavalry is incomparable to the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Yan State at that time, the soldiers are more expensive and more refined. So what about the 200,000 Yan army infantry and cavalry commanded by Murong Ping. They just spent one night on the south bank of Zhangshui River.
Defeat! Jizhou’s 40,000 infantry and cavalry are enough. Jizhou’s financial resources can maintain this army and will not be dragged down. Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Pingzhou should also recruit troops appropriately. Huan Shiqian of Bingzhou must confront Tuoba Dai all year round.
There are 30,000 troops stationed there. If there is a war with Di Qin in the future, they can cooperate with the troops from Jingxiang, Yuzhou, and Sizhou——
At that time, the Yan State had a standing army of 500,000. Now the four states in Hebei and Sizhou in Henan under the command of Chen Caozhi only have a total of 120,000 troops. The burden on the people is much lighter. The current land rent in Jizhou is two liters per mu.
It was half of what it was when Murong Ping was in power. Taxes were light and the people returned. Youzhou, Bingzhou, Pingzhou, Sizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou all followed the example of Jizhou's taxation. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the income per mu has been high since Emperor Ai Sima Pi reduced the land rent.
Two liters——
At dusk on the ninth day of winter, sporadic snowflakes began to fall in Yecheng. There had been no heavy snowfall in Qiantang in the past two years, so Bo Zhen, Fang Yu and Zhong Yu were extremely surprised. They opened their little hands to catch the snowflakes and ran to Tongque Garden.
He ran over, feeling very happy. A dozen maidservants were surrounding the three children, including Sanu'er. Seeing that the snow was getting heavier and heavier, he picked up little Zhongyu and returned to Bingjingtai's residence. Bo Zhen and Fang gave her a
He didn't care. Xiao Zhongyu made a fuss and wanted to play with his brother and sister, hitting Sanuer hard on the face. Sanuer let him hit him and just said: "If you hit someone, I'll tell your father later."
Xiao Zhongyu retracted his hand in dismay. He was not afraid of anyone but his father, who was very strict when he lost his temper.
Sanuer's cheeks were red from being beaten. Seeing Xiao Zhongyu's unhappy look, she kissed Xiao Zhongyu hard and whispered: "You hit me, I'll let you hit me, and I won't tell your father." Rouge Warrior Sa
Nu'er has now transferred all his love for Phoenix's Murong Chong to Xiao Zhongyu. He dotes on Xiao Zhongyu even more than Murong Qinchen -
Xiao Zhongyu was not polite and slapped Sanuer a few more times. His little hands were chubby and the slaps on his face hurt. Sanuer became more and more happy with the beatings. He was walking happily with Xiao Zhongyu in his arms. Suddenly, he heard
Not far away from the Bingjingtai gate, someone called her sharply, "Sanuer - Sanuer -"
This was a woman's voice, which sounded familiar. Sanu'er handed Zhong Yu to another Hu maid. When she walked to the gate, she saw the guards stopping two masked women holding horses and questioning them. The two women saw Sanu.
Sanu'er came over and took off their veils together, revealing two beautiful faces. Sanu'er was shocked when she saw the appearance of these two people, and asked quickly: "Mu Wan, Jin Yan, why are you two here?"
Mu Wan and Jin Yan were the captains of the rouge team formed by Phoenix's Murong Chong. Didn't they follow Murong Chong and flee to the Daxianbei Mountains? How could they appear here!
Mu Wan did not answer, but asked: "Slave, who is the child you are holding just now? Is it the child of Princess Qinqin?"
Sanu'er responded: "Yes." When she looked back, a group of maids had already embraced the three little brothers and sisters of the Chen family back to their apartment in Bingjingtai.
Mu Wan said: "On the orders of His Highness King Zhongshan, the two of us are here to give gifts to Princess Qinqin's baby."
"Phoenix!" Sanur burst into tears and asked with a choked voice, "Your Highness, is he okay?"
Mu Wan said: "His Highness only ordered me and I to deliver the gifts. You can't say anything else."
Sanu'er then said: "Hurry up and come with me to see your wife."
Mu Wan and Jin Yan heard Sanu'er call Princess Qinghe her wife. They looked at each other and shook their heads. They wanted to lead their horses through the door, but the guards stopped them and asked her to leave their horses and swords and bows. They did not resist.
, according to the instructions, they left their mounts, bows and arrows, and waist knives, and each carried a large package in. The guard checked the package and found that it was all soft and soft, and then let him go——
Murong Qinchen was holding Xiao Zhongyu on the porch to watch the falling snow. When he saw Sanuer leading two people in, they prostrated themselves at the foot of the steps. When he looked closely, it was Mu Wan and Jin Yan. He was shocked and asked that it was Murong Chong who sent her.
The two of them traveled thousands of miles from Fuyu Kingdom to give gifts to Zhong Yu. Murong Qinchen also started crying, while asking about Phoenix's current situation? Mu Wan, Jin Yan still refused to tell——
Xiao Zhongyu was left aside. When he saw his mother crying, he didn't know what happened, but he didn't cry and wasn't afraid. He rushed over and pushed Mu Wan hard, shouting: "Hit - beat -"
Murong Qinchen hugged him quickly, pointed at Mu Wan, and Jin Yan said: "This is what your uncle Phoenix sent to give you a gift - poor Phoenix fled to a foreign country when he was eleven years old, and he is only fifteen years old this year.
Fenghuang is three years younger than me." Mu Wan stood up and asked about Fenghuang's current situation. Mu Wan was forced to do so, and then she said that Murong Chong was already the consort of Fuyu. They got married in June this year. On the day of the wedding, they looked south and knelt down and cried loudly -
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Murong Qinchen sobbed with tears, hugged little Zhongyu tightly in his arms, and murmured: "Phoenix is married, Phoenix is married -"
Mu Wan looked around and whispered: "If the princess is not satisfied here, she might as well go to Phoenix. There are people outside the city to help her."
Murong Qinchen said "Ah" and shook his head repeatedly.
Sanuer said to Mu and Wan: "Chief Chen is very kind to Madam Qinqin. Madam Qinqin will not leave."
Mu Wan immediately changed her words and said: "That's good. His Highness Phoenix is relieved. His Highness Qinqin is the one whom His Highness is most concerned about." Then he knelt down and looked at Zhong Yu, praising: "What a beautiful baby, and only His Highness Qinqin can do it."
It can be born." As he said that, he and Jin Yan took off the package. Inside the package were red jade, mink and pearls produced in Buyeo, but there was no letter——