"I sigh that I have traveled thousands of miles, and miss my relatives every day. Green plums are like beans, and it is difficult to send news from Longtou." Pipa records Bo Zhe's journey.
Chang'an, Beique Jiadi.
Pei Mao sat high on the table and said to a group of false officials: "Spring has not yet rained. In these days, you and others will visit more counties in Sili to find out the prison cases. If there are any grievances that can be extenuated, report them to me. I will ask you again."
Your Majesty, please give me a lighter sentence."
"I promise." The fake official below responded.
Pei Mao thought for a while and felt that he had nothing more to say, so he asked everyone to go down. He sat at the table for a while, then supported his sore knees with both hands, stood up slowly, and walked leisurely.
Go to the backyard. Pei Mao has always been serious and diligent in his work. Sometimes before the official work is finished for the day, he will ask his subordinates to take it home to continue handling it. Although he is only more than a year old when he is appointed as the captain of the Sili school, he relies on his diligence and hard work.
He stirred up trouble at will and gained a good reputation among the courtiers.
After the great chaos of Hui Yin and Hou Xuan, there are now only a few powerful families in Hedong such as the Pei family, the Liang family, and the Zhu family. The Wei family in Hedong, which once had a far superior status to the Pei family, has now collapsed. As the surviving family,
With the surname Haoqiang, Pei was more worried-minded than the other powerful people in the county. Especially the emperor promoted him from Shi Yushi to the high position of Sili Xiaowei. Although it was intended to appease the people of Hedong, it was also out of the emperor's favor.
The meaning of cultivation.
Whether it was for self-preservation or to repay the emperor's favor, Pei Mao should devote all his energy and be more cautious and diligent than anyone else.
However, his eldest son seemed unaware of the relationship between personal reputation and family honor and disgrace.
Pei Qian sat cross-legged on the edge of the pavilion near the water, with his arms crossed on the railing, counting with interest how many new leaves the dead lotus in the pond had grown. The pond water was diverted from living water, and there were several carps from the river.
I swam along the channel into the pond and wandered around Pei's reflection in the water.
"Nonsence!"
A mouthful of saliva was suddenly spit into the water. Before it floated for long, a fat carp mistook it for something and immediately floated up and ate it.
Pei Qian was amused. He carefully looked left and right, and continued to spit inside to feed the fish.
The servants around him all hid their faces and walked away, unable to bear to look directly at him.
A relaxing time, where the family members were leisurely watching fish and water, was ruined in an instant by someone personally.
Pei Qian was spitting happily by the water, completely unaware that the reflections on the water suddenly overlapped.
Snapped!
Pei Qian suddenly suffered a blow to the back of his head.
He covered his head and gritted his teeth in pain. He looked up and saw his father Pei Mao looking down at him with no expression on his face.
"Ah Weng." Pei Qian was caught in a formal position, stood up obediently, and saluted Pei Mao.
"Is it fun?" Pei Mao asked coldly.
"Okay, okay." Pei Qian said the truth smoothly, and then realized that he had said it wrong.
Pei Mao glared at him and wanted to scold him severely, but when he saw Pei Qian's trembling look, his anger suddenly disappeared. He turned around and walked to the small pavilion on the terrace and sat down.
At the table, they found Pei Qian still standing where he was, and said angrily: "Come here!"
"Wei Wei!" Pei Qian responded repeatedly, walked into the pavilion with small steps, and carefully sat down under Pei Mao's angry eyes.
"You are seventeen this year, and you are still not steady!" Pei Mao scolded him and said, "You were like this in the secretary prison in the past? How can the country be so upright and solemn, how can it tolerate such a naughty person like you?
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Pei Qian curled his lips inwardly, thinking that the emperor was still a dissolute young man in private. Only ministers like you, who could only see the emperor in regular court, would think that the emperor on the royal couch was sitting upright at all times.
Smiling and unsmiling.
"Perhaps" Pei Qian pretended to be puzzled and said, "The country is showing favor to the boy because of Aweng's abiding by his duties for the court."
Even Pei Mao himself didn't believe this. His promotion process of the Pei family clearly started with Pei sneaking into the Secretary's Prison, and then Pei Mao stood out from the crowd of imperial censors and was awarded the important task of accompanying Zhao Qi on his mission to Guandong. Just like
The emperor attached great importance to the Wei brothers and then appointed his father Wei Duan. He also became famous because of it. In the past, it was the father who supported his son in official circles. But with the emperor, it was the favor that the son received from the emperor who became his father.
The promotion of power and position.
