In the spring of the fourth year of Jian'an, after the ice and snow melted, Liu Qian and her family moved back to Luoyang from Chang'an, the place where she was born and grew up. Many streets and mansions in the city have been taken over by the government, but regardless of whether
No matter what, it is impossible to miss the place where the general and Duke of Wei live.
After Liu Qian arrived, she directly packed up many palaces in the Beigong, and then took her whole family to live in them. She did not talk about any taboos. She chose the biggest and best one herself, and moved her eldest son Chen Sheng and second son Chen Zhen into the palace.
They were taken in. They also arranged residences for Zi Jia'er, Diao Chan, Cai Yan, Queen Mother He and others.
The princes from various places woke up from hibernation and sent envoys to Chang'an and Luoyang one after another. It was a lie to pay homage to the emperor, but it was true that he wanted to do something secretly. The general left the emperor in Chang'an, but he lived in Luoyang. The emperor
There must be ideas, maybe there will be a chance?
But they thought too much. Guanzhong already only knew that there was a general, but not the emperor. In various newspapers, the emperor was rarely mentioned. After the fall of the Yuan family, the original court ministers
We have been honest for a while. If we can't be honest, the newspapers have said that because of serious security problems, a new round of "hard crackdown" will be launched.
If someone is caught at this time, the severity will be severe. Whipping will turn into exile, and exile will turn into beheading. Even if the court rarely kills people now, being thrown into a mine or the whole family is exiled to the Western Regions will still be punished.
No.
Envoys from the princes went to Luoyang one after another, wanting to see the generals, but the generals are not as good as before. How can they be so easy to meet? There are not a thousand but eight hundred people who want to see Chen Cheng every day. If they can meet everyone, even if they are
If he just said one word, he wouldn't even have to sleep.
Therefore, officials at all levels in the provinces and departments have become helpless, relying on connections and looking for connections. Unfortunately, several big bosses in the three provinces and six ministries are not easy to talk to. Yan Zhong is in a high position and has a lot of power.
, he has no children left, and his family is rich. It is considered the most wealthy family in the current dynasty. He has more arrogance than Chen Cheng, and few people can talk to him at all.
Jia Xu is very humble, but he has always kept a low profile and never receives guests at home. As for Xu Chao, the minister, he is recognized as smelly and tough, and does not sell anyone's face. In this way, it is those who are middle-aged
Senior officials are being courted one after another and are reluctant to accept gifts.
Chen Cheng didn't come up with an "Official Management Regulations". According to the tradition of the Han family, collecting money is normal, and lobbying is also normal. The world's people and traditions are like this, and Chen Cheng doesn't bother to pay attention to it. Anyway, no matter who it is
, as long as he doesn’t work hard, the whole family will travel abroad.
When various princes sent envoys to the court, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong came to Luoyang in person with more than a hundred believers. After hearing that the court had killed Cao Cao and Yuan Shao last year, Liu Zhang was frightened and immediately withdrew his troops.
, for fear that he would become the next target of the imperial court.
Zhang Lu was encouraged by the battle priests and wanted to see for himself what kind of person the general was and what the power of thunder he commanded was going on, so he left his old nest in Hanzhong and rushed there in a light car.
to Luoyang.
When he heard that Zhang Lu was coming in person, Chen Cheng naturally wanted to come forward to receive him. In fact, he would also receive the envoys from the princes, but he would only meet them once and then ignore them. Those envoys wanted to talk about some secret things in private.
For example, if the general is trying to persuade us to move in, or if we want to purchase arms, we are often told to talk to the corresponding provincial officials.
But how can talking with officials compare to talking with the general himself? If the general agrees, who would dare to push back without opening his eyes? Well, it’s true, Xu Chao has never given up on his own principles.
.As long as he feels something is wrong, he will immediately reject it.
Chen Cheng met Zhang Lu in the Beigong, and Liu Qian came with him. She was also a little curious about the legendary Zhang Tianshi, and wanted to know if this man could really control the wind and rain.
"Princess Qi," Zhang Lu, who was dressed as a Taoist, looked a bit like a fairy, "You can't call wind and rain. You can only distinguish clouds and rain. People in the world just spread rumors."
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Prefect Zhang is sincere."
Previously, in order to win over the princes, Chen Cheng gave them various titles and official positions according to their strength and territory. It was free of charge anyway. Because Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong, he was named the prefect of Hanzhong.
Zhang Lu looked at Chen Cheng carefully, then bowed to the ground respectfully and said, "The world thinks I am a god, but actually the general is the real god!"
Chen Cheng frowned and said, "Get up and talk. I've said it many times, and I'll say it again today. I'm not a god. Haven't you read Pravda?"
Zhang Lu stood up from the ground and said with a smile: "Of course I have seen it. The general said that he is not a god, but isn't what he does something that only a god can do? Doesn't the general feel that he has destiny?
Physically?"
