The continuous rain stopped, and the sun quickly dried the deck. Xiao Qiao couldn't rest in the cabin. He sat on the edge of the boat and took off his shoes and socks. The water splashed by the boat from time to time splashed on his white calf, which was a bit...
It was itchy, my toes were curled up, and my five pink fingernails were as round as shells.
The girl was laughing, and it was obvious that she was in a good mood.
Of course she was happy. For Xiao Qiao at this time, escaping in advance before Qiao Wan arrived in Xiangyang was the most correct decision.
She was young and didn't know what it was like to be miserable. Although Sun Ce's attack on Wancheng was hateful, it also allowed her to escape the ubiquitous nagging of her sister Qiao Wan for the first time in her life. This journey south was said to be an escape, but there were thousands of people like Tai Shi Ci.
With the enemy guarding you, you don't have to worry about any dangers. You can live a very comfortable life and have a lot of fun.
Xiao Qiao still wants to live such a fun, fresh and interesting day for a while to see her sister? Let’s talk about it after we’ve had enough fun!
What's more, there is a good-looking little thief on this boat who knows General Tiangong?
"We have only known each other for a short time, and yet you dare to come to my boat alone?" Zhou Yu joked, "Aren't you afraid that I will sell you? A fair and tender little girl like you can be sold for a good price."
"Then tell me, how much am I worth?" Xiao Qiao stared at Zhou Yu with a smile, her eyes seemed to be able to talk, "Is it worth at least a few million dollars?"
The girl's eyes flashed, as if she was looking straight into someone's heart. Zhou Yu suddenly didn't dare to look at her. He quickly turned his head to the side and deliberately made his voice sound ferocious: "I sold you to a poor mountain ravine for nothing. Oh my god."
When it's not bright, I have to get up to chop wood and feed the chickens, and I eat wild vegetables and black sorghum steamed buns all day long."
"Don't try to scare me."
Xiao Qiao said "嘘", her senior brother had already told her that this little thief looked like he was wearing ordinary clothes, but in fact his family was very rich.
The two of them were basking in the sun and bickering. After a while, seeing the sun going down, Xiao Qiao pulled back his feet and wanted to put on his brocade socks. There were wet drops on his legs, so he took out the handkerchief and looked at Zhou Yu who was aside.
Pass it over.
Zhou Yu was startled, "What?"
"My feet are wet and filled with water."
Xiao Qiao pursed her lips and naturally stretched out her white toes to point at Zhou Yu. She had been used to being served by others since she was born. Even when she was escaping, she had never done anything to comb her hair or eyebrows. Besides, she was so young.
I'm still young and don't know the difference between men and women yet.
Zhou Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Xiao Qiao didn't know whether men and women were intimate, but he knew, "Don't you admire Wang Zheng very much? He said something before that you can have enough food and clothing by doing it yourself."
Seeing what Xiao Qiao was about to say, Zhou Yu turned around and walked away, "You can wipe it yourself. I'll arrange for the manpower to turn up the food in the bilge to dry it."
At this time, the guard on the side came over secretly. He had been paying attention to this side for a long time, "Miss Qiao, how about I come to help?"
As he said that, a flattering smile appeared on his face: "But I am a very tall person no matter what, and I am not a servant of your family. I am willing to lower my body to serve you like this, so the price is..."
I don't know if he wanted to make some money to spend, or if he thought Xiao Qiao was cute and cute and wanted to give her a little advantage by pinching her.
"you?"
Xiao Qiao looked at Zhou Yu's slender and handsome back, and then at the guard's ferocious black face. He rolled his eyes in disgust, turned away, and grabbed the handkerchief angrily, "You can do it by yourself, no one cares."
Unknowingly, the ship has sailed into the Lujiang River and is getting closer and closer to Shouchun.
...
Shouchun, Old Chu Palace.
