Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 678 Granting a Son
Xiangyang, Longzhong.

Inside the house, the incense is curling up, refreshing.

With the support of Zhuge Qiao, Zhuge Liang sat down on the soft couch.And Zhuge Qiao took the opportunity to find a pillow and put it on Zhuge Liang's back.

"Father, are you still comfortable?"

"Hmm!" Zhuge Liang leaned on the pillow, heaved a sigh of relief, and asked, "Does Bo Song know why my father called you from Xiangyang?"

Zhuge Qiao shook his head and said, "Father please show me."

Zhuge Liang's eyes fell on Zhuge Qiao, and said: "My father's body is getting weaker and weaker, and I don't know when I will return, but my father knows the importance of my life and death, so I have a few words of advice to Bosong, thinking that it will protect the family and strengthen the family."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said: "Bo Song, for my father, I was deeply ordered by the late emperor to assist Your Majesty. However, my father has held power for more than ten years, and he has fought south and north, but he dare not go beyond the rules. But wearing a sword and wearing shoes, I never dared to have them, lest everyone would criticize me, saying that my father had different ideas."

"At first, my father was unwilling to appoint Bosong to supervise the transportation of grain and grass in Guanzhong. I feared that people would criticize him. However, His Majesty firmly believed that he was the father and strongly recommended Bosong to supervise the transportation of grain in Guanzhong. Now Bosong is appointed as the governor of Xiangzhou, but my father is unwilling. , may make our family strong, but the descendants will be unkind, which will bring shame to the family. But your majesty thinks that Bo Song has a great talent and can be reused, so he entrusts him with a heavy responsibility."

"Looking at it from this point of view, it's not because of his father, but because of His Majesty, that Bo Song is able to be what he is today. And now, he has a gift of sages and wisdom, as well as a strategy of martial arts, and he is grateful to the people. If he is a father, if he dies, if he is not a criminal. Those who are responsible, my family is Ning Ye. However, if Bosong accepts my shadow, I may make everyone follow him."

"Among the people, there must be some who have evil intentions and want to make progress, so as to confuse the relationship between my Ge family and his ministers. Therefore, from now on, Bo Song will make it a priority to reject customers, have no friends, and have no relatives, so that the villain has no one to rely on, so that Ge The family is peaceful, and the great Han is revived."

Zhuge Liang's meaning is very simple, I am worried that you are my son, and others will criticize you for promoting you.But His Majesty cherishes you too much, and thinks you can be reused, so I use you.Your Majesty is a man of good character, and he will not kill heroes easily. After my death, Ge Shi will definitely be fine.

But I'm worried that you are unreliable, under my influence, listened to slander, and did something.Therefore, in order to fundamentally prevent your matter, you must not accept customers from now on, and do not form cliques for personal gain, thus destroying the stable situation of the big man.

Zhuge Qiao was very obedient, nodded in agreement, and asked: "Father, how will Qiao be an official and manage things in the future?"

Seeing that Zhuge Qiao had listened, Zhuge Liang patted the back of his hand, and said with relief: "It's easy! From now on, Bo Song can just work in a local area. He doesn't enter the central government, but only resides in the prefecture. He has not lived here for a long time. Only after [-] years of indifference can he enter Beijing to work."

"Is it possible?" Zhuge Liang asked lightly.

Zhuge Qiao is thirty-five this year. If he stays in the local area for 20 years, he will be 55 years old.If there is no death due to illness, entering Beijing at such an age basically means working for a few years before retiring.And Zhuge Liang's arrangement is to consume the older generation of officials, and then enter the capital, and Zhuge's connections will be gone.

At that time, if Zhuge Qiao wanted to do something illegal, he couldn't do it at all.In this way, it can be guaranteed that his own influence will dissipate, so that Liu Chan can control the government without being restrained by himself.

In other words, the purpose of Zhuge Liang calling Zhuge Qiao is very simple, that is, he does not want his reputation to spread to Zhuge Qiao, so that Liu Chan can control all the power of the country.

Zhuge Qiao kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Father's thoughts, Qiao knows it. From now on, I will cherish it in my heart, and follow my father's dedication to the affairs of the Han Dynasty."

Zhuge Liang nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Zhan'er is simple in character, often witty, but only Xiaohui. Since Bo Song is the elder brother, the rise and fall of the Ge family should be entrusted to Bo Song."

"promise!"

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Jizhou, Yecheng.

Sima Yi leaned on the table, holding the scroll in his hand, squinting his eyes, reading the content on it.

At this time, brothers Sima Shi and Sima Zhao entered from outside the house and knelt down to say hello to Sima Yi.

"Sit down!" Sima Yi put down the scroll and asked, "What's the matter?"

Master Sima cupped his hands slightly, and said: "Father, what Xia Houxuan said is not unreasonable. The power of the local government is great, while the power of the central government is weak. I don't know why my father didn't come forward and use the positive wind as the center?"

