In the quiet morning, birds chirped on the branches, bringing a bit of excitement to the small courtyard.
Not long after, the child started crying. The woman came in a hurry, hugged and coaxed her for a while, and then she calmed down.
After Pei Kang finished washing, he stretched out in the yard and quietly looked at the courtyard after the snow.
How can you live in such a small place?
He shook his head, returned to the room, and took out a list.
He is the chief historian of the Xuchang shogunate, but in recent times, he has often indirectly intervened in the affairs of the Yanzhou shogunate, but others have not had any objections because he is the father of the concubine.
Yanzhou is a good place with outstanding people, but it was severely damaged by the war.
During the period of melee among the kings, there were large-scale fights here.
After Sima Yue came to power, Yanzhou experienced Wang Mi's Rebellion and was looted several times by the Xiongnu. When Liu Yuan was still alive, the Xiongnu cavalry broke into Henan, plundered young men, and killed tens of thousands at a time.
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As for now, Yanzhou is still unable to avoid such things, but the frequency is much lower than before.
This time the Huns invaded, the three counties of Dongping, Gaoping, and Jibei in Yandong were destroyed by the Huns' cavalry for a long time. Mount Tai also suffered a certain degree of damage. Puyang, Jiyin, and Liang, Lu, and Pei in Yuzhou suffered relatively relatively heavy losses.
smaller.
Generally speaking, the eastern part of Yanzhou suffered greater losses.
During the Battle of Gaoping, although the Huns once broke into Chenjun, Chenliu, Jiyang, and approached Yingchuan, the heavier losses were in the eastern part of Yanzhou.
In the last two times when the Xiongnu invaded, they chose that side as their breakthrough point. This is not without reason.
After much thought, he still had to appease the people over there. On this matter, he had already reached an agreement with his daughter, and now he needed Mr. Chen's nod. After all, he was the military commander of the Yanzhou shogunate.
While thinking about it, Mr. Chen and his daughter had already left the bedroom laughing and chatting. After seeing Pei Kang from a distance, the two of them bowed and invited him to have breakfast.
"They don't avoid me anymore, they sleep together openly." Pei Kang mumbled something vaguely and walked over with a smile.
"Mr. Pei got up so early?" Shao Xun asked casually.
"As I get older, I can't sleep for such a long time. Sometimes, I envy you young men for being able to sleep for such a long time." Pei Kang said.
Concubine Pei turned her head away embarrassedly.
A breakup is better than a wedding. Mr. Chen just came back yesterday and spent half the night crawling on her body, so much so that he didn't even get up to practice martial arts this morning.
But she liked it very much. Mr. Chen's fascination with her body made her feel joy from the soul.
Shao Xun was thick-skinned and simply ignored Pei Kang's question. As he walked, he said: "During the fierce battle with Shi Le, I got up many times in the middle of the night to inspect the military camp. A good night's sleep was a luxury."
"The ancients said, 'The pain of war', I didn't believe it at first, but in recent years I have believed it." As they spoke, the three of them entered the dining room.
The maid brought breakfast and the three of them sat down and ate.
The ancients respected eating without speaking. Shao Xun had stayed in the military camp for a long time and often gathered with the warriors, chatting and laughing while eating. Now after eating a thin ring cake, he wanted to talk.
Concubine Pei put a bowl of milk porridge in front of him and shut up again.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people in the Central Plains have been very fond of dairy products, ranging from princes and nobles to ordinary people. There are countless dairy eaters, and many dairy dishes have been derived. This habit lasted until the Tang Dynasty, and became less common after the Song Dynasty.
Maybe it’s because there are so many people and so little land that we can no longer raise large numbers of livestock.
The porridge in front of Shao Xun is said to be milk porridge, but it is actually made from a mixture of millet, milk and wild vegetables. When you drink it, it is extremely smooth and has a milky aroma.
The aroma of the milk is also different. It feels better than what he drank last night, and there is no fishy smell.
After Pei Kang finished his corn porridge, he looked at the rich dishes in front of Chen Gong and his daughter's concern for him. He could only laugh at himself: His daughter must know that he is old and can't eat too much or too greasy food, so
in this way.
Shao Xun ate very quickly. After drinking the milk porridge, he ate two pieces of pastries, then stopped eating and prepared to talk about business.
Concubine Pei put down the half-eaten porridge and got up to make tea soup.
The sun shines through the window lattice and onto the table.
Behind the table, a graceful woman was gently playing with the tea set.
The water vapor is thick, and on the woman's white side face, the fine hairs are clearly visible.
Shao Xun looked back and sighed with satisfaction.
He was preoccupied with fighting and didn't care much about anything at home. To be honest, he didn't even know where to put his robes. He completely relied on the women at home to take care of everything and take care of his daily life.
It's so comfortable! After half a year of fighting, you should relax and enjoy yourself when you get home, otherwise sooner or later you won't live long.
He felt very relaxed here with Concubine Pei.
She would gently hold his head and let him vent all his worries into her body.
She would listen to him quietly and give reliable advice from time to time.
When encountering difficult and unresolved matters, she would take his arm with a smile and go out for an outing together.
