Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

As soon as the Xianbei army left, Luoyang, which used to be lively, fell silent.Considering my growing weight, Liu Xi considerately gave me a long-term maternity leave, and put all affairs of the DPRK and China on Liu Xie and Pang Tong.

Liu Xie was a little flattered: "Your Majesty ordered his ministers to preside over Luoyang affairs, and it seems inappropriate..." He is the abolished emperor, and he took the initiative to let the empress know that his status is embarrassing. Death, I never expected that there would be a day when I would hold real power in this life.

Liu Xi stopped him, waved his hand and said, "You and my brother, don't care what other people say, I just know that I believe you are enough."

In one sentence, Liu Xie burst into tears as he said it.

Although he is becoming increasingly depressed under the pressure of the situation, once upon a time, Liu Xie had the ambition to do something big. Even though Liu Xi is more suitable to be emperor than him, it has always been a part of his heart that he cannot do his best for the development of the country. heart disease.Now Liu Xi is willing to give him a chance, and he can't wait to sleep and forget food and sleep all night to repay him.

As the former master of the world, Liu Xie has the deepest feelings for this country.When he was in power, he failed to let the people live a good life. Now that the world is in power, he hopes that the people can live and work in peace and contentment more than anyone else.

This is a sense of responsibility that comes from the heart.

Essentially speaking, Liu Xie is a nobleman who meets the requirements of an orthodox society. He has a selfless heart, even if Liu Xi robbed him of the throne, he has no resentment, and he doesn't care about the recent rumors about the emperor's heir.In his opinion, Liu Xi is in the prime of life, and there is still hope of recovery from his illness, and he is very likely to give birth to a parent in the future.He has stated many times that he does not wish to adopt his son to Liu Xi, because if Liu Xi's brother becomes the crown prince and Liu Xi regains his fertility, there will inevitably be a fierce battle between the adoptive crown prince and Liu Xi's parents and children. .

Moreover, judging from the current situation, Liu Xie doesn't think any of his sons have the ability to govern the country.

Therefore, when Liu Xi proposed to take his three grown-up sons to fight against the Northern Man, Liu Xie didn't say anything to stop him.For the first half of his life, he was in a state of ups and downs, devoting all his heart and mind to the grand goal of revitalizing the Han Dynasty, neglecting to discipline the children under his knees, and it was too late to regret when he woke up.Although the three Liu Xi brothers are ambitious, they have neither managed politics nor led the army. They only stay at the stage of idealism for governing the country on paper, and they have no ambitions but no matching abilities.If going out for experience can make them realize the reality, why not do it?

Liu Xie was a former emperor, and he worked hard for more than ten years under the shadow of Cao Cao. He knew better than anyone what it was like to be a puppet.With the ability of the Liu Xi brothers, they are completely unable to control Guo Jia, Kong Ming, Pang Tong, Sima Yi and other capable ministers. With the power left behind, Liu Xie felt unable to face the ancestors of the Liu family.In his heart, it doesn't matter which Liu family is the emperor, what matters is that Pingan Han can't repeat the mistakes of the princes and chaos.

"Mother, you don't know, the second uncle is like eating Shiquan Dabu Dan recently. The court meeting lasts all morning, and often keeps the courtiers in the palace for lunch. After eating, continue to discuss. January 30th Never stop." I was on maternity leave and I didn't have to go to court, but Zhuge Zhan had to go to the Golden Luan Hall every day to get a job.Different from Liu Xi's vigorous and vigorous early court style, Liu Xie's character is softer. Once he encounters a major unresolved issue, he must listen to the opinions of many parties and carefully consider it before making a final decision, which invisibly prolongs the time of the early court.

When the courtiers went to court, there were no seats to rest. It was okay for a strong young man like Zhuge Zhan, but many old and ill-healthed veterans complained about their lack of physical strength.There is even a doggerel called "Early Dynasty Ballad", teasing Liu Xie for making civil and military officials "stand all morning, and one more afternoon." It is said that many courtiers did not even have tea before going out in the morning because they were worried about holding their urine during the court. If you dare to take a sip, the little salary you earn is all the hard-earned money you earn, which is not easy.

However, although the courtiers complained, but Liu Xie set an example, no matter how many opinions others had, they could only swallow them whole.

Looking around the hall, I was the only one who was leisurely hiding in the princess mansion.

"Brother, you must be obedient and listen to me in the future, so that my brother will treat you well." Every night, Zhuge Zhan would repeat his brother to my stomach, calling it "prenatal education", and constantly challenged me. My endurance: "What do you mean if he is obedient, you will treat him well? If he is not obedient, are you going to abuse him?" It can be seen from this that Zhuge Zhan is a selfish brat, even if he is Brothers of blood, can't dream of getting his unconditional love.

