Xiangyang, Huihu.

On the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Yang Jie stood up and looked at the lake water reflecting the green willows on both sides, without saying a word.

Yang Lu bowed his hands, lowered his head, and stood aside, holding his breath.

The father and son stood here for a long time, but didn't say a few words. Only the autumn cicadas on the willow trees on the shore were screaming desperately, which made people feel upset.

Yang Lu rushed back from Bencaotang, Nanyang.

A few years ago, Yang Wu suffered a serious illness and almost died young. Fortunately, Zhang Zhongjing and others were treated. He only saved his life after his wonderful skills. Later, he developed a strong interest in medical skills. After several years of study, he is now Zhang Zhongjing's disciple, a famous doctor among the younger generation of Bencaotang in Nanyang, and saved countless people. Not long ago, His Majesty the Emperor visited Nanyang and inspected Bencaotang. He also praised him as a model.

However, he rushed back not to announce the good news, but to inform the emperor about the negotiations with the aristocratic families in Nanyang. Yang Jie wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the emperor's personal expedition to ask the emperor to visit Huihu again, and even stay in Huihu so that the Yang family could have the honor of receiving the title and compete with the Cai family and Pang family. This signal was successfully sent out, but the emperor did not give a clear reply.

The emperor has already set off from Wancheng and can arrive in Xiangyang within two or three days at most. Whether the Yang family should apply again must make a decision.

But this decision is difficult to make because of the news brought back by Yang Lu.

The emperor negotiated with aristocratic families in Nanyang and disclosed various materials and basic strategies needed for the army to fight. Yang Lu, as a famous doctor in Bencaotang, participated in the formulation of the medical plan. The army rushed to the front line to fight and siege Yizhou in a comprehensive manner. The medicinal materials were just unimaginable numbers. Most of the medical staff and drug reserves in Bencaotang in various counties in Nanyang must be transferred to meet the rescue needs of the front line.

"I really love the people today." Yang Jie let out a sigh and smiled bitterly.

"What my father said is very much." Yang Lu agreed, but said nothing.

The emperor asked to help every injured soldier as much as possible and ensure that their families were taken care of. This is of course a good thing for ordinary soldiers, but the burden is borne by the big clans. Ordinary people can donate food but have no financial resources to provide medicine, and these are borne by several big medicine shops.

In other words, if you want to use the lives of ordinary soldiers to exchange for their children to become meritorious and titled as a marquis, you must pay a sufficient price. This price is much greater than they expected at the beginning, and it is so great that it makes people feel so painful that even the Nanyang clans had to consider it carefully.

The Nanyang clan cuts his losses at least, so what are the people of Nanjun for? Several important generals under Huang Zhong's subordinates, such as Li Yan, Wen Pin, and Deng Zhan are all from Nanyang, and Jiangling governor Lou Gui is also from Nanyang. Most of their generals and lieutenants are from Nanyang. If they can defeat them, the people of Nanyang will have the opportunity to be promoted and promoted, creating a large number of vassals, but the income of the people of Nanjun is very limited.

By doing this, the people of Nanjun are equivalent to making wedding dresses for the people of Nanyang.

This is especially true for Xiangyang.

The Cai family and the Pang family have a close relationship with the emperor. Cai Mao went out to sea to seek gold and made a fortune. Cai Ke married Sun Fu, who was a true imperial merchant. Pang Tong of the Pang family was a military advisor of the Anbei Governor's Office. Pang Shanmin was the prefect of Henan, one in the army and the other in the government, and they were all real power factions with the right to recruit and recommend. It was worth supporting the emperor, and they also had such capital.

The Yang family does not have such financial resources and cannot compete with them.

At least Yang Yi's mansion seems to be very glorious, but he has no right to quit. Apart from his salary, he does not have much other income. Now the supervision is strict. Once corruption is discovered, not only will the career end here, but it may also be life-threatening, and even his descendants will be affected. Yang Yi is very young and wants to go further, so he naturally refuses to dirty his feathers. Yang Lu is a doctor, and he is just a well-off person, and is far from being rich.

If you want to take over, you will not only consume a lot of money, but also donate and support Your Majesty in personal expedition. For the Yang family, this cost is too great, so Yang's brothers are so great that they dare not make a decision, so they can only rush back to ask Yang Jie for instructions.

Yang Jie weighed the pros and constrained his teeth for a long time. "The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. He had to fight for the bankruptcy, so he could only grit his teeth and fight for it."

"Father, is this necessary?" Yang Lu said with a wry smile.

