Wei and Jin cooks

Shi Le arrived in Luoyang three days later than Zhao Erlang. By coincidence, Liu Kun arrived on the same day.

Unlike Liu Kun, who brought along his family, mother, wives, concubines, and children, Shi Le only brought Wei Jie and his confidant Zhang Bin.

This time the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not miss out, because both of them strictly followed the steps for the governor to return to Beijing, and sent people to Beijing to submit documents in advance when they arrived at the post station on the outskirts of Beijing.

Shi Le and Liu Kun were not familiar with each other, but they had heard each other's names for a long time. Liu Kun admired his military ability, while Shi Le admired his loyalty. They were both good drinkers, so when they met, the two sides agreed to drink together in the evening.

After making an appointment with Shi Le, Liu Kun looked at Wei Jie with bright eyes.

He is indeed a gentleman, and just standing there makes people feel heartbroken.

Liu Kun quickly stepped forward to make an appointment for a drink.

Wei Jie declined and said goodbye to Shi Le. He had a residence and relatives in Luoyang and would not join them in the inn.

Liu Kun and Shi Le also had houses, but no one took care of them, so they had to live in the inn first.

Naturally, Shi Le didn't like that his officials had close contacts with governors from other states, even though Liu Kun had been transferred to the position of Chief Minister of Honglu Temple.

After returning to the inn, Shi Le left Zhang Bin to talk, "Sir, have you seen the little girl next to Mrs. Liu?"

Zhang Bin was not sure what he meant for a moment, "General, what you mean is... to marry a new wife?"

Shi Le: "...I'm not that unreasonable that I want to be a generation lower than Liu Kun."

Zhang Bin breathed a sigh of relief and jumped out of this limitation. His mind suddenly became clear and he asked, "The general suspects that Liu Kun wants to marry your majesty?"

Shi Le: "Everyone knows that the emperor and the Prince of Qin have a deep love for each other. When he reaches his age, he will definitely get married. Liu Kun is a famous scholar with a reputation for loyalty. I just took a look at it several times and his daughter is not bad looking either. .”

Shi Le still felt a little regretful when he said this, "It's a pity that I don't have a daughter, otherwise I would have to fight for it."

Zhang Bin: "..."

Mrs. Wang had met Mrs. Liu and Liu Jianjia, and thought Liu Jianjia was good. She specially called Zhao Erlang and asked him to take Liu Jianjia to play in the garden.

Zhao Erlang was very obedient and led Liu Jianjia half a circle around the garden. When he saw that she couldn't turn anymore, he asked the palace maid to take her back, and he ran away secretly.

It's too scary. It's better to go to the front hall and listen to my sister chatting with others than to listen to his grandma chatting with others.

Zhao Hanzhang brought Liu Kun and Shi Le together and called them to Luoyang in order to win over and appease the tribes surrounding China, the Qianghu in the north, the tribes in the western regions, Shucheng and Tubo in the west, the tribes in the south, and the Duan clan and Xianbei in the northeast. wait.

Shi Le is from the Jie tribe, and she hopes that he can participate in the decision-making on behalf of the Jie tribe and other Hu tribes. Of course, she will not only ask for his opinion.

She also wrote letters to Zhang Gui of Xiliang and Li Xiong of Chengguo.

Liu Kun was a good friend, and he proposed to treat her as an equal, which coincided with Zhao Hanzhang, and was one of the reasons why she used him as the chief minister of Honglu Temple.

Because of his attitude, ethnic minority officials in the DPRK and China all had a favorable impression of him, not to mention officials from various ministries.

The wonderful thing is that Han officials also have a good impression of Liu Kun, so they are much more tolerant of this policy.

The charm of personality is so wonderful.

When Zhao Hanzhang insisted on the equality of all ethnic groups, the officials had no objection in public, but privately suggested that the land distribution, taxation and talent recruitment should be favored to curb the development of various ethnic minorities.

After Liu Kun also proposed this, the officials who had previously had objections obeyed easily, making Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but admire him.

So she had more expectations for his daughter Liu Jianjia. After discussing with them, she ran to the harem and wandered around, and successfully struck up a conversation with Liu Jianjia.

Liu Jianjia is a very gentle girl who speaks softly. Through Zhao Hanzhang's questioning and examination, she is a gentle and virtuous good girl.

So Zhao Hanzhang excluded her.

Wang's heart rate suddenly shot up. "She is the most gentle and virtuous among the girls. Why did you reject her?"

"It's just because she is gentle and virtuous, so it won't work." Zhao Hanzhang said: "Erlang doesn't need a gentle and virtuous wife. You see, she has a gentle personality and listens to her grandmother and father in everything. When she marries into our family in the future, she will do everything. Listen to Erlang and Liu Kun."

"What ideas can Erlang have? Isn't it because we want to marry him a wife because he has no ideas, so he needs someone with ideas to take care of him?"

Zhao Hanzhang didn't need to say the rest, Wang also understood it.

Zhao Erlang has no idea, so who will be the master of their family at that time, Liu Jianjia or her father Liu Kun?

Mrs. Wang became distressed, "You want to find someone who has ideas and is nice to Erlang, but where can you find him?"

"I don't need her to be particularly nice to Erlang. She just needs to have ideas, be good to herself, and want to live a good life." Zhao Hanzhang was very relaxed about this point and thought very openly, "Aniang, girl Life is more difficult than for men, so they will value their own small family more. I just need her to love herself more and have an exclusive desire for her own field. As long as she is smart and capable, she will be good to Erlang. "

Because you are smart, you know how to make trade-offs. Because you love yourself and your family, you want to live a good life and treat Zhao Erlang well.

"Emotions are mutual and come and go. Everyone is harmonious in the beginning, and the relationship will develop on its own. Although Erlang is straightforward, he has an innocent heart. I believe that as long as they find the right person, they will definitely live their lives together. Okay, so she doesn’t need to be more virtuous or gentle.”

Wang was convinced and nodded repeatedly.

Zhao Hanzhang then mentioned: "I received a letter from Xie Shi yesterday, and he assured me of being a matchmaker."

Mrs. Wang still has a good impression of Xie Shi. After all, he is the only gentleman who has taught Erlang for many years without getting angry.

Back then, Zhao Hanzhang chose two teachers for Zhao Erlang, one was Wang Zhen and the other was Xie Shi.

In the end, Xie Shi was the only one who followed Zhao Erlang all the time. Wang felt sad for him just thinking about it. Even now, as long as she teaches Zhao Erlang to read, she will become irritable in less than a quarter of an hour, but he can persist for so many years.

Wang asked solemnly: "Who is it?"

"She's his cousin."

When Wang heard this, she was very happy.

Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but be speechless. Her mother's recent state was that as long as she was a woman, she would be willing to do it and find it suitable.

Zhao Hanzhang's voice softened a bit, "His cousin is also very virtuous."

Wang was confused, "Didn't you say that virtuous people can't do it?"

"There is a difference between being virtuous and being virtuous."

Xie Shi's cousin was named Xie Xiangrong. She was well-known as a virtuous person in Langya and Yangxia. It was said that many people came to propose marriage.

This is information on the surface.

Since he was proposing marriage for Zhao Erlang, Xie Shi naturally explained Xie Xiangrong's situation in detail and explained why he thought this marriage was suitable.

His cousin was more than ten years younger than him, and her original name was Xie Xinxin. But when she was five years old, she saw that her mother was sad because she could not give birth to a younger brother, so she changed her name to the one originally reserved for her younger brother. name, then dressed in men's clothing and went to school instead of her brother who had no trace.