After the new rain, the grass is green.

Third brother Shao sat opposite him and savored tea quietly.

On the day my mother passed away, the third brother was still handling the case in Qinghe County.

In addition to the Minister of Dali Temple, he also served as the Huangsha Censor and managed the Huangsha Prison.

This prison was specially designed for Dutian. It has captured many powerful families who opposed Dutian. Later, it gradually became disgusting and began to interfere in other matters, and the staffing has increased.

At the end of Kaiping, Shao Xun selected a group of elderly soldiers from the imperial guards who were gradually weakening (in his forties), and 300 people were rationed to Huangsha Prison, becoming the first group of soldiers under Huangsha Censor.

From then on, Huangsha Prison has the ability to enforce the law and no longer needs other powerful departments to cooperate with the arrest.

When his mother passed away, his third brother insisted on mourning, and Shao Xun couldn't say anything.

The Dali Temple Minister could not have no chief officer until Dongyue, so he had to arrange a man to take over. Shao Xun asked his third brother to recommend one.

"Ji County is a former official of His Majesty (the General's Office joins the army) during his reign, served as the prefect and is now the young minister of Dali Temple.

You can take over this position," said Shao.

"Shang Zhi-" Shao Xun pondered for a moment and said, "He is almost fifty, right?"

"Fifty full."

"But." Shao Xun nodded and said, "Chu Jiye has been working as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple for many years. What are his talents?"

"It's a normal person. It seems that he is more suitable for local positions."

"When Xiangyang Heng died, let Chu Jiye take over his position." Shao Xun said, "In this way, both young masters have left. Who should fill it?"

"The temple chief Li Nong can be one of them." Shao suggested: "He used to be a native of Shangbai Town. If he was interested in promoting, he could be an example."

Shao Xun immediately reacted.

Many military towns are historical issues, especially the ones in Hebei. To be honest, they are all the products of compromise in order to quickly digest Jizhou and Youzhou.

Some military towns are integrated, and they control the army and the people, and they are like independent kingdoms. For example, Shangbai Town, which was adapted from the Qihuo Army.

In order to weaken the influence of the town generals, Shao Xun has also absorbed many military town officials to serve in the court over the years, allowing these military towns to recognize the existence of the court. Sima Li Nong, the former Shangbai Town, was one of them.

"Li Nong can be the Shaoqing." Shao Xun made a decision: "The other one that lets Zhou Mo, the Shaofu Prime Minister, take over. He has made a contribution to the destruction of Jin. It is not a big deal to stay in Huainan."

Seeing that his brother had made a decision, Shao swallowed another candidate back into his stomach and stopped recommending it.

"The position of Huangsha Censor is still for you to keep for you, my third brother." Shao Xun said, "The others can't believe me."

Shao did not refuse.

The Huangsha Prison is mostly dirty and ill, and it is not a good job. But he is a royal family member, not an important official of the Tai Pavilion who cherishes his feathers. He does some dirty work after doing it.

Depending on the brother's meaning, Huangsha Prison will not only not be abolished like Emperor Puwu Sima Yan, but instead, it will be a big deal and even give troops.

Is the intention not obvious yet?

Shao also felt that he should reserve and expand his power.

The state dynasty did not have a Tingwei, and it was filled by Dali Temple. Huangsha Prison is now an independent yamen office, unlike the Pushi period, where the chief official Huangsha Censor's rank is the same as the Censor's Central Censor, and is the fourth rank.

The praises of the natives are good, but they may not necessarily be of great use as the Yellow Sand Prison in maintaining the imperial power of Shaw Brothers.

The rebellion in Shu has been quelled, and some prisoners have been handed over to Huangsha Prison in the army. Shao was digging deep into the black hands behind these prisoners, and even found out the inside story of some of the rich families in Shu who colluded with the Qiang and Liao people.

After he was mourned, Huangsha Prison would not stop doing things. Yesterday, more than ten people were sent to Shuzhong to investigate and collect evidence.

It is conceivable that his mourning will not be too calm, and he will definitely have to contact officials such as Huangsha's lieutenant, the chief clerk, the prison chief, and the ruling Shi in private.

"Third brother, don't rush to do things now, just take a good rest first." Shao Xun said again.

"Okay." Shao Ying said.

His health is actually relatively good, with very few wives and concubines, and he is also clear-minded and has few desires, and he is on time and practices archery regularly.

Riding a horse is much inferior to Shao Xun's extreme richness and a lot less dull than Shao Xun's life, but he is this kind of personality and does not have much interest in other things.

Perhaps because of this, he can live longer than Shao Xun, who knows?

After the two brothers talked about the main event, it was almost noon, so they had a meal together.

Shao found that there were still meat and vegetables on the table, and he felt relieved.

It is normal for a mourning person to not drink alcohol and eat meat. However, his second brother is a martial artist, so he may not give up the habit of practicing martial arts in the morning. It is difficult to endure not eating meat.

This is the emperor. If it were ordinary natives, they might have been widely discussed, but some gentry children were meticulous and didn't care.

After lunch, Shao left the palace gate and went to Jingshanfang, Bianliang City to his own house.

His wife Cao brought the three sons, Lin and Qiong to greet him.

Cao was a junior of the military officer Cao Fu in Sima Yue's early years. After marrying Shao, he gave birth to three sons and one daughter, one daughter, and two daughters, which was born to his concubine.

The eldest son Shao Qiu is 25 years old this year. He used to be a congressman next to Shao Xun. Now he is going home to mourn his grandmother:

The second son, Shao Lin, was twenty years old and a student in Luoyang. He was a little embarrassed to say that. He has been studying for many years. So far, he has only tried to understand one scripture and barely passed by his disciples;

The third son Shao Qiong is only thirteen years old, and he is not a good source of study. Instead, he likes to mix with his family and brag all day long.