Yang Jie looked back at Yang Lu. "Weifang, have you ever thought about re-entering the government?"

Yang Lu shook his head. "Father, I may not be able to be a good minister, but I can definitely be a good doctor. If my father is for me, there is no need."

"It's not for you, but for your brother. He started the Shaofu at a young age. Others look glorious, but in fact they are just good-looking and do not even have the power to remove officials. If he can go further and become the third minister, it will be completely different. Even if you don't want to give up medicine, it will be more convenient to join the Imperial Medical Office in the future."

Yang Lu was still waiting for another word, and Yang Jie waved his hand to express his determination and no need to persuade him. He looked around and said with a smile: "Today is a saint who meets once in five hundred years. I guess he won't care about those extravagant things. Clean it up well and be neat and refreshing." He laughed and said: "No one can compare with the Cai family, so he can't compare with it."

Yang Lu couldn't help laughing. He could imagine that the Cai family would definitely be extremely luxurious in order to take over the leadership. Not to mention the Yang family, the Pang family could only accept the disadvantage. Instead of doing this, it's better to be more open-minded.

Cai Zhou.

As soon as the pleasure boat was docked, Cai Ji, who was waiting at the pier, went up to him, directed the two cuckoos to set up springboards, carried their clothes, jumped onto the boat, trotted all the way, came to Cai Jue, smiling on his face, and gave a slightly exaggerated gift.

"Welcome to the wife of the imperial decree."

Cai Jue glanced at him, ignored him, waved to Sun Ping, who was leaping at the hatch and seeing the scenery. "Ping Ping, An An, is it good-looking?"

"It looks good, it looks good." The two little guys scrambled to say.

Caizhou outside the window is indeed beautiful. The lush and rare forests are dotted with flowers and plants of different colors. A wall is looming in the forest, revealing several eaves. The green mountains are faintly hidden in the distance and the water flows nearby. It is both the quietness of the mountains and forests, and it is not without the grandeur of wealth.

"We'll go ashore to see it, as long as we want to see it."

"Oh, that's right. The grandfather has prepared a beautiful yard for you. How long do you want to watch it? It's better to stay here all the time."

Cai Jue's face relaxed a little. "Is he in good health?"

"Okay, okay. I heard that the wife came back with the two princes, and the head of the family had already given instructions and was waiting in the hall." Cai Ji stretched out his neck to look at it. "My son-in-law must be very busy recently."

Cai Jue stood up without comment, looked around, and looked at several ships in the distance. "Are you here?"

Cai Ji looked at his eyes and his smile on his face became even brighter. "No, I heard that the wife was coming back. Anyone with some identity in the countryside came, so I wanted to see what kind of decent lady the decree was. But they didn't take a mirror to look at it. Can they give birth to noble people like that..."

Cai Ji wanted to say something else, but Cai Jue ignored him and held a child in one hand and went ashore. Cai Ji was a little embarrassed, but did not dare to put it on his face, so he hurriedly followed. A chariot was prepared on the shore, and Cai Jue got on the chariot, carried by four healthy women and walked towards the manor. More than a dozen maids and servants followed behind, the most eye-catching of them were four young men wearing uniforms and holding swords to serve on the left and right.

At the door of the manor, several craftsmen were busy. Seeing Cai Jue and his party coming, there was a man beside him with a completely different clothes than ordinary warriors. He was nervous and quickly fell to the ground, not even dared to raise his head.

Cai Jue glanced at the eyes and found that these craftsmen were erecting monuments. A polished white jade monument was engraved with words, but the forehead of the monument was covered with silk, and the contents were not recorded. Cai Jue called Cai Ji and pointed.

Cai Ji explained: "This is a memorial to commemorate the arrival of His Majesty in Caizhou in the second year of Chuping."

Cai Jue didn't react at once. "In the second year of Chuping?"

"Yes, in the second year of Chuping, Your Majesty confronted Liu Biao and came to Caizhou to meet his son-in-law and nobles here. Later, he built a workshop in the Cai family to build armies. Your Majesty's achievements can be said to have started from Caizhou. This is Caizhou's glory, and he should erect a monument to commemorate it."

Cai Jue was both angry and funny. "If His Majesty comes to Caizhou again, will he have to erect another monument to commemorate it?"

"That's natural." Cai Ji almost laughed on his face. "The head of the family erected a monument to remind some people not to overestimate themselves and compete with the Cai family for favor."

Cai Jue looked at Cai Ji, but he stopped talking. She waved her hand. "Stop."

"Stop?"

