Guo Jia's house was only more than a hundred steps away from Yacheng. Although Sun Ce walked slowly, he still arrived soon. After entering Yacheng and coming to the backyard, a faint fragrance came. A few new wintersweets were blooming in the corner of the wall, and translucent petals bloomed in the moonlight, with faint fragrance swaying.

Sun Ce stopped, stood still in the yard, and looked at the wintersweet in the corner of the wall in a daze.

Yuan Quan gave a wink and asked Yuan Heng to accompany Sun Ce. He quietly retreated out, arranged for washing and rest. Yuan Heng understood and stood quietly beside Sun Ce, and said softly: "Did the king hesitate about how to use Zhong Yao?"

Sun Ce smiled. How to use Zhong Yao? He already had a plan in his mind, but this did not prevent Yuan Heng from listening to Yuan Heng's thoughts. Mrs. Zhong is Guo Jia's wife, and she is very close to the Yuan sisters. The influence is comparable to ordinary civil and military officials. It is always beneficial to know more opinions.

"What advice does the queen have?"

"I will give advice from national affairs, and the king will make arbitrary advice. I dare not give any suggestions. I just... I'm a little worried."

"Worried?" Sun Ce smiled and said, "What are you worried about?"

"I was worried that the people of Ruying gathered around Zhong Yao and had some unrealistic ideas. Zhong Yao was older and the head of the Zhong family. His reputation was beyond Guo Jia, Xun You and others. The ones who could compare with him were Chen Ji and Xun Yu. As soon as Chen Ji passed away, he abandoned his official position and returned. He thought that this method did not seem like a coincidence."

Sun Ce's heart moved. He also felt that Zhong Yao was coming too suddenly. Zhong Han and Xun Chen, the four chiefs of Yingchuan, were representatives of the Yingchuan family in the late Han Dynasty. Han Rong, the head of the Han family, Xun Yu, the head of the Xun family, and Zhong Yao, the head of the Zhong family, have been in Chang'an. Only Chen Ji, the head of the Chen family, is in Yingchuan, but he has not been in office and has been unemployed at home. This is one of the reasons why the Ru Ying people have no obvious advantages in the officialdom.

Xin Pi and Xun Chen came to surrender when they were defeated. Xun You and Guo Jia were not famous. Xu Shao from Runan was forced to leave his hometown. Chen Yi followed Yu Ji to practice Taoism and had no intention of entering the officialdom. Ru Ying's figure with great influence did not appear under his rule for various reasons. The Ru Ying faction was no different from the Qing Xu faction and Yangzhou faction. However, the Ru Ying faction has been seeking greater development. This is something that everyone knows. It is recommended that he eliminate Chen Ji's number of officials, and he rejected them for various reasons.

Chen Ji died in June, and now Zhong Yao is back. Isn’t it a coincidence? It seems that Zhong Yao is very embarrassed to do this, but if you think about it carefully, Zhong Yao can’t find a better way. If he is not embarrassed, it will easily cause alertness.

Moreover, Zhong Yao responded in a slight manner, and every sentence was in line with his wishes. It is probably not true to say that he had not prepared deliberately.

"Then... don't need him?"

"It's not okay if he doesn't need to be afraid. It can't help but be cold and cut off the Ruying people's path to advance." Yuan Heng tilted his head and thought quietly for a moment. "It's better to let him replace Mr. Zhang first and teach his younger brothers and sisters. In two years, Shubi should be the independent commander. He is impatient and needs a mature and steady person around him. Zhong Yao may be suitable."

Sun Ce laughed and said nothing. Yuan Heng turned his head and looked at Sun Ce. Under the moonlight, Sun Ce's face could not be seen clearly, and his eyes were a little obscure. Yuan Heng said timidly: "Master, I am too talkative. I should not talk about national affairs. I would also ask the King to punish him."

"You should punish you, but don't talk about state affairs because of ignoring the country." Sun Ce let out a sigh and said quietly: "For you and me, state affairs are family affairs, and it is not realistic to not let you intervene at all. But your intervention method is too cliché. My efforts over the years have been in vain, which disappoints me."

Yuan Heng's face turned pale, broke free from Sun Ce's hand, stood in front of Sun Ce, and bent his knees and was about to bow down. Sun Ce raised his hand to support her. "If you are reasonable, just be reasonable. Don't bow at any time. It seems that I am too domineering, and you know how to bully the children."

"I……"

"Think carefully, what exactly do you want?" Sun Ce pulled Yuan Heng's face and walked up to the hall. "Don't rush to answer, let's talk about it after you have thought about it."

Yuan Heng pursed his lips, his face turned red and white for a while, and he was a little at a loss. Sun Ce held her hands and went into the hall, entered the bedroom, sat down beside the bed, and met Sun Ce's joking gaze, and became even more panicked.

"I...I don't know."

Sun Ce laughed silently. "Look, you don't know what you want. What's the point of spending so much effort?"

Yuan Heng was embarrassed, twisted his fingers, lowered his head, and said nothing. Yuan Quan walked in with two maids and toiletries. Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "What's wrong? I'm bullying Ah Heng again?"

"Look, look." Sun Ce was heartbroken. "You have ruined my reputation for life. Do you think you should be punished?"

"A lifetime of heroic reputation?" Yuan Quan laughed out loud. "Did you say it too early? You have only passed a quarter of your life in a hundred years? Besides, you are not afraid of shadow slanting. If you really stand upright and act properly, who can destroy your reputation?"

She pulled Sun Ce aside, asked him to wash his face and rinse his mouth, sat next to Yuan Heng, hugged Yuan Heng's shoulder and asked about the incident. Yuan Heng said the whole story and looked at Yuan Quan with help. Yuan Quan stretched out his hand and pointed the tip of Yuan Heng's nose, regretting that he was not strong enough.

