Superintendent Li's home, or the place where his wife and children live, is actually within the scope of Dahe Gongfang School.
However, there is a specially designated living area for school employees and their families.
The house is a large red brick house with two entrances and two exits.
Stoves and kangs are all available, and there is free charcoal supply in winter.
My wife and children are on the hot bed, and I have enough food and clothing.
My little life was really good.
At least it was infinitely better than the days when I got up early and was sent to a place like Yuesunbian County, where I had to do everything myself and was constantly threatened by barbarians.
No, when I turned a corner, I saw a woman standing at the door of my courtyard, looking forward to it.
Seeing Superintendent Li, the woman greeted him with crooked eyebrows:
"Alang is back?"
"Well, didn't you tell me that I will come back later?"
The woman speaks Chinese very fluently, but if you listen carefully, you will notice that her intonation is a little weird, with a tinge of nonsense.
This is not surprising. Han Chinese who live in frontier fortresses all year round will unconsciously pick up some habits that are unique to frontier fortresses.
However, the woman’s voice was soft and soft, which made people feel more comfortable:
"I always feel at ease when I see Alang."
Her mother is a survivor of Jiuyuan.
At that time, Cao Cao abandoned Jiuyuan and moved all the Han and Hu people to Taiyuan and other places.
There are always some people who will continue to stay in this vast prairie for one reason or another.
Not to mention that in the past few decades, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, and countless Han women have fled beyond the Great Wall with their families to avoid the disasters of war.
Some barbarians from the frontier fortress may have taken advantage of the chaos to plunder the land, and some Han women had no choice but to live outside the fortress.
Cai Wenji, a famous talented woman in history, had a prominent family background. Wasn't she also kidnapped by the Huns and taken to the Hu land?
However, Superintendent Li's maternal aunt obviously did not have Cai Wenji's good luck. In the end, she was not able to return to the Central Plains and could only commit herself to a small tribal leader.
If the original course of history was followed, Superintendent Li's wife would also marry a Hu man and give birth to a child to a Hu man.
Then the descendants will gradually become completely barbarians.
But fortunately, this historical line has an extra bumpkin who crossed illegally.
Superintendent Li's foreign uncle did not follow the inward migration in his early years, but in the end he was annexed by Kebi Neng, who came to Jiuyuan to lick his wounds.
At that time, Ke Bineng was defeated by Qin Lang. The people below him fled, fled, and rebelled, which was a great loss of vitality.
In order to win people's hearts, he was not too demanding on the tribes in Jiuyuan.
So this small tribe changed its identity from Huns to Xianbei.
Who would have expected that in a few years, Feng would lead the Han army through Jiuyuan, and what would happen next would become clear.
Be it Xianbei people, former Xiongnu people or later Xianbei people, some of the elite Hu people in Jiuyuan were burned to ashes by Feng at Qiaoshan.
King Feng Gui had no intention of letting go of the remaining part, and even went so far as to personally lead the army back from Qiaoshan to eradicate it.
In this battle, almost all the young members of Li Xuejian's uncle's small tribe were killed or injured.
If the Han army had not dispatched officials in time to stabilize the situation in Jiuyuan, the tribe with only a few old, weak, women and children would have been exterminated on the spot.
But, in fact, it is not much different from genocide.
Fortunately, the Huns had a tradition of the Huns being in power, so Li Xuejian's aunt, who had just taken over the tribe, decided to join the Han people with her entire family.
I don’t know if anyone in the clan is willing to face the Han army, which is threatening a great victory.
As well as the vicious dogs under the Han army - Hu Qiyi Cong holding a shining saber - no one dared to stand up and say no at this time.
A tribe whose leader was a Han woman took the initiative to seek refuge. It was a good start for Liu Liang, Xu Xun and others who stayed in Jiuyuan at that time.
So naturally it was used as an example.
There is no need to say more about it later.
Jiuyuan Governor's Mansion was established and Dahe Gongfang School was established. Li Ming, who passed the Liangzhou examination, was transferred from Liangzhou to Jiuyuan to serve as the supervisor of Dahe Gongfang School.
One day, Superintendent Li, who was walking along the river to enjoy the beautiful scenery of "the sun setting over the long river", suddenly heard the sound of Han singing Hu music not far away.
Looking curiously, he saw a shepherd woman bathed in golden light, gently waving the sheep whip in her hand, up and down, up and down, like a heavy knock on his heart...
Again, no matter who lives in the frontier for many years, he will more or less acquire some of the habits of the frontier.