When talking about various military affairs, I don’t think about whether your thirteen-year-old “children” will be laughed at when talking about the arrangement of troops.

However, he was not afraid of ridicule. During his time in Bianliang, he often asked Yuan Zhen (eleven years old) and Shao Ji (twelve years old), who was named Duke of Song last year, because neither of them had much control and liked to talk about military affairs.

Yuan Zhen and Shao Ji even cowarded Shao Qiong to take advantage of the opportunity to go back to Cao's house to visit relatives with their mother to see if they could "stole" a few military books, so that everyone could open their eyes.

Shao Qiong really did this, but he didn't steal it, but asked for it directly.

The Cao clan members compiled more than 100,000 words of Cao Cao's experience in his life's war into "The Art of War in Emperor Wu of Wei", but only the first volume is left, and many of the others are incomplete and have not been preserved well.

In addition, military books of all dynasties were also included, such as "A Brief Interpretation of Sun Tzu" written by Cao Cao.

The Cao clan members were very strange. They said that Shao Taibai was also a master of military use. The various tactics were amazing, and it was more in line with the implication of today. Cao Mengde's military strategy was in line with the end of the Han Dynasty, but the war form had undergone considerable changes. The cavalry tactics alone were not comparable to those in the end of the Han Dynasty. If you learn these, you may be a little out of date, so it is better to learn the latest ones.

"Children" knows what you know, and when you get the baby, you go back to study. The three cobblers gather together when they have time, learn from each other and express their opinions.

As of now, Yuan Zhen has the richest "experience" because he has really learned about cavalry tactics on the grassland. Although it is just a superficial one, he shuddered Shao Ji and Shao Qiong was stunned after saying it.

Shao knew what his son was doing, but he was too lazy to care.

Practicing martial arts is also a way out. Someone in the royal family must be able to lead troops to fight, right? Let’s take a step back, even if you don’t have the ability to lead tens of thousands of troops to fight on an expedition and defeat the enemy, you can lead some troops and horses in a proper manner, right?

Offense and defense have different requirements for ability, the former is much higher.

After seeing the three sons at this moment, he did not remind others, but looked at Shao Qiong and said, "Sanlang, don't slip out in the next few months, and be at ease to mourn your grandmother at home."

"Yes." Shao Qiong knew that there was no need to discuss this matter and quickly agreed.

Shao looked at the second son again and said, "Erlang will study hard at home and will be able to do so next year's trial of the scriptures, so there is no need to be missed."

"Yes." Shao Lin also agreed, with a bitter look on her face, Shao did not explain to the boss much.

The eldest son made him feel most worried. The second brother also praised him. If the congressman is gone, he will be gone. Are the royal family still afraid that there will be no official position?

"Today, the girl went to Guanshanfang and accompanied her sister-in-law. Didn't Yunwen come back?" Cao took the cloak that Shao had untied.

Asked.

"No." Shao said: "The second brother asked him to take away his mercy and stay in his original position and guard the Shanyu Mansion."

Cao sighed, not knowing whether to sigh for Shao Shen’s failure to keep mourning for his grandmother or to be the Grand Supervisor of the Shanyu. He sighed, “girl” (also known as “girl”) is the younger sister-in-law. If he is the older sister-in-law, he is called “girl”.

"Have you used the meal?" Cao asked, "If not, I will ask my wife to prepare."

"I've used it with my brother." After Shao Pan said that, he went straight into the study.

Cao waved his hand outside the door, and his two daughters-in-law left one after another.

The eldest daughter-in-law is the daughter of Wu clan of Peijun. She married Shao Qiu for six years and has a son and a daughter.

The second daughter-in-law is from the Liu family in Donghai, and is Shaolin's cousin. She has been married for a year and has no children yet.

Cao personally cooked a cauldron of tea, then brought it to the study and said, "The Wuyang tea my daughter sent back."

Shao took a sip and put it down, saying, "Good tea."

Cao smiled and said, "The eldest girl is the most filial."

Speaking of this, he tentatively said, "Can you tell me one by one to me?"

"Brother" naturally refers to Shao Xun, the eldest uncle.

Shao glanced at his wife and said nothing.

He didn't say anything but refused to agree, and Cao was a little discouraged.

She gave birth to her eldest daughter and married Xiahou Zheng, son of Xiahou Cheng, the prefect of the old Hedong, five years ago.

Xiahou Zheng served as Wuyang Order last year and took his wife to Jianwei.

In the second half of the year, when Shu was rebelled, he and Jiang Biao, the prefect of Jianwei, guarded Wuyang together, defeating the people of Liao.

Although he made great contributions, he was extremely scary in the eyes of Cao.

She understands that the emperor wants to control Shuzhong and arrange trustworthy officials, but don’t let her son-in-law take over.

However, my husband was like a dull gourd, saying nothing, and hated Cao's teeth itchy.

The family stayed at home in this way. Until the end of April, a ruthless man from Huangsha Prison returned from Youzhou and entered the Lu Palace late at night.

He secretly reported the incident about Murong Xianbei to Shao Bo.

According to him, Murong's family was very cautious and sent many racists to intercept messengers to delay the leak of news as much as possible. So it was only now that they found out the specific situation there.

After receiving it, Shao Pan did not say a word, but spread out the paper and pen, wrote a letter carefully, sealed it, handed it over to the trusted servant, and asked him to enter the palace as soon as possible and submit it to the emperor.

After the grand court meeting on May 1st, Shao Xun saw the letter on the imperial case.
Chapter completed!