Wang Zheng handed an ultimatum to Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, the Governor's Department has investigated Chen Fu's case clearly. Not only was he corrupt in Guangcheng, but he also wanted to collude with foreign enemies to commit treason. However, no evidence has been found in Xiapi yet.
Others from the Chen family were involved."
In this case, it was Chen Fu alone. A mere county magistrate could be killed at will, so why should he be so serious about it and even let Guo Jia come over to discuss it?
After reading the ultimatum, Guo Jia pondered for a moment, raised his head and asked, "My lord, are you still suspicious of the Chen family?"
"The car in front of Liu Xuande has been overturned. How can I not take this as a lesson?" Wang Zheng said solemnly: "Since they betrayed Liu Bei yesterday, how can they know that they will not betray me in the future?"
This is a reason, but it is not the biggest reason. Otherwise, the Mi family, Zang Ba, Chang Xi and others would also betray Liu Bei and fall into the system. Although Wang Zheng took precautions against them, they did not reach the level of Chen.
The real point is that Chen’s influence in Xiapi and even Xuzhou is too great!
"A mere county magistrate is of little importance, but the Chen family in Xiapi has deep roots and is famous throughout the ages. Regardless of Tao Qian, Liu Bei, or even the lord, whoever becomes the lord of Xuzhou will have to use the Chen family's children. Indeed, they cannot be underestimated.
"
Guo Jiadao: "Even if there is no evidence to prove Chen Fu's involvement in Chen Fu's conspiracy with Cao Cao, he can't write two characters in one sentence. Naturally, he is suspicious of the lord. The lord summons his ministers to come and figure out how to solve the matter."
"exactly."
Wang Zheng nodded repeatedly, leaned forward and asked, "Fengxiao, in your opinion, how should we handle this matter?"
"I would like to ask my lord to analyze what it means to be powerful."
"Sir, please speak." Wang Zheng listened attentively.
"Han Feizi said: 'Confucianism uses literature to disrupt the law, while chivalrous people use martial arts to violate the prohibition.' It is because of their arrogance that they have existed since ancient times."
"Wood is born in the soil, so it thrives; birds have wings, so they can spread their wings. Why is this powerful and powerful so powerful and why it has lasted forever since ancient times? There are only two reasons. First, his family has wealth and fame, so he can rule the roost.
Capital is like wood with soil. The two grow locally for generations, with the help of clans and cliques, just like birds have wings. They have both wealth and people. Therefore, the small ones dominate the country, and the big ones are famous all over the world.
"If there is peace in the world, these two kinds of people may live in peace with each other; once there is a revolution, they will take advantage of the situation to rise up and separate themselves."
Speaking of this, Guo Jia looked solemn and said word by word: "Like Xinling in the Warring States Period, Guo Jie in the early Han Dynasty, today's Yuan family in Runan, and Chen family in Xiapi, they are all like this."
"The difference is that the Yuan family has a higher reputation and naturally has greater ambitions, aiming to conquer the world and conquer the Central Plains. The latter's power is weaker and his ambitions are smaller. What he can achieve is to occupy Xuzhou and superficially rely on the strong.
This protects the door from falling."
"During the reign of Emperor Jing, during the rebellion between the seven kings of Wu and Chu, Zhou Yafu was a Taiwei and vindicated the rebellion. He went to Yuzhou and found Ju Meng. He was overjoyed and said: 'Wu and Chu are doing great things without asking for Ju Meng. I know they can't do anything for themselves.
.'The world is in turmoil, and winning a Meng Dynasty is like winning a feudal state. From this we can see that the local power in the Western Han Dynasty was so powerful that it could influence the trend of the world!"
Hearing this, Wang Zheng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly smiled: "I wonder what Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty thought when he heard Zhou Yafu's words?"
"I don't know how Emperor Jing felt, but my lord should know that after his son Emperor Wu of Han came to the throne, he killed the ranger Guo Xie and punished his clan. Why?"
"Jie Buyi lets chivalrous people exercise their power, kill people with anger, use force to break the ban, and ignore the laws of the country..."