Over the years, from Yuexun to Liangzhou and then to Jiuyuan, Superintendent Li has seen countless incidents of Han, Yi, Han and even Yi and Hu mixing together.
Not to mention anything else, just the fact that the person named Feng took the lead and married a barbarian girl as a concubine, and even gave the barbarian girl a title by the court, was enough to set an extremely bad example for the people below.
Before Li Ming left Yuexun, he had heard about how many poor people who could not afford a wife followed the Xinghan Society to plant tea and sugar cane in Nanzhong.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t afford to marry a Han girl, since Yi girls will be able to marry you anyway!
Marrying wives and concubines, having children and raising children, and living a happy life.
When he came to Liangzhou, he saw with his own eyes how Hu Nu tried every means to marry those soldiers and warriors.
After all, the government's policy promotion, coupled with the wealth of these soldiers and warriors, were really attractive to Hu Nu.
Originally, Superintendent Li had despised and even despised such beasts and chaos.
Di Yi is a beast.
Isn't this a beastly mess?
But as the superintendent of Dahe Workshop, it is normal for the government to send two Hu Ji to serve in daily life so that Superintendent Li can concentrate on teaching, right?
After a long time, Superintendent Li felt that personally educating Hu Nu was actually... a responsibility that we should shoulder.
After all, if we really want to investigate, this is not a precedent set by Feng.
For example, after General Fubo, the father of Ma Teng, and the eldest father of Ma Chao, the powerful marquis of the Han Dynasty, Ma Ping took it upon himself to educate Qiang girls.
Only then came the Ma family who made great contributions to Ji Han.
If we accuse this publicly, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of Ji Han's founding father?
Especially the faces of the Five Tiger Generals.
In the evening of this day, Superintendent Li met the shepherdess who made his heart beat. Coupled with the long-term corruption of Hu Nu, he suddenly wanted to imitate his predecessors.
Then the shepherdess not only brought a group of slaves, cattle and sheep as dowry.
They even carefully selected the two most beautiful orchids from the tribe to marry.
Superintendent Li, who knows the taste of the marrow, could not help but look up to the sky and sigh:
The Han and the barbarians are as one, and the government is truly virtuous!
"Didn't a new teacher come to the school a few days ago? When I saw him, I felt like I saw myself yesterday, so I found an opportunity to talk to him today. I came back late, which made Xijun worried. .”
Superintendent Li explained as he and his wife walked home.
"A new teacher in the school?" Superintendent Li's wife's eyes lit up slightly, "He still has similarities with A Lang. I think he must be a good husband."
Seeing Xijun's appearance, Superintendent Li knew what Xijun was thinking. He shook his head and said with a smile:
"I'm talking about the me before, not the me now. Although the new teacher is not a direct descendant of the big family."
"But his family has a heritage of at least five hundred years, which is a hundred years longer than our Li family in Shu."
"Although he has been exiled here, he has just arrived, and the aura of being a member of a well-established family has not faded away, so he will definitely not be able to like the women of your clan."
As members of the same aristocratic family, Superintendent Li naturally understands Feng Chuan's thoughts best.
When Mrs. Superintendent Li heard this, she looked slightly disappointed:
"That's a shame."
Then he was relieved:
"The gentleman who can make Alang look at him in a new light must be someone special and a bit energetic, and that's what he should be doing."
Superintendent Li shook his head again and said with a smile:
"It's just that I don't want him to take detours. When it comes to energy, those men in green are the ones with the real energy."
To be honest, when Li Ming saw the "Four College Sentences" for the first time during the exam, his mind was shaken beyond measure.
What shocked him even more was that among the many college students he came into contact with, many really took these four sentences as their life goals.
The high-spirited, even fanatical and exciting atmosphere and state sometimes frightened him.
He didn't know how Feng Guiwang did it.
But he finally knew that this person was indeed unmatched in the world when it came to eloquent words and deceiving people's hearts.
In the early years of the Ji Han Dynasty, under the governance of Prime Minister Zhuge Kongming, officials governed the Qingming Dynasty, and officials prided themselves on forgetting their homes while in office.
Under the great influence of these two people, to this day, Ji Han is in high spirits from the imperial court to Cangtou Guizhou.
The entire country is showing vitality and an unstoppable trend.
Therefore, what he said to Feng Chuan that "the situation is overwhelming" was true.
Since it cannot be stopped, Superintendent Li feels that it is only right to follow the general trend.
Anyway, this is not the first time for a big family to do this. Why can't they let go?
