There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Tao Shang and Sima Lang were polite to each other for a while, Tao Shang suddenly turned his head to look at young Sima Yi, and a thought came to his mind.

"Brother Sima, may I have a chance to speak?" The potter held out his hand, motioning Sima Lang to talk to him alone in a corner of the courtyard.

Although Sima Lang didn't understand what the pottery merchant was up to, he still had to give him some face, so he walked with the pottery merchant to a corner of the yard.

"Brother Sima, I met Brother Ling just now. For some reason, Tao feels that he is quite sympathetic with this child. I have an unfeeling invitation, but I don't know if Brother Sima can give Tao this face."

Sima Lang saw that the pottery merchant was so polite, he couldn't help but said curiously: "What's the matter, Mr. Tao? Why don't you just say it straight."

The pottery merchant thought about his choice of words before he said slowly: "Brother Sima moved away from Wen County to Liyang this time. In the final analysis, it was just to avoid the disaster of war. But according to my opinion, even if you go with your whole family Without Li Yang, we may not be able to get the most satisfactory results."

Sima Lang frowned when he heard the words, and looked at the pottery merchant curiously: "I also ask Mr. Tao to express the meaning of what I said."

Tao Shang cleared his throat, and said: "Brother Sima left Hanoi because of Hanoi's geography. This is where Sanguan and Beidi are located. Now that the princes of the Guandong are at odds with Dong Zhuo, the impact Hanoi will suffer is inevitable." Frequently, but Brother Sima, have you ever thought that Li Yang will be safe?"

Sima Lang's face was very calm, and he said: "Liyang is connected to the Yellow River, and connects Henan and Hebei. It is a place that military strategists have fought for since ancient times. If there is a war between the north and the south, it is not an ideal place to live. I understand this, but after all, there is an in-law Zhao Weisun there. Take care of us."

The potter's expression was very sincere: "Brother Sima, Liyang is located in the territory of the Yuan family. Now Yuan Shao has taken Jizhou from Han Fu, and Han Fu let Jizhou because he was afraid of Gongsun Zan coming to the south. Let me ask you, with Yuan's prestige, How can we get along with Gongsun Zan in friendship? And Gongsun Zan is a hero in the north, even Liu Yu, the Shangguan, is usually disrespectful, and Tian Kai and Kong Rong in Qingzhou are both close to Gongsun Zan, and their government is not far from Liyang Far away."

By the time he said this, Sima Lang's complexion had already turned blue.

The pottery merchant continued: "I think even if your Sima family moved to Liyang, they may not be able to live a peaceful life."

Sima Lang knew in his heart that what the potter said was quite reasonable, but the problem was

"Young Master Tao, if you don't go to Liyang, Lang really can't figure out where our Sima family should move to."

Tao Shang smiled and said, "Brother Sima, do you want to go to Xuzhou?"

"Xuzhou?" Sima Lang seemed surprised when he heard the words, and after a long silence, he said slowly: "Young Master Tao, what do you mean? You want my Sima clan to go to your Tao clan's territory?"

The potter nodded and said, "That's right. Although Xuzhou was harassed by the Yellow Turbans back then, it is now stable. The Yellow Turbans who made trouble in Xuzhou in the past have all moved to Qingzhou, and Xuzhou is far away from right and wrong, especially when it is far away from the city. Guanzhong is far from intersecting with Dong Zhuo. To the north of Xuzhou is Tian Kai of Qingzhou, to the south are the counties of Yangzhou, and to the northwest is Liu Dai of Yanzhou and others. They all have good relations with my Tao. Only Yuzhou and Jianghuai in the southwest Being watched by Yuan Shu, but among the states and counties in the world today, it is relatively safe."

Sima Lang didn't speak when he heard the words, he knew that the potter's words were somewhat exaggerated.

Xuzhou is located in the east of the Central Plains. It is not bad if you say it is good or bad, but when it comes to complexity, it is indeed much better than Hebei right now.

It's just that Tao Qian, Sima Lang is not very optimistic about him.

But thinking about it carefully, even though Tao Qian is average, this potter feels like he is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Moreover, Xu Zijiang gave him such a high evaluation in this month's evaluation, and observing this person's actions can be regarded as a good reliance.

Seeing that Sima Lang was hesitant, the potter gave him another dose of strong medicine.

"Brother Sima, Wang Yun will also follow me to live in Xuzhou."

Sima Lang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and looked at the potter with deep meaning.

But the pottery merchant also looked at him with a smile, and the gazes in the eyes of the two sparked a series of not intense but meaningful sparks in the air.

The Wang family of Taiyuan is the number one clan in Bingzhou, and Wang Yun is the third prince of the court. Although he went to Xuzhou alone, his political influence is quite large.