Wang Zheng said in a deep voice: "If things go on like this, will the laws and regulations still have any meaning? It is so treacherous and unethical. If I were to be my general, I would have to kill Guo Xie and exterminate his clan as a warning to the world."
"My lord is right."
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Tai Shigong once said: To the extent that friends and clans are more powerful than the Zhou Dynasty, they set up financial services to help the poor, they bully and bully the weak, they indulge in lust, and knights are also ugly. No matter how violent they are, they are still knights. After all, Basically, they are both "local tyrants". The difference is that the knight-errant has a good reputation and is also "chivalrous" to speak of, while the tyrant not only has a good reputation, but also pursues profit. He only sees success or failure, and has no "loyalty" at all! "
"What does filial piety mean?"
Wang Zheng raised his sword eyebrows when he heard this. Is this a suggestion that he should attack the Chen family now? After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not tolerate the chivalrous wealthy family, so naturally a wealthy family like the Chen family who only cares about their own interests should not be allowed to stay!
But he saw Guo Jia shaking his head slightly: "My lord, I think that the war will stop at this time. A giant family like the Chen family should not use weapons rashly."
"No weapons?" Wang Zheng understood the meaning, "Then why?"
"I still ask you to tell me about the affairs of the previous dynasty."
"Please say."
"In the early Han Dynasty, there were many wealthy people in local counties and counties, either descendants of the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms, or from the families of meritorious officials and officials. There were also wealthy merchants and families merged by heroes. These people were either distinguished by their famous family for generations, or Accumulating wealth based on mountains, or having a large number of people, with hundreds of families entrenched in counties and counties, roaming the countryside, colluding with officials, and annexing fields. This has caused great inconvenience to local governance and produced various bad effects.
"In order to reverse the situation and strengthen control, first, during the Han Dynasty, they moved to various fields in Qi, and the families of the old nobles and heroes of the Chu State were moved to Changling, and the wealthy families of Guandong were moved into the pass, numbering hundreds of thousands of households. By the time of Hanwu, there were also Once again, a large number of county heroes and more than three million people were moved to Maoling and Yunling. Among those moved at that time were the powerful families of Xuzhou at that time, and some were even moved to Kuaiji, thousands of miles away. He also issued an order that it was strictly forbidden for powerful men to gather into one clan. Hundreds of families from one clan were scattered and resettled separately."
"Before the Han Dynasty migrated to powerful forces, a famous minister named Fu Yan gave an admonishment: 'All the powerful people in the world who have merged with each other and created chaos can move to Maoling. The capital will be established internally and the treacherous and cunning people will be exported. This is called not punishing but destroying. '
"It is true to say that you can eliminate harm without killing it! The wealthy families in Xuzhou, such as Pengcheng, Langya, Guangling and other places have experienced wars and many were destroyed. This is one of the reasons why the lord can successfully control Xuzhou, but only Donghai and Xiapi , but there are many wealthy families with deep roots like the Chen family. If they can be solved, there will be no hidden dangers in Xuzhou."
"According to the minister's plan, why not just follow the master's father Yan's old plan and wait for a suitable time to move them all to Yanzhou."
"Since then, it has become a tree without roots and a bird without wings. Although it is strong, it has no roots, so there is nothing to fear; although its strength is great, it has no wings, so there is nothing to worry about. 'Do not kill but destroy the harm'. This is why ."
Moving all the wealthy families from Donghai and Xiapi to Yangzhou is indeed a solution, but...
Wang Zheng hesitated a little: "Now that I have just arrived in Yangzhou, I have just retreated from a powerful enemy. It seems inappropriate to move a large number of local wealthy families back and forth here, right?"
If this caused more local turbulence and unrest, it would be unsightly. Didn't the powerful migrations of the Western Han Dynasty only start after the world was pacified?
