Chapter 77 4. The woman behind Sima Yi

"Husband, you've been busy all day, and it's time to rest at this time." Zhang Chunhua walked over with a goose yellow jade bowl, knelt on the cypress floor, raised both hands to his forehead, and presented it to Sima Yi. Come up, "This is your favorite 'fresh milk crisp'..." Sima Yi straightened his upper body from the desk, put down the documents in his hand, took the bowl of milk puff pastry, and slowly stroked the bowl with a silver spoon: In recent years, the Central Plains have been settled and Shuo Bian has been clean, and the Xiongnu vassals have shown their submission. In the meaning of this, more than a hundred cows were presented to the imperial court.Cao Pi raised these cows in Shanglin Garden, and milked them as rewards for Sangong Jiuqing and important officials above the second rank.Sima Yi, as a first-rank minister, could easily drink this milk cake.He gently scooped up a spoonful and put it into his mouth.

"Husband... I'm going to play the piano for you right now to calm your mind." Zhang Chunhua stood up slowly, moved lightly with lotus steps, and walked towards the Zhang Jinse placed in the corner of the room, with a graceful figure Soft and light as a willow branch swaying in the spring breeze. "No need." Sima Yi put down the silver spoon and said softly, "Chunhua, how about reading an article from "Xunzi" today?" "If your husband is so elegant, Chunhua will make a fool of himself." Zhang Chunhua stopped, turned around gracefully, and began to recite in a clear and clear voice, "...a gentleman with a big heart respects the sky. Taoism, being careful is fearful of righteousness and restraint; wisdom is open-minded and classy; foolishness is upright and law-abiding; seeing reason is respectful and stopping; seeing closedness is respectful and equal; joy is harmony and governance; worry is tranquility and reasoning; understanding is literary And bright, poor is detailed."

Listening to his wife Zhu Yuanyurun's recitation, Sima Yi smiled and nodded repeatedly.By the time Zhang Chunhua finished reciting the nearly thousand-word article in cadence, Sima Yi almost drank the milk crisps in the goose yellow jade bowl. He closed his eyes slightly and smacked his lips, not knowing whether he was relishing the deliciousness of the soufflé or the feeling of savoring and listening to the classics.After a moment of silence, he said leisurely: "Sage Confucius heard the music of "Shao", but he didn't know the taste of meat for three months. As a husband, if he didn't listen to the classics for three days, he would feel his ears plugged; Blindness; if you don't read classics for three days, you will feel bad breath..."

Zhang Chunhua came forward to clean up the bowls and spoons in front of him with a smile, and said softly: "Husband, my Sima family is originally a famous Confucian family. If you don't make books your career, live and enjoy books, wouldn't you Forget your origin?" "Hmm... Chunhua! You're right: fame and fortune are not valuable, and reading is the foundation!" Sima Yi's heart moved, and he suddenly asked her, "By the way, how have Shi'er and Zhao'er progressed in their studies recently?" "Master read Sun Tzu's Art of War today, Zhao'er copied it today." Zhang Chunhua said with a smile, "Husband, don't worry - there is a concubine next to them to supervise them, and they dare not be lazy. "

"It's not enough just to bury your head in reading dead books - what's the use of being a 'bookworm'? The key is to apply what you have learned and enlighten your wisdom! Of course, personal understanding is the most important; in addition, you have to Rely on the advice of a famous master!" Sima Yi touched his bright and wide forehead, and slowly muttered, "Originally, Hu Zhao, the brother who is my husband at Ziyuan Academy in Linglong Valley, has the most pure Confucianism. It is most suitable to send Shier and Zhaoer to him to study. However, Luhun Mountain seems to be a bit too remote from Luoyang. The Confucian attainments of the father and son Wang Lang Sikong and Wang Su Shilang in Luoyang City are not as good as they are. It is not satisfactory, but they are in high positions and have many official duties, I am afraid that they will not be able to spare time to guide Shier and Zhaoer... Sigh! This is a dilemma."

"Husband, why should you worry so much? According to my concubine's opinion, Shi'er and Zhao'er should take Wang Lang Sikong and Wang Su's servants as their teachers first, and they don't have to go to school every day. They still mainly study at home, usually by themselves." The concubine came to concentrate on tutoring, and then stayed every three to five days when the two adults Wang Lang and Wang Su had time, and then went to ask for advice with questions. Maybe, this kind of learning effect will be better? Wait until Shier, Zhao When the children are older, my husband will send them to study and visit with Senior Brother Hu Zhao, and it will be a matter of course, and their studies will improve!"

"Well... Chunhua, the method you mentioned is very good, just do as you said. You should carefully prepare a generous gift, and pick a suitable time for me and my wife to pay homage to the palace together, and personally come to the door to plead Wang Sikong and his son took Shier and Zhaoer as apprentices..." "Okay." Zhang Chunhua responded with a smile.She thought about it for a while, and seemed to remember something important again, and said, "By the way, I almost forgot to tell my husband, today I gave Shi'er and Zhao'er a chance to cultivate their temperament—" ——One person sent out a ball of twine, let the two of them sort it out in the fastest time..."