The main focus is to be relaxed and happy.
"It's inappropriate for General Long Xiang's Mansion to always use the staff of General Pingdong's Mansion. On this occasion, I thought we could recruit a group of scholars' children from the Yandong prefectures to enrich the shogunate officials," Pei Kang said.
The sound started.
"The counties in Yandong need to be comforted." Shao Xun said: "The thunderous measures have been taken, and now it's time to give some sweet dates. Which ones does Duke Pei prefer?"
"The Ma family, the Xi family, the Yang family, the Tan family, the Luqiu family, the Hu Wu family and other noble families all respect the order and can be given good looks."
"I heard that Xi Jian and Xi Daohui went home?"
"Exactly. Does Ming Gong want to conquer him?"
"Send someone to prepare a gift and enlist him as a lieutenant in General Longxiang's mansion." Shao Xun said.
After the Xiongnu withdrew, Xi Jian dismissed the soldiers and horses of various tribes, returned the temporary official seal to Yu Zhi, and went home to live leisurely.
Resigning from office is a very scholarly thing to do!
But talents are rare, so Shao Xun felt that he could give him enough face, treated him with many courtesy, and invited him to come out.
"Okay." Pei Kang is also serving as the Chief of Staff of General Long Xiang. This matter should really be handled by him.
"Also, don't just focus on the big clans." Shao Xun said: "Some small noble clans are also very powerful in the local area. When the Huns invade, they must be rewarded for their efforts to clear the country and even send troops to intercept them."
"Ming Gong refers to..." Pei Kang's heart suddenly moved and he asked.
As his "son-in-law", he is really wary of the big families. He uses it to his advantage, but he always pays attention to balance and tries every means to give opportunities to small noble families, powerful people, and even warriors.
If you don't like the rich family so much, don't pester my daughter! Pei Kang thought bitterly.
"Xintai Bao family, Rencheng Wei family, Wu family, Dongping Liu family and other families all have meritorious service and can be appointed as appropriate." Shao Xun said.
Pei Kang was surprised when he heard this.
Some of these families, he had never heard of, they were probably from small families, poor families, or simply local tycoons.
"Actually, it's not just the Yandong counties. We just completed the replenishment of General Longxiang's Mansion at once, and there are some vacancies in General Pingdong's Mansion. Let's fill them all together." Shao Xun said: "Puyang has the Zhao family, Suo family, Chenliu has the Yu family,
Liu, Yang, Wu, Shi, Gao, Dong, Qiu
, Bian, Lou, Shuiqiu and other tribes, their descendants may be Hansu scholars, Wubao commanders, or county officials. This time they recruited people and sent military supplies very diligently, and some even joined Yi Cong and captured
If you give birth to two armies and fight bravely, you can use them more."
"Yes." Pei Kang nodded silently.
Many of these families were quite prominent during the Han Dynasty, but later gradually declined due to various reasons.
Some are reduced to ordinary people who don't have enough to eat, but are lucky enough to be literate.
Some have become local tycoons, and the highest level for the family members is to be county officials.
Some of them gathered refugees, farmed and trained soldiers, and became real Wubao commanders, but they had no political prospects.
For example, the Chenliu Dong Family was a branch of the Dong Family in Hejian and was built by some of the tribesmen of Dong Cheng, the general of the Han Dynasty.
Changyuan Wu family, Junyi Wang family, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu and Dong Cheng were killed together. The clan members also suffered a lot. Those who survived by chance suffered political suppression and were very unsatisfactory. Even in the imperial dynasty,
There is still no improvement, and they belong to a depressed and frustrated generation.
In addition, the Junyi Bian family was once famous for a time, and their ancestors even had famous people like Bian Rang. After being killed by Cao Cao, they fell into ruins.
Bian Rang's grandson, Yu Song, who was born in the Yu family of Donghun (Jiyang), had served as the Zhongshu Ling of Cao Wei and the chief secretary of Sima Division, but that was no longer possible. The family was getting weaker and weaker, and he would be expelled from the gentry if he continued.
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Mr. Chen is really good at winning over these people.
They couldn't compete with the big gentry, so they could only rely on Chen Gong to climb up bit by bit. It took several generations to slowly accumulate strength and regain their former glory. In this process, they were very motivated to do things.
The nobles were disgusted by what they did to them, and had to fight head-on.
In this way, Mr. Chen became the arbiter.
In politics, the most important thing is balance, that's what I say.
"Let's do it like this." Shao Xun said: "Replenish the two sets of shogunate as soon as possible. Well, although the Chen County Duke's Palace is small, there are still some vacancies. If people can't be arranged, they will be crammed into the Duke's Palace. Priority will be given to recruiting the descendants of Yandong.
Taking into account both Yanxi and Yuzhou."
Concubine Pei brought the tea soup just in time, and the three of them took the tea bowls, rinsed their mouths, and turned to chatting about lighter topics.
Pei Kang mentioned the interesting things about his grandson, and laughed so much that his beard stood up, but he secretly glanced at Shao Xun while laughing.
Shao Xun also laughed and looked out the window while laughing, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chapter completed!