Wei and Jin cooks

Diao Xie was naturally strong-willed and had offended many aristocratic families when he was in Jiangnan. This time, Zhao Hanzhang mainly invited the aristocratic families in Jiangnan, and he didn't really want to go;

But when I thought that this was a rare opportunity to get in touch with Zhao Hanzhang, I didn't want to give it up.

Therefore, he agreed after only a brief thought, put on his best clothes, put on the most precious jade crown, and followed King Langya out with high spirits and fighting spirit.

Seeing Diao Xie looking like he was fighting, King Langya regretted for a moment. Was it wrong to ask Diao Xie to accompany him?

Is it too late to regret now?

Seemingly sensing his father's hesitation, Sima Pei, who had already climbed into the car and sat down, said, "Father, maybe the general will be happy for Diao Changshi to attend the banquet."

King Langya: "If there's a quarrel, what's the point of being happy about?"

Sima Pei: "My father will support Diao Xie, Liu Wei and his like to fight against the powerful families. Who knows that the general will not need such a sword?"

King Langya:......

Sima Shao on the side also nodded and advised: "Father, come up quickly, it will be too late if you don't set off. With our status, it is not easy to show up last."

King Langya quickly got into the car.

Diao Xie didn't hear the whispers between their father and son. He was simulating the debate with those wealthy families in his mind.

Naturally, not a single official from the court would attend such a large banquet. Since it was related to the development of Jiangnan, Zhao Hanzhang called Ji Yuanming and Chang Ning, as well as Zhao Xin, Fan Ying, Zhao Yunxin and others. .

As the hosts, they had arrived early, and Zhao Xin and Zhao Yunxin were busy following the arrangements.

Zeng Yue stood guard at the door, and everyone who entered was required to remove their weapons. The strict requirements were equivalent to the standards of a palace banquet.

The guests who came to the banquet had no objections. They heard that Zhao Hanzhang had been assassinated several times in the past month. To be honest, not only was Zeng Yue afraid, but they were also afraid that the people who came in would be assassinated. It would be bad if they were implicated.

So it's good to keep the danger away from the general's mansion.

A lot of people came, and they entered in four groups.

One group is the group of survivors led by Director Wang; the other group is the group of Jiangnan aristocratic families led by Zhou Qi and others; the third group is the Jiangnan people who have been excluded from the Jiangnan aristocratic families; the last group is King Langya and his group.

When King Langya and his entourage arrived, most of the people had already entered. They were the fewest, but received the most attention. Zhao Xin personally received them. After picking them up alone, he led them all the way to the garden.

There is an open pavilion in the garden, connected by several corridors, with a roof. It has snowed in the past two days. The servants shoveled all the snow on the road under the trees. Since the snow was not heavy, most of the snow on the roof was left. , at a glance, the snow is white, and the yellow walls and green tiles exude a sense of warmth.

The plum trees planted in the garden have buds, some are half-opened, and dots of red are dotted among the branches. The eyes of those who come in are attracted away involuntarily.

There are also snow scenes in the south of the Yangtze River, but such beautiful snow scenes are rare, so Zhou Qi and others did not have charcoal fires under the gallery or in the open pavilion, and went directly to stand under the plum tree, raising their heads and watching carefully.

The returning survivors couldn't help but be attracted. They stood aside and watched for a while, tears falling involuntarily.

When one person cries, others start to cry as well. Most people are quite tolerant and just wipe their tears silently, but there are always some people who are conspicuous and don't want to cry silently, so they just start crying loudly.

The one who cried loudly was Xia Houle, who was still related to King Langya. Of course, he was also related to Zhao Hanzhang. However, the survivors present could all be related to each other in terms of kinship.

This is why Xia Houle was particularly sad. When he saw Zhao Hanzhang rushing over, he was already holding the plum tree and crying until he hiccupped. He could only ask Zhao Hanzhang with tears streaming down his face, "General, how many families in the Central Plains have been exterminated since the first year of Yuankang?" , how many direct descendants have descendants?"

Zhao Hanzhang was stunned for a moment and then said: "Three or four out of ten."

Xia Houle hugged the plum tree and cried loudly. The cry aroused sadness in everyone's hearts, and their faces showed sadness. Although the noble families in the south of the Yangtze River were rarely affected by the disaster of war, they couldn't help but feel sad.

