The General's Mansion in Zhennan is built next to the General's Mansion and is located on the right side of the General's Mansion.

In the past half month, this brand new mansion has been decorated with lights and joy, which is both a house-changing house and a happy wedding.

The title of General Zhennan was originally an official position in Jingzhou Liu Biao. Last year, Liu Biao was promoted to General Zhengnan and took over the governor of Jingzhou. Since then, this official title has been vacant.

Two days ago, the emperor issued an edict, decreing Li Xian as General Zhennan and Marquis of Wuxiang. Since then, the door plaque of General Zhennan’s Mansion has been hung on this mansion newly built to the right of General Husband.

There were many generals who were granted the title at the same time as Li Xian. There were more than 60 generals with the same rank as Siping Generals and above, and there were more than 200 generals with positions such as miscellaneous generals, Zhonglang Generals and Bachelor Generals. In other words, the generals who received the award this time were all middle and senior generals of the Xiliang Army.

It is worth mentioning that among the generals granted this time, there were 72 who truly worshipped the generals and marquis, and there were also more than fifty people who were promoted to the civil servants.

Some of the new official positions of these civil and military officials were the existing official titles of various princes, which is the so-called repeated official positions, or the civil and military officials of Xiliang replaced the official positions of some princes. In this regard, the old ministers in the court once questioned the court in the hall, but Li Li ignored them and ignored them. Therefore, these overlapping official positions were still valid, and the imperial edicts were still issued as scheduled.

After this large-scale reward, hundreds of civil and military officials and generals in the Xiliang army were qualified to enter the court to participate in politics, and their ranks were not low. There were more than 20 civil and military generals with the same rank as the nine ministers, almost completely replacing the existing civil and military officials in the court. The only exception is that no one dared to usurp the position of the Three Dukes. At present, the three Dukes in the court are still Sikong Li Jue, the Grand Marshal Zhu Ye and the Grand Tutor Ma Richan.

However, this time, one person was above the Three Dukes. He was officially promoted to the position of general, recorded the affairs of the prime minister, and took charge of all military and political affairs in the world. It goes without saying that there are only one person who can rank such a prominent and high position today. This is the former General of the Cavalry Li Li and Li Wenchang.

In other words, to this day, Li Li finally walked from behind the scenes to the front, officially entered the court to govern the government, govern the world for the emperor, and issued orders. Li Jue, who was once in charge of the government, successfully retired. He still served as Sikong, and also took over the position of General of the Chariot and Cavalry, and was in charge of the Chang'an Imperial Guard.

At this point, the Eastern Han Dynasty was firmly held in the palm of his hand by the uncle and nephew of the Li family, and officially entered the era when the Li family's relatives monopolized the power. Li Jue was in charge of the internal affairs of the capital, responsible for the guards of the city gates and all relevant passes entering and leaving Chang'an; Li Li was in charge of the overall situation. He was in charge of the Western Liang army, and the focus was still on leading troops to fight outside. The uncle and nephew were in charge of internal affairs, while his nephew was in charge of military power and war. Unlike in the past, all internal affairs must be approved by the General's Office (i.e. the Prime Minister's Office) before it could be implemented.

Today is the wedding day of Li Li's younger brother Li Xian. It is also the auspicious day for the new General Pingdong Huan Fei, Tiger Guard General Xu Chu, one of the five tiger generals, the military advisor General Guo Jia, the chief clerk of the General's Office, and the new governor of Liangzhou and the chief secretary of the Prime Minister's Office Li Xuan.

This was a belated wedding. It was supposed to be married as early as last autumn, but the sudden outbreak of the Sili war forced the five couples to postpone their wedding dates until mid-February this year. Li Xian's newlywed wife was Zhao Yun's sister Zhao Yu, while Li Xuan, Guo Jia, Huan Fei and Xu Chu's wife were the four daughters of the Zhen family. After this in-laws, the Zhen family was the first emerging family under Li Li's rule and also a newcomer in Chang'an. The family was so prominent that the Li clan in Beidi County, which was Li Li's family.

The wedding ceremony was held at the General Mansion of Zhennan, and Li Li personally married. Four heavyweight elders were invited to be witnesses. The four people were: Cai Yong, the dean of Tai Academy, Kong Rong, the descendant of the Confucian saint Confucius, Li Jue, the head of the Medical College, Hua Tuo, the chief of the Medical College. In addition, there were 102 great scholars (namely famous teachers) from Tai Academy to watch the ceremony. The representatives were Zheng Xuan, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Zhang Ji, Guoyuan, Bing Yuan, Cui Yan, Guan Ning, Hua Xin, Wang Yue, Shi A, etc., and most of the people here were civil and military officials under Li Li.

Of course, such a lively scene was naturally indispensable to the generals of the Xiliang Army. Hundreds of generals and above came to watch the ceremony, so that before the wedding began, the entire mansion was boiling. Many side courtyards and side halls had already set banquets, and a group of generals gathered together to feast, and they drank happily early in the morning, making the entourages in the mansion busy. The maids ran away their legs, but they were still too busy. As a last resort, the old butler Li Fu had to seek help from Zou Jing, the butler of the general's mansion, and temporarily dispatched 300 servants and 200 maids from the general's mansion to help. In addition, all the furniture in the other courtyards of the general's mansion were also brought over, causing the thousands of soldiers stationed in the general's mansion to be busy.

Therefore, the entire General's Mansion in Zhennan became busy since the early morning. The entourage maids in the inner courtyard were in a hurry, going in and out; the front yard was full of traffic, and carriages blocked the street outside the main gate, and people who came to send gifts and congratulate him one after another and lined up to enter the mansion. Seeing such a grand occasion, Zhang Ai, Zhen, who had rarely appeared in public, had to organize a large number of female officials in the inner court to help, register and clear the crowd.