Advising Feng Chuan and giving him a hand can be regarded as giving an explanation to his former self.
"I've met the male gentleman."
Stepping into the front yard, the four beautiful orchids guarding the door respectfully saluted the returning Superintendent Li.
Two of them were holding a child each.
"rise."
Superintendent Li and his wife walked through the courtyard gate together, and the four Hu Ji quickly followed.
Several people disappeared into the inner courtyard.
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Compared with the slight chill in Jiuyuan, Tuoba Xianbei, who was far away in Youzhou and had already begun his return trip, felt a bit of bone-chilling chill.
After all, there are Yinshan Mountains in Jiuyuan that block the northwest wind on the grassland and provide inexhaustible coal.
A small coal stove, with some charcoal added to it, can make a felt tent or even a room as warm as spring.
It not only warms the body, but also warms the heart.
There is also the woolen material that although it is a substandard and defective product produced by the woolen spinning workshop, it can still be wrapped around the body to resist the white disaster.
The most important thing is to have sufficient food reserves.
Enough to ensure that no one will starve to death in the coming winter.
For most of the Hu people on the grassland, what else do they want if they can live such a life?
Far to the north of Youzhou, the Xianbei people, who are still looking for the future of their tribe, are taking a break on their way back north to their tribe.
Almost everyone's faces were filled with excitement, and the smiles on their faces had never disappeared since they left Youzhou.
Under the wise leadership of Master Suotou Tuoba, Xianbei tribes drove cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock to trade with the Wei people, and they returned with a full load.
It seems that this winter, many fewer people will die in the clan.
"Lord Tuoba is wise!"
"Lord Tuoba is the master of heroes, and I should be favored by you, Da Xianbei!"
…
However, among these congratulations, some people looked worried.
Tuoba Desert Khan, who came from the dusty Changchuan River where Suotou lived, didn't have time to take a breath, so he went to see Tuoba Liwei:
"Sir, didn't we say we were going to Pingcheng? Why did we trade with the Wei people in Baitan instead?"
Two years ago, he was ordered to go to Nanxia to investigate the reality of Nanxia.
He once patrolled the passes in Youzhou and Bingzhou, and even had a conversation with a certain nobleman of the Han Dynasty in Pingcheng and received his advice.
After the conversation with that noble man, seeing that winter was approaching on the grassland, and there were still Dou Suhou, Dou Huiti and others from the Luhui tribe on the way, they had always been unkind to themselves.
Therefore, Tuoba Desert Khan could not stay for long, so he could only rush back to the tribe and report to his master Tuoba Liwei.
After listening to his report, Tuoba Liwei had already made up his mind to choose between Han and Wei to be friendly with Han.
This time, a large number of livestock were driven south for this purpose.
If we do it well, we might even be able to establish trading channels with Han.
Unexpectedly, the adults set out from Changchuan and did not go to the southwest, but instead went to the southeast.
Why is this different from what was promised?
What worries Tuoba Desert Khan even more is that he heard that the tribesmen led by the Lord encountered a war between the Wei army and the pro-Han tribes as soon as they arrived at the Youzhou Pass.
Some people also say that the so-called pro-Han tribes are actually disguised by the Han army.
But no matter what, the Xianbei tribes who obeyed the adults appeared in a coincidental place at such a coincidental time, and then happened to trade with the Wei people.
It's hard not to think about it.
If Han gets misunderstood, it will be troublesome.
So after learning the news, Tuoba Desert Khan, who originally stayed in Changchuan, could no longer sit still.
He came in the name of welcoming the adults, but actually he was anxious to know the truth of the matter.
"Sir, now that Han is strong and Wei is weak, would it be inappropriate for us not to be close to Han but to be close to Wei? If this offends Han, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to our tribe."
Although Suo Toutou brought many tribes attached to them, most of them were centered in Changchuan, living in the north of the desert and trying not to be close to the frontiers of Southern Xia.
But in the past few years, most of the tribes south of Changchuan have defected to the Han State and have not interacted with the Wei State.
Even under the instigation of the Han State, they repeatedly harassed the frontier fortress of Wei State in Youzhou.
So some news naturally reached the ears of the Xianbei people in the north of the desert.
Although the current goal of the Han people is Wei State Youzhou, they are focused on heading east and have no intention of heading north deep into the desert.
But once they capture Youzhou, from the west to the east, from Liangzhou to Youzhou, they will all fall under their jurisdiction.
At that time, the Xianbei tribe in the north of the desert had to contact the Han if they wanted to go south.