Cai Jue ignored him, patted the handrail of the chariot, and signaled the healthy woman to continue moving forward. Cai Ji stood there, looked at Cai Jue's back, and then looked at the craftsman lying on the ground with a confused expression, frowned. "You stop first, wait until I ask the head of the family." After that, he hurriedly chased Cai Jue.

Cai Jue entered the manor and did not go to the main hall. He went straight to the small courtyard where she lived in the boudoir.

This courtyard was used for other purposes after she got married, but as Huang Chengyan and his daughter were valued, especially when the emperor gave him a favor and adopted a prince to the Huang family, the courtyard was restored. Not only was it restored, but it was also expanded and renovated. It is now an independent and exquisite house. People cleaned and maintained it all year round, just for her to come back occasionally to stay for two days.

Cai Feng knew in advance that Cai Jue would come back with two little princes, so he added some children's play facilities, such as Trojans, swings, etc., so he arranged them in the corner. Sun Ping and Huang An fell in love with each other as soon as they saw it, let go of Cai Jue's hand, ran over to play.

After a while, Cai Ji led Cai Feng, followed by a group of people, all of whom were from the Cai family, and there were a few children a few years older than Sun Ping and Huang Anluo, both men and women, and they were juniors of the Cai family. Seeing Sun Ping and Huang An had a happy time, Cai Feng stroked his beard with satisfaction and asked the children to come forward to play with him. There was no level difference between the children, and they soon got together.

Cai Feng came to the hall and came to Cai Jue. The others stood at the stairs and served carefully.

Cai Jue stood up and saluted Cai. "How is Father?"

"Okay, okay." Cai Feng laughed loudly while looking at Cai Jue's face. Seeing that there was no smile on Cai Jue's face, he felt embarrassed and his laughter gradually weakened. He said embarrassedly: "A Jue, do you think that monument... cannot be erected?"

"Does my father think that Xiangyang people are all deaf and blind?"

"This..." Cai Feng smacked his lips. "It has been more than ten years since this matter. The Cai family and the Huang family have been favored by His Majesty again, who will..."

"What about Your Majesty?" Cai Jue retorted. "Where are the civil and military officials around His Majesty?"

Cai Feng's face gradually became darker. For Cai Jue to come back, he prepared so many things and invited many guests, just to take this opportunity to increase his face. As a result, Cai Jue didn't even go to the main hall and did not agree to erect the monument. How did he explain to the villagers, where would this old face be put?

He, the father, has no dignity at all.

Seeing Cai Feng being embarrassed, Cai Jue slowed down and patiently advised: "Your Majesty's new policy is only the word "real" in real terms, focusing on real learning, promoting industry, and being vain, so that you can achieve today's achievements. Wouldn't you be bored by making fraud in front of him? If he is in a good mood, he will give you some face and never come again next time. If he is in a bad mood, he will turn his face on the spot and order someone to smash the monument. What should I do?"

After hearing this, Cai Feng felt a little reckless. According to Sun Ce's temperament, he could really do such a thing. However, the matter of erecting the monument had been spread and even the monument had been carved. If he gave up halfway, wouldn't it be even more funny? In desperation, he had to ask Cai Jue for advice.

"Ajue, according to your opinion, what should we do?"

Cai Jue thought for a while and said, "The stele can be erected, but it cannot be erected like that. There is no need to mention the fact that Your Majesty captured Caizhou back then, but later building workshops in Caizhou and building weapons was the forefront of Nanyang Wood School. Even now, golden silk and brocade armor is still a rare self-defense treasure for warriors in the world. A mountain of thousands of feet starts from the bottom of the sea. The vast ocean originates from the stream. If you commemorate these things, Your Majesty will remember the hard work and the difficulty of founding the country. Thinking of my Cai family, how could the Huang family object to him?"

Cai Feng thought about it, Ru Meng woke up and slapped his thigh. "Yes, why didn't I think of this? He was so confused. Ajue, thank you for reminding me that the best grains would have made a jar of sour slurry, which was a big loss." As he said that, he called someone to come and asked him to do it immediately.

Cai Jue said again: "There are so many guests waiting in the hall, and my father should not delay me. Go and tell them that I am happy when I first returned to my old house, and I am afraid that I will lose my composure in front of the villagers, so I will not meet them for the time being. If there are sisters who get along well in the past, or those who bring children, let them come to me to sit down, drink tea, talk about women's affairs, and reminisce about the past."

Cai Feng agreed repeatedly and left with brisk steps.