The most irritating thing is that Zhuge Zhan still took it for granted: "If he is not good, then of course I will teach him a lesson. If you don't beat him for a day, you will go to the house to expose the tiles!"

Who is the bear kid!

The second child in my stomach is much more blessed than Zhuge Zhan. Not to mention the bad things like my uncle disappearing for no reason, even Liu Xi's expedition to Xianbei has been reported frequently, and the situation is very good.Although Kong Ming is thousands of miles away, the war outside the customs is going smoothly, so he has time to write to me. Along with the family letter, in addition to the routine greetings of safety, there are also various anecdotes about the towns and cities along the march. Things and rare specialties, I am amazed.

Although Guo Jia and Kong Ming jointly packaged the expedition of the Ping'an Army as a "righteous war" that "couldn't bear the harassment of the northern tribes at the border from time to time, so they sent troops to fight back in anger", but Liu Xi's trip was actually an aggression In a war, snatching the resources of the defeated party has become the proper meaning of the title.Kong Ming's talent for plundering had been revealed as early as Shengyangzhai, the bandit's nest. Now he met Liu Xi and Guo Jia, who were equally high-end. Not even a single needle was left for the local tyrants.

Liu Xi is really familiar with such things as beating local tyrants and dividing the land.He is well versed in the way of winning people's hearts, and he won the support of most of the local poor people with only a few petty profits leaked from his nails.

The living conditions of the Xianbei people are backward, and the annexation, integration, and betrayal between tribes are common.Whoever can feed them will be followed and loved by them.What's more, Liu Xi does not require the Xianbei people to be completely sincere. As long as they admit to being ruled by the Pingan Han and are willing to accept official positions appointed by the court, everything in the Xianbei territory will be the same as before.

Liu Xi knew very well that although Ping'an Han was strong in force, the overall national strength was far from being strong after years of war. It was not difficult to conquer Xianbei, but it was extremely difficult to rule Xianbei well.Under the current circumstances, "Xianbei people rule Xianbei" is the most sensible choice.On the one hand, they first demarcated the territory to declare their sovereignty, and on the other hand, they planned to send officials and teachers to Sinicize the Xianbei people so that they could identify with the culture of the Han people and subtly help them integrate into the big family of Ping'an Han.

It is said that some grassland survival tips taught by Liu Xi to the herdsmen are very popular with the locals, and the high-quality Chinese medicinal materials from the northern barbarians have also set off a hurricane in Luoyang.

"Princess, I heard that my brother has collected a lot of good things from Xianbei. I am afraid that even the storehouses in the mansion are stretched. I am willing to share my worries for the princess." I was sent to Princess Shengyang's mansion, but there are very few people who really have the guts to come to disturb me during pregnancy.But as the saying goes, "If you have a bun in your pocket, don't blame it for being missed by dogs." No matter how high the threshold of the princess mansion is, there are still a few poor relatives with broken bones and tendons who can't tear their faces.The bodyguards who escorted the heavy carts into the princess mansion didn't even sit on the stools under their buttocks. Lin Yuejie, who had been staring at the princess mansion for a long time, entered the door.

She came to seek a way out for the Lin family's shop.

Although it is known as a century-old firm, the development of the Lin family in recent years has not been good.The foundation of her family is in Nanyang, but Lin Yuejie lived in Lanshan with Zhuge Jun, and it has been a long time since she went back to inspect the shops in Nanyang.In his early years, he thought he was married to the royal family and had great ambitions. He was bound to win Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xudu and other big cities. Lin's branch expanded rapidly but failed to effectively control the employees. After the case, it caused a huge deficit and hurt its vitality.Later, she wanted to follow Kong Ming's path and package the Lin family as the largest imperial merchant in Ping'an Han. Unfortunately, Kong Ming didn't want to bear the reputation of favoritism for her. refuse.Because of this incident, the relationship between Zhuge Jun and Lin Yuejie became more and more distant. Lin Yuejie thought that Zhuge Jun only cared about the brotherhood and didn't care about the life and death of the people next to him, but Zhuge Jun felt that Lin Yuejie's ignorance would only cause trouble for relatives. The two quarreled constantly.

A few years ago, Lin Yuejie bypassed Zhuge Jun and privately appointed Zhuge Silk to the young master of the big businessman Guan's family as his wife in exchange for Guan's million five baht money injection, which had already touched Zhuge Jun's bottom line.In fact, to be fair, young master Guan Xiao has a wealth of wealth, and his appearance and academics are outstanding among his peers. He is also about the same age as Zhuge Juan.It's a pity that Lin Yuejie looked down on the merchants. Although she had agreed on her daughter's marriage, she felt that she had married Zhuge Juan in a low-key way.