Cao Cao once told the potters that Wang Yun's entry into Xuzhou reminded him to remember that a strong guest does not overwhelm the master.

This so-called "strong guest" does not mean that Wang Yunhui robbed Tao Qian's power, but refers to the balance of the gentry in Xuzhou.

As a senior official, Wang Yun has also experienced party disputes, and occupies a relatively important position among the upper party members. Once the Tao family welcomes Wang Yun, the weight of Xuzhou's local aristocratic families in the state will inevitably be affected by the foreign gentry. And produce changes.

In fact, pottery merchants have also seriously considered this issue. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. Although the Tao family belongs to the gentry, the four local families in Xuzhou have great power. If they can lead foreign gentry into Xuzhou through Wang Yun, the Tao family will be in the middle Mediation may have a miraculous effect on the redistribution and consolidation of power.

Don't you see that in history, after Cao Cao experienced the rebellion of Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, he made great efforts to use the Yingchuan gentry to balance the power of the local gentry in Yanzhou.

In the view of potters, under the background of this great era, it is unrealistic to completely eliminate the political influence of the aristocratic family.

This is not a problem that can be solved in one generation or two.

In the history of Cao Wei, Emperor Wu Cao Cao was the vanguard of suppressing the gentry, but when Cao Cao was in power, because of his excessive means of eliminating the influence of the family, the relationship between Cao Wei and the world's famous families was once tense.

Instead of erupting in silence, they perish in silence. Obviously, the gentry group suppressed by Cao Cao did not perish, but broke out violently after Cao Cao's death.

In order to replace the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen Cao Pi brought together the gentry group again, and praised it to a new height. Because of the excessive throughput of the first two generations of the Cao family, the relationship between the Cao Wei regime and the gentry in the world has been in a tense state. Coupled with the repeated violations of Shu and Wu, Cao Wei was forced to disperse external power like a catalyst. In the end, Sima took advantage of the chaos to win most of the gentry resources, and Cao Wei made wedding dresses for others.

This kind of thing happened not only in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but also in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Li Shimin couldn't handle it completely.

What has changed during this period is nothing but the alternation of authority and political balance.Even in later generations, the so-called gentry also existed in the world, but in another way.

Where there are people, there are classes and struggles. This is a very normal social phenomenon that cannot be eliminated. It can only be adapted and balanced with the development of the times.

When Sima Lang heard that Wang Yun would also live in Xuzhou, he began to think about it.

Undoubtedly, the influence of the Wang family in Taiyuan in the land of Sanhe is much greater than that of the Sima family. Both the Wang family and the Sima family belong to the Bingzhou family. Since the big bosses of the Wang family are in the same place, because they are both powerful in Bingzhou, Wang Yun will more or less fight for some good resources for the Sima family.At least it is much easier than going to Liyang to start a business relying on Sima's name alone.

And Sima Lang is not blind, Wang Yun's voluptuous adopted daughter flirts with the pottery merchant, and he can more or less see some clues.

After thinking this through, Sima Lang was moved.

"Young Master Tao, let Rong Lang go back and discuss this matter with the elders of the clan?"

The pottery merchant also knew that the matter was of great importance, so it was not good to urge him too much.

Whether this matter will be successful or not is still in between, and it is difficult for potters to predict what impact the migration of the gentry headed by Wang Yun to Xuzhou will have on the local gentry.

But some things have to be tried after all, and the reduction of power must be carried out in a chaotic situation.

Xuzhou's current stable gentry structure is not suitable for potters to do it.

Sima Lang was hesitant to speculate, so why not a potter?

"The matter is serious. Brother Sima really should think carefully. Tao will leave today. After I settle the matter of the Southern Huns, I will come to consult Brother Sima again. Presumably at that time, Brother Sima must have a decision in his heart."

Sima Lang bowed slightly towards the potter, and said, "Okay, I will give Mr. Tao a satisfactory answer when the time comes."

The potter wentssip with Sima Lang for a while, and he bid farewell to Sima Lang when all the Sima family's luggage was loaded into the car.

Sima Lang personally sent the potter and Han Hao out of the mansion, and before leaving, the potter also greeted Sima Yi kindly.

Seeing the slowly disappearing figures of the potter and others, Sima Lang suddenly felt that something was not quite right.

After thinking about it carefully, he asked Sima Yi, "Second Brother, how did you meet those two people?"

Sima Yi blinked cutely: "In the mansion! In the study in the west courtyard of the mansion."

Sima Lang frowned, turned around and ran towards the study in the west courtyard.

After entering the study room, Sima Lang slipped back and forth in a big circle, and after smoothing out the furnishings in the house one by one, he muttered to himself in doubt.

"Strange, why can't I find my Chengni inkstone?"