Without waiting for Chen Cheng's answer, Zhang Lu said to the Wannian Princess Liu Qian who was standing next to him: "The heirs of the general and the princess have the blood of gods and heaven flowing in their bodies, so they are suitable to be the lord of the world!"
Liu Qian said with a beaming smile: "Prefect Zhang really thinks so?"
Zhang Lu smiled and said: "Isn't this an obvious thing? Even if the general cares about the favor of the late emperor for promotion, is the princess not the late emperor's child? I heard that in ancient times, there was a female emperor as the head of the country, so it can be seen that the princess also has the right to inherit.
.”
Liu Qian used to be more or less worried that Chen Cheng would proclaim himself emperor, but after giving birth to her son, she began to worry that Chen Cheng would not seek to usurp the throne. She first made her master the emperor, and then passed the emperor's position to herself.
Son Chen Sheng, isn’t this a very good thing?
Chen Cheng shook his head and said: "People still miss Han people, so Governor Zhang must not mention this again in the future."
After Zhang Lu retreated, Zhang Zhao, the envoy of Mu Sunce from Yangzhou, asked to see him again. Chen Cheng stretched his muscles and said, "Bring him in!"
Zhang Zhao is a famous figure in history, but Chen Cheng has already met so many historical celebrities, and even led troops to eliminate Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, so he didn't find it strange to see Zhang Zhao again.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you want to do when you come here this time?"
Zhang Zhao did not come alone, and was accompanied by a girl with bright eyes and white teeth. The girl looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, her figure had just grown, her waist was thin, her legs were long, she could be called a character. Since she entered the Beigong
, just kept looking around with his eyes wide open, and it was the same at this time.
"My lord, Shijun Sun, heard that the general conquered the Central Plains and Hebei, and specially ordered me to come to congratulate you and offer you special products from Jiangdong."
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Sun Bofu is interested. I heard that he had a battle with Liu Biao's navy last year?"
"It's true."
"Mr. Zhang is an elder. After he returns, he should persuade Yangzhou Mu not to go to war against the areas under the imperial government. Otherwise, I will not sit idly by and do nothing." Chen Cheng said: "This world is very big, and I want to expand my territory. Although
Go and explore those wild worlds. Later I will ask someone to bring you a map, which will mark some big islands in the sea in the south. The largest ones are as big as the entire Yangzhou, and there are only some savages on them. Yangzhou Muruo is
If you want to expand your territory, just go find those barbarians."
After hearing this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but feel very fond of Chen Cheng. He did not agree with going to war with the Central Plains, nor did he agree with continuing to cause trouble for Liu Biao. The Central Plains had many soldiers, generals, and a large population, so how could Jiangdong be able to resist it?
Now that the general has the intention to expand abroad, that would be great. The Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasty has been in existence for 800 years, and active exploration has made China the region it is today. Can't this kind of thing happen again today? After returning home
You must tell Sun Shijun and General Zhou how powerful they are!
"I sincerely obey the order of the general," Zhang Zhao suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: "In addition, my lord Sun Shijun's sister is named Shang Xiang. She is fifteen years old and is willing to marry the general.
So good!”
Sun Shangxiang, who was looking around, pricked up his ears when he heard about himself. At this time, he couldn't help being shocked and shouted: "Didn't the eldest brother tell me to come to Luoyang to play? When are you going to marry me to the general?"
Chen Cheng looked at the girl's angry look and couldn't help but laugh. Zhang Zhao looked a little embarrassed. He coughed and said, "Before coming to Luoyang, Sun Shijun once said it, but you didn't pay attention at the time."
Chen Cheng laughed and said: "You just stay in Luoyang first. If Miss Sun Shangxiang wants to play for a while, she can go back to Jiangdong. No one will stop you."
"Hmph," Sun Shangxiang raised his fist and said coquettishly: "My martial arts are very powerful, who dares to stop me?"
In addition to Sun Ce's envoys, Shi Xie, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, Zang Ba, Gongsun Du and others all sent envoys. Only Gongsun Zan remained stubborn as always, keeping his head down and not gnawing. However,
It's not like he didn't do anything. After the beginning of spring, he led his troops and horses to launch an attack on the Wuhuan people.
In the past, Gongsun Baima went on a killing spree against these barbarians, and it was a pleasure to kill, but every time he went out to fight, it was basically a losing business. It was different now. He began to lead people to sweep up the grasslands.
They captured all the Hu people they met along the way and sold them all to Hebei, or directly to Guanzhong.
Gongsun Baima was famous, and now there was no need to keep troops to defend Yuan Shao, so he was able to lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the grassland.
In the evening, after Liu Qian and Zi Jiaer finished exercising with Chen Cheng...well, she also has the characteristic of "infinite physical strength", and it is impossible to finish it, just one or two
What’s the point of an hour? Even if you do it all night, there will be no problem.
During the exercise, Liu Qian asked: "I heard that Sun Ce sent his sister Sun Shangxiang to Luoyang. Why don't Master call her to the palace to play with us?"
Play?
Chen Cheng lay down and said, "Sit up and move by yourself."