Had it not been for the Lin family's difficult turnover at that time, and Lin Yuejie was anxiously waiting for money, she would not have been willing to marry her prostitute daughter as a merchant's wife.

For the sake of young master Guan Xiao's outstanding talent, if Lin Yuejie had discussed with Zhuge Jun kindly during the stage of proposing marriage, Zhuge Jun would probably be happy to see the result, but she had a ghost in her heart, and she shamelessly accepted it. The "betrothal gift" of the Guan family, his behavior is no different from selling his daughter.

No matter how good the Zhuge silk was, Lin Yuejie had received so much five baht from others, what confidence would she have to stand up straight at her husband's house in the future?

It is said that tiger poison does not eat children, but people's hearts are so strange. Although Shiyue conceived and gave birth to Zhuge Juan, Lin Yuejie didn't like her only daughter from the moment she landed. Instead, she showed her heart to her sister Lin Yueping. .At the beginning, she begged me to act as a matchmaker for Lin Yueping but failed, so she tried her best to find ways around, and finally used most of her family property to help Lin Yueping successfully become an official wife, which directly caused the Lin family's cash flow to be ineffective for the next few years.But Lin Yueping was willful and arrogant. After she got married, she not only didn't know how to restrain herself, but also intensified, and finally died in her husband's house without knowing why, and Lin Yuejie didn't even see her body.

Lin Yuejie wished she could suck the other party's cramps, but they insisted that Lin Yueping died of a serious illness, and they had ironclad evidence that she tortured her concubine to death, scratched her sister-in-law's face, and murdered her concubine's eldest son while she was alive. No matter where it is.

The dowry that was carried to Mrs. Lin Yueping's house by a strong man was naturally all in vain.

Lin Yuejie lost her sister and lost all her family wealth. With the Lin family's shop shrinking rapidly, she had no choice but to lick her face and ask for help.

Selling goods for me is just an excuse. If I agree to match, even if the goods are only worth a hundred baht, she is willing to give me a thousand baht.What she was looking for was a trusted local supplier channel in Beiman. With the wind of the Great War, Xianbei products were very popular in Luoyang. As long as the goods could be successfully delivered, they would not worry about selling.

However, the distance is tens of thousands of miles, if you don't have rich experience in escorting goods, there is a high probability that you will be killed and stolen on the way.

Although Beimanhuo's profits are attractive, with the current strength of the Lin family, they are simply unable to accept such a business.

I casually mentioned the names of a few northern barbarian merchants. After thinking about it, I persuaded: "The original business of my brother and sister's family is doing well. Even if there are some turmoil, as long as you put your mind to it, there is still a lot to do." As a result, it is likely that both ends are not good. It is better to get up from wherever you fall, and go back to Nanyang to clean up the old mountains and rivers...

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuejie choked me back with a single sentence: "I have my own sense of proportion, thank you princess for your concern."

... I will never care about you again in the future, so I won't see you off.

In fact, if both Kong Ming and Zhuge wanted to help Lin Yuejie, the Lin family would not be in such a situation, but it seems that the two brothers are keen to indulge her to death, wishing that she would ruin the family property.

I vaguely remember that when Kong Ming came forward to help Mr. Lu's fourth insurance, the woman was the daughter of the Guan family. If there was nothing tricky about it, even a fool would not believe it.And after Lin Yueping died that year, I met her father-in-law once in the princess mansion. At that time, he stood far away and saluted me, his eyes were full of hostility, as if he had just been beaten by Kong Ming.Afterwards, there were a lot of property of unknown origin in the storeroom of the mansion. Although I have never seen the specific list, but I heard from Qiu Shuang that there seemed to be some golden hairpins commonly used by her daughter. bride price……

The close relatives and close relatives may be related to Lin Yuejie. Kong Ming never mentioned the reason to me in detail, and I am very busy on weekdays, so I don't have time to deal with the Lin family's mess.

So I was so happy that I was so confused that it had nothing to do with me.

But with the two brothers Kong Ming and Zhuge Jun around, the decline of the Lin family is certain.

No.Perhaps, even without Kong Ming and Zhuge Jun, Lin Yuejie would not be able to keep the property left by her ancestors. The enviable wealth of the past is all at the expense of others.

Kong Ming and Zhuge Jun just helped Zhuge Juan snatch back what belonged to her. I have no doubt that when she gets married, the Zhuge family will prepare an unprecedented dowry for her, which is far better than the million baht that the Guan family gave at the beginning. bride price.

And Lin Yuejie's evening scene was predictably bleak.

What a pleasing ending.