The significance of the emperor's original establishment of the Secretariat gradually became more prominent as a group of fringe figures such as Wei Duan, Pei Mao, and Fa Yan gradually entered the center of power.
Seeing that his father was silent, Pei Qian stopped joking and wanted to quickly change the subject to divert his father's attention. So he put away his playful smile and said seriously: "Aweng, has the edict come down?"
"Zhu Wenming was ordered to come to my place first to let me know the news and make me prepared. I'm afraid I will have to wait for another two days for the formal edict," Pei Mao said in a low voice.
Pei Qian nodded and said, "Aweng has a long way to go this time."
"It's true that the responsibility is heavy. I have never led an army. Once I entrust the army to the army, I have to put all my heart and soul into it. I don't dare to be short-changed. Otherwise, it is true that my name will delay the important affairs of the court." Pei Mao raised his eyes and looked at Juan outside the pavilion.
The curved Nen He said leisurely: "I don't have to worry too much about the specific marching plan, since Xun Shizhong is joining the army. What I should worry about is how to coordinate the generals. When we enter Hanzhong, it is difficult for me to take care of Xiegu. Wait until
After entering Shu, how to divide the troops and advance, how to record the merits and report the work, this is a difficult problem."
"Everything is up to God. Besides, Aweng is the best at mediating people's troubles. In the past two years, the peace in Guanzhong has been much quieter than when Dong Taiwei was serving as a minister. This is mostly due to Aweng, and the country must also
It's all seen." Pei Qian said with a smile.
Pei Mao half-closed his eyelids and suddenly remembered something: "Fengxian, has there been a messenger recently?"
Fengxian was Pei Qian's second brother and the cousin of Pei Jun. At this time, the roads between Shuzhong and Hanzhong were still open, so although he was in Shu, relying on his brother-in-law's relationship as the governor of Shu County, there were often messengers
Take the Chencang and other roads to Guanzhong to pass the message.
"I haven't seen a letter for more than a month." Pei Qian squinted his eyes and said softly: "Last time, Fengxian said that there was a fire in Mianzhu, and Liu Yizhou moved his sick body to the capital of Yin. There were also Lai Min, Wu Ban, etc.
I sneaked into Shu from Guanzhong and visited Liu Yizhou, but was ignored by him. All kinds of strange deeds have yet to be discussed, but this time nothing was reported."
"Perhaps Zhang Lu was vigilant and cut off the road from Shu to Hanzhong and even Guanzhong. Or the situation in Shu is complicated, so Feng Xian needs to wait and see more." Pei Mao speculated: "Zhang Lu is shallow and intelligent, and Zhu Wenming is weak.
When I arrived, I didn’t say anything was going on in Hanzhong, so it must be the latter.”
Pei Qian recalled the content of the discussion with everyone in Shiqu Pavilion yesterday, and he believed Pei Mao's guess. Since the emperor didn't mention it, it meant that the matter was completely under the emperor's control. Speaking of it, Pei Qian found it funny.
: "Huang Gong secretly sent men to Yizhou, probably to make a contribution and win himself a chance to recover. But he may not have expected it. My family has already reported this matter to the country, so his plan may have failed.
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"That's not necessarily true. Feng Xian is a low-key person in Shu. Just relying on the two of them can't accomplish anything big." Pei Mao shook his head and said, "I think Huang Gong will give His Majesty a seal in the next few days. Will Min and Wu
I will truthfully state the story of Ban and others’ entry into Shu in order to assist in the southern expedition.”
Pei Qian thought about it. Pei Jun is only fifteen years old this year, and his brother-in-law is just a governor of Shu County. His connections in Yizhou are not as good as those of Wu Ban and others: "Then my plan in Yizhou is not in vain."
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"Is it a waste of effort?" Pei Mao looked at the eldest son in front of him, who he liked and was angry with, and asked: "If I hadn't been first, how could I have submitted this matter to Your Majesty? Your Majesty has appointed me to supervise the southern expedition.
, how do you know it’s not the result of this matter?”
"Wei." Seeing that his father had misunderstood, Pei Qian hurriedly said: "That's not what I'm talking about. What I'm saying is that if Lai Min and others succeed in Shu, then Mr. Huang will take credit, and you deserve the credit."
It will be reduced by half.”
Pei Mao thought about this issue a lot, but he couldn't think of a good way for Pei Jun, the second son, to help Yizhou surrender. Compared with Lai Min and others, this was really difficult: "Just
I hope he will make some progress over the years, and as long as he can form a good alliance with Lai Min and work together on big things, it doesn't matter even if he gets a piece of the pie from others."