Guo Jia smiled and said: "My lord is very concerned. Although it is not a good opportunity to start a large-scale migration now, we can first transfer all the children of wealthy families like the Chen family to Jiangdong as officials. Is it feasible?"
"This is a good expedient measure." Wang Zheng's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "First transfer Chen Deng and others out of Xuzhou, and then move their entire family when the time is right."
As for whether Chen Deng and others are willing and willing to cooperate, this is completely outside Wang Zheng's consideration.
While discussing the next details, the guards outside the palace reported that Zhou Yu had returned and would arrive at the dock outside Shouchun City at noon. Wang Zheng smiled when he heard this, looked at Guo Jiadao:
"Feng Xiao, if you have nothing important to do this afternoon, why don't you come with me to greet Gong Jin?"
"I have admired the name Zhou Yu for a long time." Guo Jia knew that Wang Zheng valued Zhou Yu very much, so he immediately smiled and said, "That's what I wish for."
...
As soon as the boat docked at the dock, Zhou Yu learned the news in advance and Wang Zheng came to greet him personally.
No need, right?
Zhou Yu was a little speechless. According to his true feelings, he really didn't want to have too much interaction with Wang Zheng, let alone play the role of "courteous and virtuous corporal" with Wang Zheng in a crowded and crowded environment.
But if the other party insists on doing this, he has no choice.
After all, an arm cannot be twisted into a thigh. At present, most of the uncle and the family have moved to Xiapi, which means they are under the control of the other party.
However, the scene when he disembarked made Zhou Yu slightly relieved. Wang Zheng did not bring too many people this time. Not only was he traveling lightly, he was only accompanied by a scribe and a few guards.
As if he had been waiting for a long time, as soon as Zhou Yu got off the boat, Wang Zheng walked up quickly, grabbed him, and couldn't help but said with joy: "Gong Jin, I finally have you back."
"Meet Zhou Mu." Zhou Yu bowed slightly, "This time I went to Xiangyang with Lu Zheng. Fortunately, I fulfilled my mission. I made an agreement with Liu Jingzhou to raise a total of 4.13 million dendrobium of grain. In addition..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Zheng interrupted with a smile, "With you here, I knew that this trip would go smoothly. Lu Su's hard work has made him great, and he will be generously rewarded."
While he was talking, someone behind Zhou Yu suddenly shouted in a coquettish voice: "Are you Wang Zheng?"
Wang Zheng was startled. After all, no one had dared to call him by his name in person for who knows how long. Looking around, he saw a pretty girl with fair skin and long eyelashes, leaning on the railing of the boat, staring at him closely.
Put it, your eyes are shining.
"Don't be rude!"
Zhou Yu was startled, and quickly scolded Xiao Qiao, then bowed deeply to Wang Zheng and said: "This girl is young and ignorant, and she is disrespectful. Please don't be the same as her."
"What kind of rudeness is this? Aren't the names our parents gave us just what others call us?"
Wang Zheng laughed and saw a rare hint of eagerness on Zhou Yu's face, as if he had a close friendship with the girl. He immediately became interested, "Gong Jin, I wonder who this is?"
"Reporting to Zhou Mu, this is Miss Qiao Shuang. She comes from a high family in Wancheng and is the beloved daughter of the late General Qiao Rui of Yangzhou."
"It turns out that she is the tiger girl of the general." Wang Zheng nodded, "Her father fought alongside me in Xuzhou, and we are considered old friends. Since Miss Qiao is here in Shouchun, I will naturally do my best to be a landlord..."
He suddenly paused mid-sentence, wait, Qiao Rui’s daughter?
Wang Zheng came to his senses. Isn't that the sister Qiao Wan has been looking for, Xiao Qiao?
Thinking of this, Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly burst into laughter.
It seems that although history has changed a lot, some people have completely ignored his appearance and insisted on following the original track.
But this is a good thing for him.
He tilted his head and glanced at Xiao Qiao with a smile, and then looked at Zhou Yu in front of him. He was just thinking, Brother Gongjin, congratulations.