But they quickly suppressed this sadness. No, today we are talking about Jiangnan. The general's attention must be on the Jiangnan nobles, and they can no longer be snatched away by Jiangbei.

So Lu Yuan stepped forward to salute and said to Zhao Hanzhang: "General, all the Jiangnan nobles who came to the banquet have arrived."

Xia Houle still hugged the plum tree and cried. Hearing this, he wiped his tears and choked up: "But not many of my scholars who fled from Jiangbei to Jiangnan survived, and even fewer can come to the meeting this time."

He asked Zhao Hanzhang with tears in his eyes, "Has the general forgotten them?"

Zhao Hanzhang, who was about to talk to Lu Yuan, knew that it would be difficult to talk about Jiangnan today unless the affairs of the Jiangbei survivors were resolved first. She shook her head and said, "How could you forget?"

Seeing that his eyes instantly filled with tears and he was about to cry again, she hurriedly said before him: "Mr. Xiahou, does he know how many people north of the Yangtze River have survived from Yuankang to today?"

Xia Houle and everyone were silent.

Zhao Hanzhang sighed and replied: "Ten can't save one."

"It's so miserable, why does the general tolerate the Huns?" Yuan Gang looked ugly, "I don't know how many people in the Central Plains died at the hands of the Huns. They even regarded my Central Plains people as food and called them two-legged sheep. In this way The enemy clan must be wiped out completely to relieve the hatred in my heart."

Zhao Hanzhang said: "The Huns who advocated war were all killed by hand. The rest are just ordinary people who were pushed to the battlefield like the people of the Central Plains. Now they have surrendered to the Jin Kingdom. In my eyes, they are all Jin people."

Yuan Gang was so angry that he waved his sleeves and said: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different. General Zhao is too naive."

Zhao Hanzhang grinned at him and said: "Mr. Yuan's words are reasonable. Now that the world is unified, the so-called Chinese people include not only the Han people in the Central Plains, but also the Baiyue, Di Qiang, Xianbei and Xiongnu. The people you are talking about are not my people. Which one do you mean?"

Yuan Gang opened his mouth, paused for a while and then said: "Of course they are barbarians except Han and Baiyue."

As soon as these words came out, there was no need for Zhao Hanzhang to object. Everyone present violently criticized, "False, how can we distinguish based on the same race and culture based on the same origin? The so-called Han people do not only refer to relatives of the same clan. Yuan Gang, you You are short-sighted and brainless, so you should talk less."

Yuan Gang said angrily: "You regard the Xiongnu as your fellow tribesmen, but do they regard you as your fellow tribesmen? They will attack south whenever they have a chance, and then all life will be in ruins again."

"You can't overturn a boat with one pole. There are loyal people among the Huns."

"Bah, that's because your family was killed less by the Huns. If you ask me, the court should drive the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Di Qiang out of China and let them go to the desert to prevent them from coming back to harm the people of the Central Plains when they become big. ."

Zhao Cheng was originally sitting on the second floor not far away, drinking tea and admiring the flowers. Hearing this, he couldn't help it any longer. He put down his tea cup and rushed down, "Who said we should drive out people from ethnic minorities?"

His eyes immediately fell on Yuan Gang, his face as dark as water, "Do you know what a Han is and what a Chinese is?"

"The Han people do not just refer to one ethnic group. The Han people refer to all the people living under the rule of the Han Dynasty, including the Baiyue, Diqiang and Xianbei tribes. Before the Han Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, so we can also We call ourselves Qin people, but before Qin, we were Chinese people, so what is Xia?"

Zhao Cheng continued to output, "The people of Zhou called themselves Xia, and all the feudal princes were called Zhuxia, and later they were also called Zhuhua, so we are all Chinese people. In "Shang Shu Mu Oath", the Zhou rate "Shu, Qiang, Liu, Wei" "The people of Lu, Peng, and Pu" attacked the Shang, but the Qiang and Di had not branched out. They were all Zhou people, and then they opened up and expanded their territory. The Zhou world became more and more numerous, and the Chinese clan became more and more large. Now you can say except The Han people from the Central Plains and the Baiyue people are both foreigners, so they are excluded? You are the unworthy descendant who betrays your ancestors!"

He turned to Zhao Hanzhang and asked, "Is such a person worthy of being called a scholar? If you use such talents, you should stop being the regent general and return the power to your majesty as soon as possible. This will also prevent the Zhao family from ending up with a divided country and nation. An eternal crime."

Good night