(There is a new alliance leader, who is both sad and happy. As for the editor... I will not follow the imperial edict, but add another chapter to reduce the psychological burden.)
The outside world is turbulent, but Pan Yuan has maintained a relatively peaceful state for the time being.
Shao Xun sat under a crooked-neck tree, holding a branch and writing back and forth.
More than two months have passed, and the winter wheat planted last year is getting closer and closer to harvest.
The livestock that successfully overwintered successfully reproduced during the season when everything flourished, and the population grew larger and larger.
The three teams of children under his management work, train, and study correctly, and everyone is making progress.
The two new recruit teams are becoming more and more obedient. At his suggestion, the owner of the building, Mi Huang, appointed Li Chong (a veteran of the Luoyang Chinese Army) and Huang Biao as team leaders. They practiced day and night, and they were already somewhat impressive - in fact, they already had a good foundation.
Even Yang Bao has been very honest recently, maybe he is satisfied with the position of superintendent.
Everything is fine...
"Target." Shao Xun wrote these two words on the soft mud.
In fact, he has already stated the general direction, which is to prepare a retreat.
Luoyang is a dead place, suitable for reaping benefits, but not suitable as the foundation for development.
At this point, his and Sima Yue's interests are consistent.
There's nothing that can be done about inconsistency.
With his background and status, it would be a dream to get ahead in the short term. The only way is to "backdoor listing", rely on Sima Yue Group for development first, and take it one step at a time.
So, do I have an ultimate goal?
Of course there is.
But if I say it now, it will only make people laugh, and I will be embarrassed to dig out the whole room and three living rooms.
Shao Xun raised his foot, erased the two words he just wrote, and then wrote the word "measures".
How to work towards your goals?
Making friends with noble people and gaining favor is one of them.
Cultivating a team to prepare for governing the local area in the future is the second.
Training hard in the military, gaining military exploits, and obtaining promotion capital are the third.
The fourth point is to guard against various uncertain risks and squeeze out competitors.
These are the four main directions of efforts. In fact, there are some secondary directions of efforts, but the priority is relatively low and the energy is limited. It is right to focus on the big and let go of the small.
After thinking clearly, he quickly erased the handwriting and wrote "difficulty".
What are the difficulties?
The biggest difficulty is the original sin of birth, which has no solution.
For example, when it comes to a major event such as marriage, which may gain political resources from the in-laws' family, his options are very narrow: he can only marry a woman from a military household.
It’s not that I, Shao, dislike the poor and love the rich. In terms of appearance and quality alone, women from military families really don’t hit the mark!
He was speechless when he thought of the group of warblers he saw at the entertainment party more than two months ago, and when he recalled the women from military households he saw in Xuzhou.
Gentlemen women do not do farm work, and their skin is good and well-maintained.
I have had adequate nutrition since I was a child and have been in good shape.
Their fathers are more likely to possess beautiful women, have good genes, and are more beautiful overall.
Not to mention education, 99% of women from military households are illiterate, and their talents are even more incomparable.
Of course, things are not so absolute.
What time is it now? Many rules are slowly being broken. The elusive Mi Huang came here a few days ago. After watching the sergeant's drill, he was very satisfied and asked about Shao Xun's marriage during the chat.
He vaguely mentioned that since a few years ago, due to frequent changes in the political situation, a large number of officials were convicted, including many from the Yi tribe. Some gentry women who got married were supposed to be executed along with their husband's family, but because of connections with their natal family, they were spared the death penalty and were taken back.
But no one dared to marry these women for a while.
For example, after King Sima Lun of Zhao usurped the throne and was killed, the pseudo-Crown Princess Liu (the wife of the pseudo-Prince Sima Xin) was fine because her younger brother Liu Kun was appreciated by King Sima Ji of Qi.
But for people like Liu, regardless of whether she was a sinner or a widow, Shao Xun could not get her, and his status was still too low. However, it is not impossible to have family members of criminal officials who are worse than Liu.
But he felt that this matter should not be rushed and waited. Besides, Donghai still has family members, so we have to ask their opinions on this matter.
"It's difficult..." Shao Xun rubbed his face with his rough hands: "I'm afraid even skin care products can't save this face. His appearance and demeanor are ruined."
Don't laugh, appearance and demeanor are important criteria for selecting officials.
Shao Xun was tall and powerful. First of all, he was not in line with the "soft" ethos of scholar-bureaucrats, and gave people a bad first impression. In fact, he was also surprised that Concubine Pei didn't think he was "ugly".
Secondly, how does this face, which has been exposed to the sun and rain, and the hands that use bows and knives all year round, meet the standards?
Damn it!
Sometimes I am quite discouraged, but the Bingzhou Huns are very friendly to the brave men of the Central Plains. They give them money, houses, and women, but the treatment should not be too good.
If he hadn't traveled through time in later generations and still had some sense of national righteousness, and would have gone straight to throw the ball at the Huns, with his proficiency in bow and horse, it wouldn't have been a big problem to become a handsome man.
