When Xin Chang and Lu Zhi went to visit Qin Zhongming, the leader of the army, Qin Zhongming only talked about Cao Shuang, some old things in the General's Mansion, and old people he met.
They didn't mention the marriage relationship between the Xin family, the Yang family, and the Sima family at all, so they had a pleasant conversation with each other.
After leaving the Wang family's residence and saying goodbye to Lu Zhi, Xin Chang suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief.
Only a few years after young Xin Chang entered his official career, he witnessed a thrilling situation. The people who dominated Luoyang changed again and again! At this time, he felt an indescribable trance in his heart, as if he had just had a long nightmare.
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He was in a state of confusion, and until today, he felt like he had finally passed the test.
In fact, not only Xin Chang's official career was not smooth, but the entire Xin family was like this, too. The mountains fell, and the trees fell!
The Xin family used to rely on Yuan Shao to start their own business, but when Yuan Shao fell, they had to change their position and join Cao Cao again.
In Xin Chang's generation, Xin Chang considered that his father had a rift with Sun Zi Liu Fang and had been suppressed. It happened that Cao Shuang was powerful and took the initiative to conquer him, so he joined the army and joined Cao Shuang's army.
At that time, his sister Xin Xianying advised him to wait a little longer. Because Xin Xianying believed that Cao Shuang and Sima Yi would decide the winner first, and Cao Shuang might not be Sima Yi's opponent.
Xin Chang refused to listen and still accepted Cao Shuang's conquest. Because at that time, many gentry children successively accepted Cao Shuang's conquest, such as Wang Chen, Pei Xiu and others.
Yang Hu, the nephew of his brother-in-law (Yang Dan), was more tactful and refused Cao Cao's conquest twice. Wang Chen asked him to join him as an official in Cao Shuang's mansion, but he declined both times. In the end, Yang Hu went to Yang Dan.
Although Lu Zi became an official, he was not taken seriously, but he always stayed away from Sima Yi and Cao Shuang.
As a result, a war broke out in Luoyang! Cao Shuang's mansion was about to be over.
Xin Chang then remembered his foresighted sister and hurried to find Xin Xianying.
Instead, his sister Xianying advised him to go out of the city to follow Cao Shuang and do his duty well so as not to end up with a bad reputation; besides, the Yang family was related by marriage to the Sima family, so they could still find a solution in the future.
This time Xin Chang finally listened to his sister's advice and hurried to find Sima Luzhi, catching up with Luzhi's men and running out of Luoyang together.
Later, as her sister said, Lu Zhi was arrested and Xin Chang was still fine. The Sima family did not intend to touch him! Xin Chang escaped because of this.
But not long after, Wang Ling raised troops again! The situation became dizzying.
Moreover, Wang Ling's grandson-in-law Qin Liang led his troops into Luoyang within a month. Xin Chang quickly waited for Lu Zhi to be released from prison, and then went to see Qin Liang together. Today, it seems that Qin Liang also comforted him. He stood one after another.
Wrong place, nothing happened?
Xin Chang did not go home, but went directly to his sister Xin Xianying's house, wanting to hear her sister's opinion again.
Her brother-in-law Yang Dan was over sixty years old. Xin Chang did not see him for a while, but only saw his fifty-five-year-old sister Xin Xianying.
After hearing his description of the situation, Xianying quickly criticized Qin Zhongming: "He is bold and prudent, wise and courageous, and knows how to advance and retreat."
Many years ago, Zhong Hui promoted Qin Zhongming's "Book of Invitation to Lu Gong to Stop the Boundary". Qin Zhongming appeared in the eyes of Luoyang scholars for the first time. Many scholars discussed and commented on him: he was upright and straightforward, and he understood the righteousness deeply.
Xin Xianying, who also likes critics, did not comment at the time. Probably Qin Zhongming was not important at that time, and Xin Xianying failed to notice this person in advance. In fact, no one expected that Qin Zhongming would be the person to change the entire trend!