Therefore, in Tuoba Desert Khan's opinion, it was unwise to offend the Han State at this time.
"Why did the eldest prince say this?"
Tuoba Liwei didn't speak, but a man in black standing next to Tuoba Liwei spoke:
"It is precisely because letting Han rule the east and west will be detrimental to our great Xianbei, so we must help Wei to prevent it from losing Youzhou!"
The man in black is the deacon holding the head, which is equivalent to the state minister of Southern Xia, or the prime minister.
The Tuoba branch, after moving south from the far north to Monan, has been nomadic in the Shanggu and Yunzhong areas.
Later, he was attacked by Putou, Xianbei in the west, and his tribe was scattered. Tuoba was weak and had no choice but to seek refuge with Dou Bin, the leader of Wuluhui tribe.
Then the two tribes formed an alliance and went to attack Xianbei in the west. Unexpectedly, they were defeated again.
At the critical moment, Tuoba Liwei gave his horse to Dou Bin, and Dou Bin was able to escape.
Dou Bin fled back to his tribe and found out Tuoba Liwei's identity. In order to repay his help, he not only married his daughter to him, but even prepared to give half of the country to him.
If it had been anyone else, he wouldn't have agreed long ago.
But Tuoba Liwei rejected Dou Bin's move to "divide half of the country" and only wanted to live in Changchuan in the north to find a place for the tribe.
Of course Dou Bin agreed.
Unexpectedly, this tribe, which initially required people to settle down, would grow into the largest tribe in Monan more than ten years later, with more than 100,000 string masters.
In the process of Tuoba Liwei's promotion of morality and attracting many tribes to seek refuge, the black-clad deacon of the tribe in front of him made a great contribution.
Even when Tuoba Liwei refused to accept Dou Bin's proposal to "divide half of the country" and moved his clan to Beichuan, it was the result of the tribal deacon's strong persuasion.
It can be said that without the tribal deacons, there would be no Sotou today.
Tuoba Desert Khan couldn't help but be startled when he saw the tribal deacon speaking:
"What does the deacon mean by this?"
He looked at the adult sitting in the main seat who still didn't speak, and then looked at the black-clothed deacon, and he suddenly came to his senses:
That's right, things that have been clearly discussed before, if there is no persuasion from the deacon, why would your Excellency change your mind midway?
But I saw a faint smile on the face of the black-clothed deacon:
"As the saying goes, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured; it is also said that when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman will gain. In the Southern Xia, Han and Wei were fighting. The Han wanted to destroy Wei and had no time to go north. It was a good opportunity for our great Xianbei to recuperate and grow stronger. ah."
"Looking at what the Han Dynasty did to the Jiuyuan lands in Liangzhou, all the grassland tribes were either robbed as slaves or slaughtered. If they could free their hands, I, the great Xianbei, would probably never have peace."
"But Wei is not like that. If he wants to resist the Han, he will not hesitate to give up great benefits to me, the great Xianbei, just to prevent the Han from advancing eastward."
"The Han is strong and the Wei is weak. Isn't it wonderful that we help the Wei and suppress the Han, taking advantage of the situation in the middle?"
After hearing what the black-robed deacon said, Tuoba Desert Khan wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.
Looking at the appearance of the master and the black-clothed deacon, I don’t know if they changed their minds temporarily or if they had already made a decision.
He opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't ask. He just asked reluctantly:
"The State of Wei gave us great benefits to Xianbei, but we don't know what great benefits it is?"
This time, Tuoba Liwei finally spoke, even impatiently: "Liaodong."
"Liaodong?"
"The Wei people promised us to cede Liaodong to us as compensation for joining forces to fight against the Han."
"What?!" Tuoba Desert Khan was shocked, "But, Liaodong, I heard that the Liaodong area is not taking orders from Wei State now."
"I know," Tuoba Li nodded slightly, "so it gives us a reason to unify Xianbei. Only by reunifying Xianbei can we move south together, and then urge the Wei people to march eastward from Youzhou to help us win Liaodong.”
"What if the Wei people regret it?"
"Haha," the black-clothed deacon chuckled, whether it was a sneer or a sneer, "Then how can the eldest prince be sure that if we help the Han Dynasty destroy the Wei Dynasty, we will not be attacked by the Han people?"
"In other words, Western Xianbei, Central Xianbei, especially the people of Ke Bineng, all perished at the hands of the Han people. Why should they make exceptions for us?"
Tuoba Desert Khan was silent and speechless.
(End of chapter)