It can be said that most of the difficulties are caused by congenital background.
Under the theory of blood, I don’t know how much effort it takes to change the day after tomorrow.
"Shasha..." Shao Xun used a branch to cross out the word "difficulty", as if to vent his dissatisfaction.
Is there any need to protect this bullshit imperial court?
****
The weather is as hot as fire in the summer, and the cage window is open to the north.
June came soon. Concubine Pei wore a cool two-crotch shirt with a gauze outer layer, and rode a carriage to the fields.
The two crotches were originally armor in the Han Dynasty, but later evolved into clothing, a type of underwear. During the Taikang period of Jin Dynasty, it became popular for ladies and gentlemen to wear underwear as outerwear, and two-crotch shirts became very popular, becoming a beautiful scenery in summer.
When Concubine Pei wears a two-crotch shirt with a figure like hers, it's so flattering that Jill can't take a day off.
But she didn't care about the eyes of others, she just looked at the rows of harvested wheat with a smile on her face.
Shao Xun was guarding the soldiers with ten soldiers. He also looked with relief at the old soldiers who were vigorously wielding their sickles - well, Yang Bao seemed to be working in the fields.
"You have to farm..." He unconsciously remembered the words he heard before.
In troubled times, this is probably a great morale booster, right?
Judging from the appearance of the veterans, they seemed to prefer harvesting food rather than going into battle to kill.
So, who has caused all this chaos, so that Bai Lai has to pay for it?
Don’t those people feel any guilt?
The most irritating thing is that they are still drunk, taking drugs and talking, eating and drinking, surrounded by beautiful women.
After crippling the north, I saw that I couldn't do anything about it, so I just patted my butt and headed south.
In the south of the Yangtze River, they had splendid mansions, contiguous land, and groups of serfs. They could safely settle down in a corner and continue their ugly activities such as private schemes.
When Shao Xun was studying history in later generations, all he saw were the romances of the scholar-bureaucrats, and mostly the Wei and Jin Dynasty demeanor of the scholar-bureaucrats. At one time, he thought it was quite beautiful, quite literary, and quite romantic, and the fresh breath that hit his face made people feel Intoxicated.
But after traveling through time, it was no longer possible to take on the perspective of a scholar-bureaucrat.
He now feels that these people all have original sin and need to be reformed. But the sad thing is that he still needs to live his life by relying on them, even flattering them and catering to them.
People may be constantly making choices and compromising like this. In the end, the edges and corners were smoothed away, and they were submerged by the great tide.
"Uncle Du seems to be feeling something?" Concubine Pei glanced at him curiously and asked.
"In war, the most important thing is food and supplies." Shao Xun replied: "Today, there are endless wars in the states, counties, levies, and towns. Men can't plow, women can't weave, the people are wandering into ravines, and the towns have been reduced to ruins. , if things go on like this, the military gifts will definitely not be continued. The princess takes care of Pan Garden, everything is in order, and the servants admire her very much. There are nearly a thousand soldiers and civilians, and they are also deeply aware of the princess's virtues."
"You are quite good at talking." Concubine Pei smiled faintly: "Is this what you said to Liang Lanbi and Yu Wenjun that day?"
Shao Xun was stunned.
Concubine Pei lowered the car curtain and fell silent for a moment.
"Let's set off for Luoyang." After a while, she ordered.
"No." Shao Xun asked someone to fetch the horse and climbed up.
The other nine people also got on their horses and scattered around the carriage.
The car drove slowly, all the way to the west.
It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly. After a short while, Concubine Pei raised the car curtain again to let some air in.
"Liang Lanbi's father, General Wei Liang Fen, was a scholar from Xizhou (Guanxi). He met Tianshui Yan Ding and others and often got together." Amidst the sound of cars, Concubine Pei's gentle and clear voice slowly came out: "You are both When resuming good relations with Mihuang Mizi, you should proceed with caution. It may not matter now, but once the situation changes, the scholars in Henan, Hebei, Xizhou and even Wudi may not be able to agree on the same opinion, and it will have an impact by then. You - just a little be careful."
Shao Xun was shocked and immediately replied: "Thank you, Princess, for the tip."
Sure enough, scholars in the world are divided into different areas.
He actually had a vague awareness of this, but he didn't expect the gap to be so deep.
When Yiguan was crossing south, it seemed that there were very few scholars from Hebei (north of the Yellow River), while there were many scholars from Henan.
As for the Kansai scholars, he really didn't know much about them.
But it seems that after Luoyang was defeated, the scholars from Guanxi - mainly Yan Ding from Tianshui and Jia Tong from Wuwei - escorted Sima Ye (Emperor Jin Min) to Chang'an and proclaimed him emperor.
At that time, many Guandong scholars were unwilling to go to Chang'an. Should we do this?
If the princess didn't remind him, he might really step on this. Although it may not have much negative impact, he is not a nobleman and has very low redundancy for mistakes. There is really no need for this.
There was no words to say all the way. When the sun turned to the west, the carriage entered the city through the east gate and went straight to Sikong Mansion.
