Han Shizu

Chapter 3 Tianpan Asks Right
On February [-], the dragon looked up.

Outside Jinyang City, by the Fen River, a large-scale show has already been staged.He chose a large area of ​​fairly flat fields. Under Liu Zhiyuan's order, the meat eaters under Hedong Jiedu had to put down their bodies, carry their hoes, and personally plough the fields.

Liu Zhiyuan, headed by him, went to the fields in person to express the meaning of "heavy farming and cultivating mulberry fields".Liu Zhiyuan ruled Hedong for several years. Although there were measures to persuade farmers to teach farming and mulberry, he had never held such a lively ceremony as today.The meaning of this action is intriguing.

The accompanying civil and military, if you want to say how willing, it is not necessarily.It's just that the King of Peiping always had a smile on his face, followed by a diligent look.

In the spring rain in the early morning, some people sighed that it was a good omen.The soil wet by the rain was extremely sticky to his feet, and there seemed to be a strange force pulling people down to the ground during the movements.The work of cultivating the land is tormenting the officials and gentlemen of Hedong.But Liu Zhiyuan had orders, one person per acre.

Liu Chengyou, who came with him, naturally also participated in the show, rolling up his sleeves, rolling up his trousers, taking off his shoes and socks, and going down to the ground barefoot.Picking up the hoe, Liu Chengyou is the first time to try the taste of "face to the loess and back to the sky", which is not easy, time-consuming and laborious, and consumes patience.However, Liu Chengyou didn't seem to be arrogant or impetuous, turning over the ground in a hurry, as if tempering his mentality.

Not far from Liu Chengyou, he was a well-known tyrannical man with a serious expression and fierce eyes.He picked up his hoe and smashed it hard into the field, venting the anger in his heart to the ground beneath his feet.This is Liu Zhiyuan's favorite general, the military commander of Beijing Wujiedu, and Shi Hongzhao, the governor of Leizhou.This man was born in a farmer, but he never hated farming. This time he was asked to work in the fields.

"The country is in turmoil, the society is sinking, and there is no telling when the war will begin!" The hoe waved vigorously, raised a clod, and stood on his waist. Shi Hongzhao glanced in the direction of Liu Zhiyuan, and muttered in his mouth: " I don't know what the king is thinking, he is not busy preparing for the war, and he has time to play with hoes and plows in this field."

Listening to his words, Liu Chengyou's Yuguang couldn't help but swept towards Shi Hongzhao.This person seemed to be worried about the current situation, but Liu Chengyou knew that this fellow simply did not want to do this "low job" and was just complaining.Looking back indifferently, Liu Chengyou continued to work hard
"Your Majesty, take a rest first." After all, he was old, and when Liu Zhiyuan made a move to support him, a general who was waiting on the side immediately greeted him and supported him diligently.

Liu Zhiyuan was not stubborn, he put down his hoe, wiped a little dirt from his hands, walked to the carpet on the side of the field, sat down, took the water bag and took a sip.His eyes wandered, observing the situation around Wenwu.

His attention quickly turned to his two sons. Liu Chengxun had always been inactive, clumsy in movements, and weak in cultivation. He was already out of breath, and was leaning on the ridge and sneaking a little lazy.On the contrary, it was Liu Chengyou, whose hoe and hoe, calm and peaceful movements, combined with an excessively calm expression, made Liu Zhiyuan unable to hold back his surprise.

"Let Dalang and Erlang come over and rest!" Raising his fingers, Liu Zhiyuan instructed to the left and right.

Knowing that Liu Zhiyuan had summoned him, Liu Chengyou was still slowly hoeing the soil under his feet, and then he walked slowly towards Liu Zhiyuan.

In the near future, Liu Chengyou saluted: "Father."

"Sit down!" Liu Zhiyuan was discussing something with Liu Chengxun, looked up at Liu Chengyou, and motioned him to sit down.

"Yes!" In response, Liu Chengyou sat down, took a sip of water, and silently listened to the two of them talking.

Liu Zhiyuan seemed to be in high spirits. Looking at the brothers, he asked softly, "Dalang, Erlang, recently someone suggested to go to Bianjing alone to meet the Khitan Lord for safety, what do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Chengxun immediately became anxious and said excitedly: "It's absolutely impossible. The Khitan tiger and wolf clan, the Khitan master is even more greedy and tyrannical. If my father goes, it will be a sheep. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hedong are in danger, how can they leave easily and enter the dangerous land?"

Listening to his words, Liu Zhiyuan didn't answer, just looked at him indifferently.

"The death of Zhao Zaili, Liu Jixun and other Jin officials is still in sight. Father must be vigilant." Seeing that Liu Zhiyuan didn't respond to his own words, Liu Chengxun was even more anxious and gave Liu Zhiyuan two examples.

Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun were both ministers of the Later Jin vassals, one was the Jiedu of the Jinchang Army (Yongzhou) and the other was the Kuanguo Army Jiedu (Tongzhou).When Yelu Deguang entered the capital of Bianjing, he made the same choice as many later Jin Jiedu, and went to the Daliang to meet him in person to show his loyalty.It's a pity that they went diligently, but they didn't end well.

At the beginning, the Jin Shaodi and the Khitan were very good, so that the war between the North and the South began. Liu Jixun was the official residence of the Xuanhui North Academy and discussed it.When Liu Jixun entered Bian, Yelu Deguang took the matter and asked him to blame, and wanted to lock him to Huanglongfu to "cure" his wind paralysis.

Compared with Liu Jixun, Zhao Zaili seemed even more wronged.Yelu Deguang said some unfriendly remarks against this person, saying that Zhao Zaili caused the "Zhuangzong Rebellion".This is actually the fact that when Zhao Zaili was in Yedu, he was coerced by his audience and Yingcheng rebelled.Later, together with the court soldiers and horses who came to crusade, they supported Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty, as emperor.However, this was all 20 years ago. Yelu Deguang, the Khitan Lord, was guilty of the old chaos in the Central Plains.

Zhao Zaili felt the danger of traveling east, and when he passed Luoyang, he was humiliated by the generals.Later, when the news of Liu Jixun, who was one step ahead, came to him, he was even more worried, fearful, or unable to think about it, so he found an opportunity to commit suicide among the horses.

Hearing Zhao's death, Yelu Deguang probably felt that he had gone too far, so he released Liu Jixun.However, Liu Jixun's heart was full of anger and anger, and he knew that he hated the Khitan master.

Both Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun were not well-known and virtuous, but Zhao Zaili, in particular, used heavy expeditions and restraints every time of the calendar season. All the scholars and people felt it as a "thorn in the eye".However, with the status of Fangzhen Jiedu in the Central Plains, he paid tribute to Daliang, but it ended in a bleak end, which sounded the alarm for all the towns of Houjin who were still on the sidelines.

Liu Chengxun's words were sincere and admonished, and his concern was beyond words. Liu Zhiyuan's majestic face showed a slight smile, and he raised his hand to comfort him: "Father knows about Dalang's concerns."

After saying this, he glanced at Liu Chengyou, and saw that the second son's face was still unmoved, the corner of his mouth twitched twice, he coughed lightly, and said, "Erlang, what's your opinion?"

"The person who speaks should be killed!" Liu Chengyou said coldly, expressing his attitude.

However, Liu Zhiyuan was not surprised by the murderous intent in Liu Chengyou's bland tone, and waved his hand: "Guguang opened his mouth to speak, how can he kill people because of his words, and chill the hearts of Hedong's subordinates?"

It can be felt that Liu Zhiyuan said this without sincerity, just expressing his attitude.Liu Chengyou's tone was not ups and downs, and he said lightly: "My father is based on the pass, has a heavy army, has more merit than the country, and has a grand reputation. Shi Zhonggui, the mediocre king, knows the fear, let alone the Khitan master. If my father goes to Bianjing, he will definitely If I can't pay it back, even if I get my life, I will be the fish on the anvil. Now that the Central Plains have no owner, and China is sinking, my father, Hedong, thinks that it is time to forge ahead."

As he spoke, Liu Chengyou's voice stopped abruptly. He realized that he was talking too much. He raised his eyes to look at Liu Zhiyuan. Seeing that his eyes were blazing at him, he lowered his head subconsciously.Liu Chengxun stared at Liu Chengyou in a daze, his second brother, as expected, Fang Huitao never stopped talking about business.

"Little Huangkou, dare to speak rude words and despise the emperor?" Noticing Liu Chengyou's reaction, Liu Zhiyuan glanced for a moment and feigned angrily.

Liu Chengyou was silent, paused for a while, and replied, "I don't dare."

Upon seeing this, Liu Zhiyuan immediately smiled, and changed the subject very naturally, his eyes full of scrutiny: "Recently, Gu has received a lot of reports, saying that you are restless in the Longqi Army again. , to appoint a general."

Facing Liu Zhiyuan's questioning gaze, Liu Chengyou's face was still stiff, his eyes closed as usual, and he replied calmly: "I am arrogant in the army, do not listen to generals, and despise Shangguan. The strong are respected, the capable ones will go up, and the mediocre ones will go down, that's all!"

After listening to Liu Chengyou's explanation, Liu Zhiyuan stared at him for a long time, hehe laughed a few times.There was a vague sense of satisfaction in the laughter, floating around, attracting many absent-minded civil and military people in the fields.

(End of this chapter)