"You should be punished. I have taught you so many times, but I just won't change it."

"Sister, I'm afraid..." Yuan Heng's eyes were so aggrieved that his eyes were red and tears were pouring.

"What are you afraid of?" Yuan Quan said angrily, taking out his handkerchief and wiped away Yuan Heng's tears. "Da Peng has the ambition of Da Peng, and Xue Jiu has the ambition of Xue Jiu. What's so shameful about it? Xue Jiu should not laugh at Da Peng, nor should he be afraid of Da Peng ridicu. If you are lucky enough to attach the wings of Da Peng and sway up, it is not a shame, and you don't have to be afraid of what others say. Whether it is jealousy or sarcasm, how can you have to do with me?"

Yuan Heng sniffed and nodded. After washing his face, Sun Ce returned to them, looked at Yuan Quan, and then looked at Yuan Heng. "When will you start reading "Xiaoyaoyou"?"

Yuan Quan did not answer, and pushed Yuan Heng. "Tell your husband, what do you want?"

"I..." Yuan Heng blushed and was still embarrassed when he spoke to his mouth. He looked at Yuan Quan, but Yuan Quan refused. Yuan Heng had no choice but to muster up the courage. "I think if I have the chance, I will ask Zhong Yao to assist the prince in the future."

Sun Ce laughed. As soon as Yuan Heng opened his mouth, he knew what she wanted to say. After all, she was not Yuan Quan, and she did not have such cunning and means. He said that he was worried that Zhong Yao would become the leader of the Ru Ying people, and that Zhong Yao would assist Sun Yi. In fact, there was only one purpose that was true, so that Zhong Yao, the leader of Ru Ying, would become the right-hand man of the future crown prince. Whether he was willing to admit it or not, the strength of the Ru Ying people cannot be ignored. As a Ru Ying people, the Yuan family naturally wanted to take this power for themselves and not give others the opportunity to covet the position of the crown prince.

"Is this request too much?" Yuan Quan said.

"Not too much." Sun Ce shook his head. "Aheng is the queen. If she has a son, she wants to invite a highly respected and famous scholar as her master to learn how to govern the country and ascend the throne smoothly in the future. It would be abnormal if she doesn't think so."

Yuan Quan turned to Yuan Heng. "Look, what's there to be afraid of?"

"Husband, sister, I was wrong."

"Your request is not overdone, but there is a problem."

"What's the problem?" Yuan Quan looked puzzled.

"First of all, you have to have a son."

Yuan Quan laughed "puke", glanced at Sun Ce, and said angrily: "It's almost done, Ah Heng will be eighteen next year. I've asked the minister to see it. She has many sons. In the future, you will have more than one legitimate son, and you can always pick an excellent one."

Sun Ce laughed loudly, waved his hand, with a heroic expression. "Okay, let's leave one of the best people to guard the Central Plains in the future, and send all the rest to conquer the world. The legitimate son is the king and the concubine son is the marquis, so that the world can be the Sun family's swimming pool."

"Okay, you can capture the moon from the sky and capture the dragon from the sea. You can do whatever you want. But now you should think about Zhong Yao's affairs. Ru Ying is very resentful. If you don't appease it, you will have trouble sooner or later." Yuan Quan took off Sun Ce's coat, pushed him to the bed, sat down, took off his combat boots, brought him a footbasin, tested the water temperature, and put Sun Ce's feet in. "The party members have always wanted to capture military power, and Zhong Yao is utilitarian. He wanted to go to Liangzhou, but now he is coming to Nanyang, but he is afraid that he still has the idea of ​​commanding troops. If you refuse to let him command troops, you always have to give him a more promising arrangement. It is not a way to ask him to assist Ji Bi..."

"Why don't I let him lead the troops?" Sun Ce interrupted Yuan Quan.

Yuan Quan was stunned, looked up at Sun Ce with his eyebrows slightly frowned. "Husband, this is not a joke. The people of Ruying are numerous, with talents and strong financial resources. Nowadays, many people are serving in the army, only one step away from directly taking charge of the troops. Once this hole is opened, half of the troops will be Ruying in the future. It is expected that they will not lose their tails."

Sun Ce nodded. He had already anticipated this possibility, and it was precisely because of this that he planned to let Zhong Yao command the troops. Some things the more they didn't let them do, the more they wanted to do. If they really wanted them to do it, maybe that's the case. Commanding troops and fighting was not as easy as imagined. Not everyone can afford the suffering in the army. In fact, it is not easy to become a famous general in a place of prosperity in culture, because the army is too hard, so how can it be easy to be a civil servant?

Besides, now it is not the King and Horse. The Eastern Jin Dynasty, which shares the world with the greatest military power in his hands, is not afraid of the Ruying people.

"It's better to be distracted than to block it. They don't know how difficult it is. The military commander is not a matter of justice, and famous generals are not famous scholars. Just be able to speak out for a few words and praise each other, that will kill people. If they want to be Zhao Kuo, I will help them. I will not lose if I can really produce a few famous generals. Zhou Yu and Shen You are all from aristocratic families, so what's the problem with Ru Ying's number?"

Sun Ce paused and chuckled softly, "If they thought they were just like Li Ying, that wouldn't be enough."

Yuan Quan thought for a moment and smiled. "That's right, the people of Ruying have always regarded Li Yuanli as an example, but if Li Yuanli is still alive, even if he can be ranked in the ninth governor with his military ability, he may not be able to enter the top three. Zhong Yao may not be able to be stronger than Li Yuanli."
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