In Master Sima's view, Cao Wei's situation is critical now, and the Sima family and the Cao family are both grasshoppers on the same boat.If there is a problem with Cao Wei, their Sima family will naturally be affected.

Sima Yi pondered for a while, and said: "Xia Houxuan was born rich and powerful, with great ambitions, but he was impatient, and wanted to sweep away the evils of our Great Wei. However, the evils are intertwined, how can it be so easily eliminated. Most of the local state governors and prefects are nobles If you are appointed and dismissed today, where can you appoint him? If you are in the center, you will have redundant officials. Moreover, Xia Houxuan and Cao Shuang have neither prestige nor qualifications, and the local governors are not willing to follow them."

Sima Yi served as the local governor, and he knew very well that the situation of the gentry under Cao Wei's rule was complicated.Especially after the Jiupin Zhongzheng system has changed, it is already different from the official situation in Cao Cao's period.

In addition, Cao Rui died of illness and moved the capital to Luoyang, and the whole Cao Wei was a little chaotic.Therefore, in Sima Yi's view, the matter of reforming Cao Wei is a thankless task in itself, and it will cause a lot of trouble.

Of course, Sima Yi is not a short-sighted person, and he also knows that the Sima family and the Cao family are grasshoppers on the same boat for now.

But Sima Yi's idea is that Cao Shuang and Xia Houxuan are passionate young people with big ambitions, so it's better to let them change.At that time, only myself is qualified to come forward to clean up the mess, and then I can take the opportunity to further grasp the power.

Sima Yi was not worried about the tossing between the two of them.Although Xia Houxuan is a son of a wealthy family, his ambition is extraordinary, and his ability is different from that of his son Sima Shi. (Note ①)

As for whether the two of them can be successfully reformed, Sima Yi is even less worried. Xia Houxuan is too tender, and Cao Shuang is too simple.If this can make the two of them succeed, Sima Yi himself doesn't have to mess around, just find a stone and hit him to death.

Sima Shi nodded thoughtfully, he seemed to understand his father's thoughts.However, he continued to ask: "Father, what is Xia Houxuan's strategy?"

Hearing this, Sima Yi replied without hesitation: "Xia Houxuan's strategy should be a great word of kindness. If my great Wei can succeed, I dare not say whether I can rule the world. There is no danger of my great Wei dominating the world. Treat the virtuous and capable." , and let it go."

Master Sima's eyes flickered, since he was envoy to Soochow, he has been in the Imperial Army.Since Xia Houxuan led the Central Guard Army, he has admired the talents he has demonstrated.From the perspective of the overall situation, it can be said that he is not as good as Xia Houxuan.But in terms of implementation, Xia Houxuan is not as good as himself.

He and Xia Houxuan have been friends since childhood, and his younger sister almost married him, but it's a pity...

From the above, it seems that Sima Shi should have a good relationship with Xia Houxuan.But if you look at Sima Shi's attitude towards Xia Houxuan in reality, Sima Shi is undoubtedly jealous.

Xia Houxuan is not only handsome, but also has a charismatic personality, and young peers welcome him wherever he goes.And when he played with him, he was naturally ignored, how could he be convinced.Now that Xia Houxuan is in his early thirties, he is serving as the Central Guard and starting to reform matters, and now he can only obey his orders, how can he be comfortable!

Sima Shi is like Murong Fu, one of North Qiaofeng and South Murong.Although Murong Fu is known as an outstanding person, he would often break his defense when he wanted to see Qiao Feng.But it's also because Master Sima's character is well-cultivated, and he won't be affected too much by the emotion of jealousy, at most it's just buried in his heart.

Although the metaphor is not necessarily accurate, it may be possible to know a thing or two about Master Sima's mood from the side.

It is naturally difficult for ordinary people to know what Master Sima thinks.

After he finished asking, Sima Zhao opened his mouth and asked, "Father, General Zhao will serve as the general of Wei County Diannong Zhonglang. I don't know what father can teach me?"

Sima Yi pointed to the scroll on the table and said: "Mencius said: 'The people are the most important, the state is second, and the king is the lightest. That's why the people of the hills are the son of heaven, the son of heaven is a prince, and the princes are great officials. .' This son is the first general of Diannong Zhonglang, if you want to succeed, you can do what you say."

Sima Zhao looked pensive, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you father for teaching, I know."

Sima Yi glanced at the silent eldest son, Sima Shi, and said lightly: "People have strengths and weaknesses. If you want to achieve great things, you just need to win the strengths of others. Xia Houxuan should be like you, and there are also things that are not as good as you. Why don't you worry about it?" Zhuge Liang is unlikely to succeed in this restructuring, let alone Xiahou Xuanhu?"

Master Sima was quite ashamed when Sima Yi saw through his thoughts, and said: "What my father said is very true, the teacher's conduct is not up to date, and he needs to study a little bit more."
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①: It is only deep, so it can understand the aspirations of the world, Xiahou Taichu (Xiahouxuan) is also; only a few, so it can accomplish the affairs of the world, Sima Ziyuan (Sima Shi) is also;
(End of this chapter)