Not to mention when he first became Cao Shuang's subordinate, even before Qin Zhongming raised his army, no one regarded him as an important figure affecting the overall situation.
Today Xin Xianying has made up for the evaluation of this important figure.
The two siblings talked about Qin Liang for a while. Xin Chang suddenly remembered a detail and said it: "I met Deng Ai at the Wang family's residence today."
Xianying suddenly smiled: "Master Sima was kind to Deng Ai, but Deng Ai backed down at the critical moment and said he was ill. Now that he is joining Qin Zhongming, he can keep his official position for the time being, but his reputation will be ruined.
It’s getting narrower and narrower as we go.”
Xin Chang thought for a while and asked: "Sister, do you think Deng Ai is really sick or is he pretending to be sick?"
Xianying shook his head and said: "Who knows about this? But even if he is really ill, the world will guess otherwise. What's more, he immediately took refuge in Qin Zhongming. This is the enemy of Deng Ai's benefactor Sima Yi, so it can be said clearly
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When her sister Xianying said this, she hesitated to speak. Maybe she wanted to criticize Deng Ai, but the review might not be very good. She was afraid that her brother would be spread out and offend others, so she finally held back and did not say anything.
When Xin Chang heard this, he sighed: "If I hadn't listened to my sister's advice, I would have fallen into an unjust situation."
Xianying nodded and said: "It's not that you are hopeless if you follow the wrong person. Look at Lu Zhi, he killed the guard of Dongyang Gate and broke out to defect to Cao Shuang. No, he is still fine, and he has been fine ever since.
You will gain a reputation of loyalty and even greater prestige."
Xin Chang said: "What my sister said is absolutely true. Although Lu Zhi was imprisoned in Tingwei Mansion, he was not treated badly."
Xianying said: "And even if Qin Zhongming did not defeat Sima Taifu, Lu Zhi would not be killed. He holds an important position as Sima in Cao Shuang's mansion. If Sima Taifu wanted to kill him, he would not stay until now and would let him out sooner or later.
Continue to be an official."
Xin Chang was even more sure today that her sister was really resourceful. No wonder relatives would always meet Xin Xianying intentionally or unintentionally when big events happened, wanting to hear her opinion.
Even though Xianying was a woman, she was well-read in classics and had better insights into government affairs than many ministers. She even understood the morals and etiquette respected by men, and could often make accurate judgments on the current situation.
Just as Xin Chang was thinking about this, his brother-in-law Yang Dan also came. After greeting each other, Yang Dan told them that Yang Hu and Yang Huiyu were visiting.
When Xianying and Xin Chang heard the news, they both looked pleased and said almost in unison, "Huiyu has gone home?"
Yang Hu and Yang Huiyu are the children of Yang Dan's biological brother. Yang Dan is their uncle and Xin Chang's brother-in-law.
Yang Huiyu was the wife of Master Sima, but she was released so quickly. The situation was better than expected!
Xianying's expression was very complicated. She was both relieved and a little guilty.
Xianying's opinion almost played a decisive role in Yang Huiyu's marriage to Sima Shi.
At that time, Master Sima had already remarried and had a wife, but he proposed a marriage to the Yang family. One of the people who approved of the marriage was Xin Xianying, and the Yang family knew that she was resourceful, so they valued her opinion.
Xin Xianying believed that Sima Yi and Cao Shuang would conflict, and Cao Shuang was not Sima Yi's opponent. Therefore, it was a wise move for the Yang family to strengthen their marriage alliance with the Sima family.
Now it seems that Xin Xianying's prediction was not accurate. She only guessed the first half, but wrongly guessed the second half.
As the saying goes, a wise man must make a mistake after thinking a lot, and Qin Zhongming is the one who makes a miscalculation.
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(Thanks to the leader of the book friend "Le Wuyi's Cousin".)