However, just when the mansion was busy, General Li Li was having a leisurely tea with his father-in-law Cai Yong in the main hall. There were more than ten people accompanying him on both sides of the hall. Kong Rong, Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were sitting on the left, and Li Xuan, Li Ru, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu were on the right.

Speaking of which, Li Li rarely had time to sit with these great scholars and famous generals in the past two years to have tea and talk. Especially his father-in-law Cai Yong, who was sitting beside him, this old Taishan made Li Li respect and fear. He respected him because Cai Yong not only married his daughter to him, but also helped Li Li with great help, which can be said to be a recreation of kindness. Thinking about it, if Cai Yong had not strongly recommended him to be the prefect of Wuwei in front of Dong Zhuo, Li Li would have the day to stand out, how could he have become a great minister today? The reason why Li Li was afraid of Cai Yong was not really afraid, but because Cai Yong kept nagging in his ears, repeatedly talking about loyalty, righteousness, etiquette, and the way of a minister.

When Dong Zhuo died, Cai Yong pestered him all day long and said to collect Dong Zhuo's body, which made Li Li one and two big and miserable. In the end, he was forced to let Cai Yan pull him away, and then accompanied him to talk, read books, and practice calligraphy every day, so that he could calm down his ears.

Since then, Li Li was a little scared of his father-in-law Cai Yong and was reluctant to sit with him easily. Even if he went to visit him every year during the holidays, he would meet in a hurry and then immediately escape. For this reason, Cai Yan and his sisters often made fun of him for this, and sometimes threatened Li Li to submit by inviting Cai Yong to come and stay for a few days.

The seasons are like flowing, and time flies.

In a blink of an eye, three years have passed. Since Cai Yan gave birth to a fat boy for Li Li, Cai Yong often went to Meiwu to visit his grandson. Sometimes it took half a month to come, and he was quite lingering. However, one thing is strange, that is, since Cai Yong had a grandson, he rarely talked with Li Li alone. When he met occasionally, he just said a few words of concern. In addition, he did not say much or mention the way of his ministers. For this reason, Li Li was not used to it at first, and subconsciously thought that Lao Taishan was brewing some long-term thesis, and when it was appropriate, it broke out together.

However, over the past few years, Cai Yong had no extra words except to favor his grandson, and devoted himself to studying and teaching and educating people. In the past three years, he no longer asked about the affairs of the court, nor mentioned the etiquette of the monarch and ministers, and seemed to have become much quieter, or had turned a corner. Knowing that his son-in-law had a lofty ambitions and a tenacious mind, it was useless to say more, so he simply stopped nagging.

Until not long ago, Cai Yan told Li Li that Li completely changed his views on his father-in-law and truly respected him from the bottom of his heart. That was three months ago. Cai Yong and Kong Rong turned against each other in Tai Academy. Two contemporary scholars over 60 years old had a dispute, and they were so quarreled that they were so red and their necks were thick, and they almost fought. The cause of the incident was that Kong Rong knew from somewhere that Li Jue had greatly reduced the supply of the royal family, so that the emperor Liu Xie was so hungry that his face was pale and thin, and he was often unable to go to court. For this reason, Kong Rong complained to Cai Yong, and his purpose was nothing more than to notify his son-in-law Li Li through Cai Yong and treat the emperor well.

Unexpectedly, Cai Yong was furious after hearing this, claiming that the war ahead was stalemate, Xiliang was already short of food and grass, and as the king of a country, he should set an example, save money and feed to serve the army to fight. How could he take the opportunity to cause trouble and disrupt the stability of the rear? Then, the two white-haired old men became quarreled and did not give in, causing the entire Tai Academy to be uproared. Then they divided into two groups of forces and debated, but no one could convince anyone. The matter became more and more intense and spread, which forced Li Jue to come forward in person and lead troops into Tai Academy, as if he was not good enough, so he had to resolve it by force. At this time, Cai Yong stood up and prevented Li Jue from leading troops into the academy. Kong Rong saw that the situation was not good, so he dared not say anything more.

At this point, the dispute originated from the two great scholars gradually became silent, until the Western Liang army won a great victory in the front, and the disputes that had been eliminated were also invisible. After this incident, the students of Tai Academy highly praised Cai Yong's remarks that "the country is in danger, everyone is responsible", which made Cai Yong's reputation in Tai Academy soar, and he became the dean who is most loved and respected by students.

After Li Li learned about this, he finally understood that Cai Yong was not an old scholar who was ignorant of the world. The reason why he persuaded Li Li to abide by the way of the ruler and the subject was that he did not know that Li Li's ambition was far beyond expectations. However, when he gradually realized that Li Li was in love with the world, even though it was difficult to accept it, he was not convenient to say anything else.

Today, the Xiliang army has become more and more powerful, and Li Li is at its peak. His prestige in the Xiliang land has long surpassed the emperor, making the people of Xiliang only know the great general Li Li but not the emperor. This made Cai Yong feel that Li Li might be able to accomplish things, so he deliberately maintained Li Li's reputation in daily teaching and promoted Li Li's achievements, making Li Li's image deeply rooted in people's hearts, and invisibly promoted students to worship Li Li.

Don’t underestimate what Cai Yong did. This is the best way to truly support Li Li from the source. It influences students to respect Li Li in ideological terms. When these students grow up, Li Li will be a god in their hearts that they cannot reach. Supporting and loyalty to Li Li is their inevitable choice.

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