Not long after, five women came to the courtyard to talk to Cai Jue. One was Pang Degong's wife Zhang, the other was Yang Jie's wife Ma, and three were also a big family member who was close to the Cai family and the hostess of Haozong.

Among them, Mrs. Zhang is most familiar with Cai Jue. How old is Mrs. Zhang older? When she married into the Pang family, Cai Jue was not yet married and often went to the Pang family to play with her. Mrs. Zhang has another relationship with the Cai family. She is a distant branch of the Zhang family in Nanyang and knows Cai Jue's aunt.

The two naturally talked about the Zhang family in Nanyang. Mrs. Zhang told Cai Jue that He Xian was back and had gone to Rang County to find his mother. He Xian's mother was the wife of the former general He Jin and was also a branch of the Zhang family. After the He family manor was captured by Sun Ce, because Sun Jian was Zhang Wen's old official, Sun Ce let Mrs. Zhang go and asked her to go back to her hometown in Rang County.

Cai Jue was very surprised. After Sun Ce broke through the He Family Manor and occupied Nanyang, He Xian disappeared. Why did it appear again now? But she didn't take this seriously. She didn't care about He Xian, but talked about the Zhang family in Rang County.

After Zhang Wen was killed by Dong Zhuo, the Zhang family in Rang County lost their backbone. They have developed very poorly over the years and have become a second-rate family in Nanyang. They have a lot of money and food, and their business is good, but their career is extremely unsuccessful. Sun Ce inspected Nanyang, and Zhang Wen's wife, Cai Jue's aunt, asked Cai Jue to come to Cai Jue, hoping that she could help and recommend several Zhang's children to serve in office.

When my aunt asked for help, Cai Jue of course wanted to help, but Huang Chengyan and Huang Yueying were all dealing with industry such as Tieguan and Muxue. They were able to recruit Zhang's children into Tieguan and Muxue, or recommend them to the palace to be a gang, and it is relatively unlikely that they would directly be given real positions. Zhang Wen's children are not young anymore, so it is not appropriate to ask them to change to Muxue, or to enter the palace to be a gang.

Cai Jue discussed with Mrs. Zhang whether they would go to Henan and find Pang Shanmin.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and glanced at Mrs. Ma. "Ajue, it's not that I'm familiar with it and rude, you're just dark under the light. Of course, there's no problem finding mountain people, but how can it be convenient for Yang Shaofu? The Zhang family has done a good business in recent years. If Yang Shaofu can help and lead them into Shaofu Temple, wouldn't it be better than going to Henan to be an official?"

Cai Jue was just thinking about this, so he bowed to Mrs. Ma and discussed with Mrs. Ma. Mrs. Ma also wanted to climb up with Cai Jue, and immediately said with a smile: "The lady of the imperial edict has given me, how dare I not respond? I can't say that my two children in my family will ask for more care in the future, especially Ma Yu, who likes to dance with swords since childhood and neglects discipline. Mrs. Meng Yin refused to abandon her and kept her by her side. She did not understand the rules in the palace. She also asked her to give some advice."

When Cai Jue asked about the details, he couldn't help laughing. He really got together. It turned out that Ma Su and Ma Yu were actually Mrs. Ma's clan and daughter. But thinking about it, Xiangyang is so big, and there are only a few big families, so it's normal for them to marry each other. But in this way, you have to be careful when operating. Although the emperor was generous, he was very disgusted with the fact that the party was formed.

It is not easy for the Huang family and the Cai family to reach this point today, so we can't mess it up because of a small matter.

Cai Jue immediately asked about the Yang family’s plan to take over.

Before he finished speaking, the expressions of several people changed. They also heard a little bit of the wind, but they were not sure. After hearing what Cai Jue said, they knew that the Yang family was indeed interested. They were both envious and had a little more thought of watching the fun.

When Yang Yi was young, Ji Ji became the young mansion and ranked among the nine ministers. He had the intention of competing with the Cai family and Pang family. However, this step was not easy to overcome, and it would be more than worth the loss if it was not done well. The Cai family and Pang family would not let them do it easily. Cai Jue asked in public, which was not without such intention.

Mrs. Ma smiled and said, "Your Majesty fought in Xiangyang, first climbing Yuliangzhou, and then climbing Caizhou. Huihu also gained some favors. This time, Your Majesty personally fought, passed by Xiangyang, Yuliangzhou, and Caizhou must have to go there, so Huihu naturally cannot fall behind. Even if he is not strong enough, he must do his best. I have to ask my wife for advice."
Chapter completed!