Chapter 194: The eventful year has finally come to an end
In October of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao appointed Zhong Yao as the sergeant in charge of Sili Xiaowei to supervise all the armies in Guanzhong.
Previously, dozens of generals in Guanzhong were in charge of their own affairs, among which Han Sui and Ma Teng were the strongest.
After Cao Cao annexed Xuzhou and defeated Yuan Shu, he began to secretly prepare for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao of Hebei.
In order to avoid the threat from Guanzhong in the west, Cao Cao followed the advice of counselors Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others, and sent Zhong Yao to supervise Guanzhong in order to find peace with the troops in Guanzhong for a while.
Zhong Yao arrived in Guanzhong under the secret protection of the Shadow Guards, and then stationed in Chang'an and sent envoys to Han Sui, Ma Teng and others to analyze the general situation of the world and state the pros and cons. In addition, Cao Cao acted in the name of the emperor, and his name
To be honest, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others did not dare to confront the emperor for the time being, so they sent their sons to serve Xu Du to show their obedience to the central government, and Guanzhong was temporarily stabilized. Of course, these are all things for later.
In the same month, envoys from Xuchang went to Qingzhou carrying edicts and heavy gifts.
Cao Cao appointed Lü Bu, the herdsman of Qingzhou, as the general of chariots and cavalry, overseeing the affairs of Qingzhou. He named Chen Gong the imperial censor, and Lv Lingqi the general of Zhendong...
However, Lu Bu did not explicitly declare an alliance with Cao Cao, but he still accepted the edict and the reward. This made Yuan Tan, who was also in Qingzhou, quite afraid, and secretly began to mobilize troops and generals to guard against Lu Bu.
Sun Ce in Jiangdong failed to attack Lujiang and was assassinated after returning to Jiangdong.
After Sun Ce died, his younger brother Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and took charge of Jiangdong.
In order to make himself justified, and to reassure himself and Cao Cao, Sun Quan sent an envoy Zhang Hong to Xuchang to seek an official position for himself, and by the way stated that he only wanted to defend his father and brother's legacy and had no ambition to expand.
Regardless of whether Sun Quan really has no ambitions, what Cao Cao needs most now is stability behind his back. Moreover, the changes in Jiangdong were directed by his own people. Now that Sun Quan is willing to give in, Cao Cao goes along with the situation and gives Sun Quan the title of General of the Pursuit of Capture.
Let Sun Quan also serve as the governor of Kuaiji.
Even great scholars like Kong Rong heard that Zhang Hong had come to Xuchang and went to visit him in person... Since such a great talent had been delivered to Cao Cao's mouth, it was naturally impossible for him to spit it out again. So Zhang Hong was retained by Cao Cao
He came down and held the posts of imperial censor and doctor of imperial studies.
Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and completely secured the area north of the Yellow River; Cao Cao annexed Xuzhou, defeated Yuan Shu, and laid the foundation for his own dominance of the world; after Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he launched a surprise attack to capture Lujiang, but he did not want to lose his life in the end...
In the second year of Jian'an, under the great changes in the world, it came to an end.
The New Year is approaching, and staying up late is a rare time of year for family members to get together.
On New Year's Eve this year, the General's Mansion was particularly lively.
After more than a year of buffering time, Cao Cao finally took Cai Yan into his residence. It seemed that this talented woman famous in Guandong had finally fallen into Cao Cao's clutches.
Although there are fewer Cao Cao and Cai Yan this year than last year, there are more two handsome young men, Lu Xun and Lu Ji.
Perhaps they both have precocious temperaments due to the hardships they have gone through, but after all, they still retain their youthful nature.
Young people all like to make noise.
Huang Xu and Guo Yi had two more playmates, so the Cavalry General's mansion naturally became lively.
Huang Zhong is a very good father and husband at home.
At the moment, he is taking his wife, daughter, and the Guo family's wife to prepare the ingredients together. This year, it is still hot pot.
Lu Yan was alone, and the composition of the family was simple, so there were not many rules for staying up late. The adults sat around the big round table, and the children played freely outside the hall.
Lu Yan was sitting in the hall with Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Dian Wei and others, chatting while looking at Xia Houlan, who was called the king of children outside, commanding Huang Xu, Guo Yi, Lu Xun, Lu
Have a snowball fight.
Huang Xu's body has recovered very well. Not only is he much stronger now, but his height has also suddenly increased.
Among the four little ones, Huang Xu had the greatest stamina due to his martial arts training, and he was thick-skinned and not afraid of being beaten. With his clever cooperation with Guo Yi, he clearly suppressed the two brothers Lu Xun and Lu Ji.
In order to prevent himself from losing, Lu Xun asked Huang Wudie. After three versus two, the battle situation finally returned to balance.
Guo Jia looked at the Lu Xun brothers, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Changsheng, I'm afraid these two brothers are not as innocent as they appear."
After Xi Zhicai heard Guo Jia's question, he also looked at Lu Yan, waiting for Lu Yan to express his own thoughts.
In fact, they were not worried that the Jiangdong Lu family would have any different intentions, they were just worried that Lu Yan would be taken advantage of because of his kindness. Guo Jia saw this weakness of Lu Yan at the beginning, so he used Lu Lingqi to "hardly" fuck Lu Yan
One lesson.
When Lu Yan heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "The Lu family gave up their foundation in Jiangdong, gave up all their connections, and moved thousands of miles to Xuchang. All they want is stability."
"But they are also from a well-known family. If you get too close to them..." Xi Zhicai said with some worry.
Lu Yan sighed and said: "It is impossible to completely eliminate the family. All we can do is suppress and balance."
"Yes, even if a group of aristocratic families fall, new aristocratic families will emerge. The descendants of you and me may also develop into aristocratic families. Zhicai, you better not be too pushy." Guo Jia.
Xiang Xi Zhicai consoled him.
Xi Zhicai nodded, but still said unwillingly: "I also know the reason, but I just don't want to..."
Lu Yan continued: "As we have discussed before, although the family will not disappear completely, it will be under supervision.
If they can be supervised by all levels of society and can be tried by those in power and the people at any time, then the aristocratic family will not be a big threat."
In the early Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic family was so powerful that it could even despise the imperial power.
However, that night, when the Tang Dynasty collapsed and society was in turmoil, the old elites and wealthy families also gradually disappeared.
After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the rulers became more aware of the dangers of large families who had been officials for many generations to the concentration of imperial power, so they further strengthened the selection of talents through the imperial examination system and established the concept of disciples of the emperor. As a result, the wealthy families finally gradually disappeared in the long river of history.
The disappearance mentioned here refers to the kind of wealthy family with great influence, but the family still exists.
Even in later generations of China, family power still existed, but in front of the state and various regulatory agencies, they could no longer make trouble, and their influence was completely incomparable to those of the famous families in the Tang Dynasty and before the Tang Dynasty.
Lu Yan deeply understands these principles, and he has been working hard towards this goal.
Lu Xun and Lu Ji now made it clear that they wanted to embrace Lu Yan, a person with the same surname.
Lu Yan knew it very well, but he didn't resent it.
Because he knew that in the near future, as long as he and others completed the reform, with the concentration of imperial power and the improvement of the talent selection system, it would be difficult to imagine the emergence of a thousand-year-old wealthy family with huge influence.
The second year of Jian'an finally comes to an end. In the third year of Jian'an, let's roll up again!