I received my adopted son in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 339 How Do I Know?

Listening to Old Dong talking about something he didn't understand, Cai Yan no longer asked the truth, but just looked at him quietly and smiled softly.

To understand a person is not to be able to understand every word of the other person, but to be able to feel his mood at the moment.

Even if she didn't understand, she continued, "You don't need others to interfere too much in emotional matters. Anyway, that girl from the Zhen family only wants to connect with you in terms of political interests."

"You might as well ask her to come to Luoyang to seek business. If she doesn't want to marry Zilong or Wenyuan, let her pursue it; if she just wants to work as soon as possible, she will marry your other confidantes soon."

Old Dong was taken aback, and stretched out his hand to embrace her in his arms: "With such a good helper as you, what can I ask for?"

Cai Yan smiled knowingly, nodded and said: "I also can't figure out why you have such good luck to marry a woman like me who is both beautiful and intelligent."

"Yo?...Are you proud so soon?" Old Dong also laughed, and then said: "The old man is not only worried about this little thing about men and women, but also about major events in the world."

"How big is it?" Cai Yan was puzzled, and said, "This time, the Bingzhou has been leveled, and the Xiongnu and most of the Xianbei have also surrendered to you. Under An Rong's policy, the entire Han Dynasty has basically been peaceful, how much more can you worry about?" ?”

"It's not too big. It's just Yizhou, half of Liangzhou, and the Taihang Mountains, plus Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Henan." When he said this, Old Dong couldn't help but sighed: "It's a bit of a stretch to say." Disappointed, before the old man entered Luoyang, there were only so many turbulent places in the world."

"It turned out to be more than a year of jumping up and down, and the tricks were also fancy, but after careful comparison, I found that at best, the time was fiddled with two years ago."

"You can't say that." At this moment, Cai Yan became angry instead, and said, "If Luoyang hadn't been ruled by you, the world would be in chaos and chaos, and the building would already be falling."

"Thanks to the mercy of the heavens, you were allowed to fish in troubled waters and take charge of the court of the Han Dynasty. Since then, you have promoted commerce, eliminated courtiers, stabilized the government, suppressed turmoil, promoted new policies, equalized the rich and the poor, and harmonized Rongdi..."

As he spoke, he looked at Old Dong with gratitude in his clear eyes: "You seem to have only turned back the time two years ago, but in fact you have saved a dynasty."

"Such a world-class career can only be achieved by a famous official who can repair the gaps in the sky, and there will definitely be great books and praises in the history of later generations."

While talking, she casually picked up a branch.

After sketching randomly on the ground, he suddenly stepped on the ground: "As for Yizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and half of Liangzhou and Taihang Mountains, it's nothing more than your kicking in the future. Why do you have to sigh and belittle yourself here?"

After the voice fell, it was discovered that there was no movement at Old Dong's place.

Cai Yan raised his head again, only to realize that he was looking at him suspiciously.She couldn't help touching her face strangely, and said, "What are you looking at, is there something on my face?"

"Have."

"What? Where?"

"It's like putting honey on your mouth." Old Dong laughed and said, "Let me wipe it off with your mouth quickly..."

"Aiya! You... you disciple, you..." Cai Yan was so ashamed, blushing, swung her small pink fist, and beat him several times bitterly.

……

"By the way, since you are thinking about those places, do you have a countermeasure?" Cai Yan asked honestly leaning in his arms again after arguing.

"Why do you ask such a question?" Old Dong was a little surprised, wondering how she could guess so accurately.

"Tch..." Cai Yan rolled his eyes, full of the charm and essence of his old Dong: "Things that make you miss, can escape your clutches, can you not hold back your thoughts and plan?"

"Well, it makes sense." Old Dong looked at Cai Yan in his arms and nodded, realizing that this question was really superfluous: the answer is unclear.

"If you hadn't been my wife soon, and you knew so much, the old man would have murdered me."

Old Dong sighed when he heard the words, then sighed a long time, and said: "It's a pity that you have lost your soul. In the future, you can only work hard to create people and import them..."

Cai Yan is going to explode again.