"Oh? Let them sort out the mess? Hehehe... how did they figure it out?" "It's a bit ridiculous to say it - the teacher picked up a pair of scissors on the spot, and cut the ball of twine in half with a 'chachacha'! When my concubine taught him, he still plausibly said: 'boy This is: sharply cut the mess, why not?!'..." "Good, good, good! The strike is fierce and blockbuster, Shi'er really has the spirit to break through the tough!" Sima Yi listened, and laughed, "Then what about Zhao'er?" "Zhao'er? He is not as impatient as his elder brother. He just squatted on the seat and combed the locks slowly and unhurriedly. Although it took nearly half an hour, he finally sorted out the mess. Clear and undisturbed.”

"Looking at it this way, it's good that Zhao'er can calm down and play steadily." Sima Yi beamed with joy, "Chunhua! These two sons are good candidates, so I have to trouble you to stay at home." Carve it out for your husband!" "Husband, there is a saying: 'A tiger father has no dogs.'——All of this is the result of my husband's precepts and deeds in the mansion. What credit can I say for my concubine?" Zhang Chunhua thanked humbly, "As for teaching my son to be successful It is the responsibility of the concubine to make it useful, so I should do it with all my heart."

Sima Yi stared at Zhang Chunhua quietly and remained silent for a long time.It has been more than 20 years since this wife married him in the six years of Jian'an in the previous dynasty.During this period, she worked hard for herself in the rear, took care of the housework, and took care of the general affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner, so that she could have no worries in the official struggle outside. This credit is really commendable.Moreover, Zhang Chunhua is familiar with classics and history, and has a deep understanding of military strategies.So, he calmed down his thoughts, and nodded lightly: "Chunhua——in the future, you can also take part in some matters with brother Yin, and when there are some things that are too late to inform your husband, you can discuss them with brother Yin after you make up your mind." I’ll take care of it. Some things you think are untrue, you can also help your husband to keep an eye on them in secret. Brother Yin only has one head enough for himself, so you should try to help him check for omissions and fill in vacancies. Take precautions before they happen!"

"Okay." Zhang Chunhua answered lightly, but his heart was as clear as a mirror: Husband asked her and Sima Yin to participate in the secret and important tasks behind the Sima Mansion. One is to increase manpower and increase efforts; Use your own eyes to spy on Sima Yin.In fact, she had been participating in the confidential and important affairs of the Sima Mansion intermittently before, but this time Sima Yi completely clarified her mission and position, allowing her to sneak deeper and more realistically into the Sima Mansion's great cause for thousands of years! She restrained her thoughts, glanced at the mountains of various documents and intelligence letters on Sima Yi's case, and sighed deeply: "My husband has to be busy with official duties in the office during the day, and he has to go back to the mansion at night. I have to work hard for the great cause of our Sima family... Sigh! Why don't you tell the third brother the outline of our Sima family's ambitions like when your eldest brother was alive? Don't let him come to share your worries and problems to help your husband. Create a big business?" Sima Yi listened, picked up the cup of tea beside the desk, put it to his lips and sipped it slowly, without answering for a while.For his third younger brother Sima Fu, he always has an inexplicable affection for him.During the days when he was lurking in seclusion and filial piety, he had already observed that his third younger brother was a real celebrity who was devoted to keeping the Tao and upholding integrity.At that time, Sima Fu set up the ambition of being noble and noble, and he wanted to be a first-class loyal minister of Gao Yao and Bi Gan. Take advantage of the mind, choose the best way in the world, and walk the right way in the world." This passage is written as a motto and engraved on the leather belt, always alert yourself.When his father Sima Fang was alive, he also saw Sima Fu's upright and upright personality and was not good at making changes at will, so he didn't let him participate in Sima's great cause of "becoming a latecomer and dominating the world".Later, in the battle between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi to establish an heir in the Wei Palace, although Sima Yi led him into it, he did not reveal much to him about the core secret strategy of the Sima family's "emerging suddenly and turning the world around".Sima Yi is very partial to himself as the third younger brother: he does not want to put the ironclad family mission on Sima Fu again, so that Sima Fu also becomes a "pawn" in the big chess game of the family mission and obliterates his own. Personality and integrity.Moreover, he has always had a premonition: If he really tells the third brother the core secret strategy of the Sima family's "emerging suddenly, attacking people later, and turning the world around", he may be forced to finally have a physical and mental breakdown and commit suicide!This was the scene Sima Yi was most reluctant to see. Thinking of this, Sima Yi sighed deeply: "Everyone has his own ambition, why bother? The third brother's ambition is to end at the end of the festival, so let him go. Our Sima family has hundreds of years of loyalty and filial piety, and we can cultivate a third brother like him." A maverick and upright man, I am also very pleased to be my husband. You don’t know—if it wasn’t for the father, uncle, and elder brother who entrusted our Sima family with the task of “emerging suddenly and turning the world around” when they were dying As a husband, as a husband, I am afraid that he is also like the third brother, "self-satisfied and independent"!" Zhang Chunhua listened, sighed softly, and didn't say anything more, walked over to help Sima Yi tidy up the documents and letters on his case table.