But this time, Old Dong was on guard, before she jumped up, he quickly subdued and said: "Okay... I'm going to have a showdown with you, don't pretend, I do have plans for those forces."

"The three prefectures of Henan, Yan, and Qing, the old man is too lazy to lead troops to pacify them himself, and intends to hand them over to Sun Cao and Liu."

As he said that, he hurriedly told the origin and temper of the three of them, Sun, Cao and Liu, and then said: "The three of them each have ambitions, but their ambitions are completely different."

"Sun Wentai is like a fierce tiger, with the courage to conquer the world by force; Cao Mengde is a traitor, unparalleled in strategy and planning, and can even control the situation; Liu Xuande is benevolent and generous, caring for Li Shu, and he should win the hearts of the people after he takes office."

"If only one person is placed in the Central Plains, the three of them will inevitably rise sooner or later."

"Maybe one day, I will still want to wrestle with the old man. But all three of them threw it over, and one monk carried water to drink, two monks carried water to drink, and three monks ran out of water..."

Cai Yan has never heard of the story that is well-known in later generations.But she didn't need to say much, with just a glance, Old Dong told this little story again.

"You're not quite right. The three monks have their own selfish intentions. They are afraid of losing money so they will have no water to drink. And you want the three families of Cao, Sun and Liu to restrain each other, so the power to choose and reconcile will be..."

Speaking of this, Cai Yan stood up suddenly, her bright eyes were surprised: "This kind of control and balance is the emperor's mind, and you have learned it without a teacher?..."

"What is the emperor's mind, I get a headache when I mention this old man."

Old Dong couldn't help rubbing his forehead, frowned and said: "The little emperor in the palace is already wary of this old man... Sure enough, the imperial power and the prime minister have been enemies since ancient times."

"Obviously you can't live without me, and I can't live without you, but you still want to love each other and kill each other. In the end, you will even get into trouble, and you will die."

As the relationship began to stabilize, Old Dong was used to confessing everything in front of Cai Yan without any scruples. He would not hide any small thoughts in dark corners, any outrageous words.

Cai Yan no longer held any barriers to Old Dong, and even asked directly: "What are you going to do?...Replace it?"

"It's too troublesome..." Old Dong shook his head, and said: "The old man can have today, to put it bluntly, he is coercing the emperor to seek disobedience, and the hearts of the people still gather under the banner of the Han Dynasty."

"The most important thing is that it doesn't feel very interesting to abolish him as emperor."

This is the truth, for a lazy person like him, it’s okay to be a Prime Minister who works half the day and rests half the day, but if he really wants to 996 all year round, he will definitely be unhappy.

Although power is tempting, without happiness, no matter how brilliant and meaningful life is, he finds it meaningless.

"Happiness is the most important thing to be a human being." Thinking of this, Old Dong smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, he won't be able to become a climate yet."

"It's not good for children to be naughty. Most of them are used to it. Just give them a good spanking on a rainy day."

Cai Yan heard the words with long eyes, didn't say much, and didn't know what to think.

At this moment, Dian Wei walked over with a depressed face, and said, "Xiangguo, something happened in the barracks, and you need to deal with it."

"What's the matter?"

"Bing Cao issued an order to send soldiers to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, but many of the soldiers have settled down in Luoyang, and they are grateful for the good treatment here. Few of them are willing to go to Qingyanzhou."

When Old Dong heard it, it was really the same thing: People go to high places, water flows to low places, and finally became a soldier in the capital, and the salary is good, and the promotion channel is transparent. Who would want to be a soldier in the county again?
As for letting himself contribute money to help Cao Cao and Liu Bei recruit soldiers, Old Dong was reluctant.

"Then, don't we still have many prisoners?"

"He who is strong and well-educated has been recruited into the reserve service, and the rest have been sent to the army."

Dian Wei smiled wryly, and said: "When they arrived at the farm, they learned that they would be able to divide the land after three years of work, and become good citizens of the great Han again. They don't want to fight in unfamiliar counties..."

"Then, what should we do then?"

Dian Wei spread his hands and said, "How would I know?"

(End of this chapter)