Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 115 Yongchang Customs
Yuexi County.

After capturing the Beishui ferry guarded by King Gaoyuan of Yueqi County and opening up the road to the capital of Qiongzhi, the capital of Yueqi County, Liu Zhang led the southern expedition army across Beishui and headed towards the Qiong capital of Yueqi County. All set off.

On the way to Qiongdu, Liu Zhang sent scouts from a distance to detect the movements of Yi Wang Gaoyuan. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles.

After a while, the scouts sent out discovered Gao Yuan's movements. The Yi king Gao Yuan entered Qiongdu to defend the city, hoping to defend the city and resist Liu Zhang's army.

After receiving the military information from the scouts, Liu Zhang expressed that he was very happy to see that Yi King Gaoyuan did not flee to the mountains and forests, but resisted in Qiongdu.

If Gao Yuan fled into the mountains and forests, he would really have nothing to do with Gao Yuan for a while. The Yunnan-Guizhou region in this era is basically a virgin forest, with high mountains and dense forests, rapid water and deep pits, and a very low level of development. People go into the mountains and forests. It's really hard to find after looking around.

But now Gao Yuan gave up fleeing to the mountains and forests, and instead stayed in Qiongdu City. In this case, Liu Zhang's goal was clear. As long as he surrounded Qiongdu City and killed Gao Yuan and Gao Ding's father and son, Yuesi County would be pacified without having to go there. It is much easier to find a needle in a haystack in the virgin forest.

However, there was one thing that made Liu Zhang very unhappy. The news returned by the scouts said that Gao Yuan burned the residences of the Han people outside Qiongdu City, and expelled the Han people away from the city out of distrust of the Han people.

It is a very bad thing to lose the shelter of your house at this time. It is August now. Although Yunnan and Guizhou are in the subtropical region, which is much warmer than the north, the Three Kingdoms period was in a period of great cooling, and the climate ushered in a period of low temperature. The Bohai Sea The bay is frozen, and troops and horses can cross from Changli to Yingkou.

If there is no house at night and you live in the wild, the low temperature at night will cause the human body to become hypothermic, which is enough to kill people. I am afraid that some frail Han people have already lost their lives.

Regarding Gao Yuan's behavior, Liu Zhang gritted his teeth and silently judged Gao Yuan in his heart.

'Gao Yuan, you have a way to die. '

Burying this hatred deeply in his heart, Liu Zhang held a banquet in the Chinese army's tent to entertain a young man from Yongchang County.

After the banquet started, he picked up the wine glass on the table and greeted the young man in front of him.

"Ji Ping, please."

Lu Kai in front of him was a little flattered. After Liu Zhang toasted, he quickly picked up the wine glass on the table and drank a glass of wine respectfully.

After drinking a glass of wine, Lu Kai felt a little emotional in his heart. He had been to Chengdu when he was studying in childhood and had met some children of wealthy families in Shu. However, these people did not take him seriously as a young man from Yongchang. They thought he was from Nanzhong, an outsider, and half a Yi.

This time, he was sent by his father, Yongchang County's Prime Minister Lu Chang, to go north to report the news to the army marching south, letting Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang know that Yongchang County had never rebelled, and did not join in the rebellion. The conquest army arrived.

I thought that when I came this time, a small official like him would at most be received by figures such as meritorious officials and soldiers. Naturally, Liu Zhang, who controlled the power in Yizhou, would not be able to see him.

But unexpectedly, Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang actually received him in person, gathered everyone together, and held a banquet with wine. He valued him very much and did not treat him because he was from a small and barbarian country. despised.

After drinking a glass of wine, Liu Zhang sighed to Lu Kai.

"In the land of Nanzhong, there are father and son Gao Yuan and Gao Ding in Yueqi County. They are old barbarians who do not become kings and bring disaster to them. In Yongmian County, Yizhou County, the Yong family, being a wealthy family, rebelled and surrounded the prefect Gao. Yi Yu Dianchi; Zhu Bao, as the county magistrate in Xianchi County, refused to accept the king's orders and imprisoned the county governor Jing Yi, doing whatever he wanted." "There were people in these counties who rebelled, but only Yongchang County, under the governance of your father Lu Juncheng, did not No matter what trouble occurs, and the roads are cut off and there is no news from Chengdu, Qing and his son are extremely loyal."

Speaking of the emotional Liu Zhang, I cosplayed Zhuge Wuhou: "I didn't expect the customs in Yongchang area to be so honest and upright."

Lu Kai's eyes were a little moist. Liu Zhang's words touched his heartstrings. What the Han people in Yongchang, who live in the land of Sou and Yi, need most is recognition from others, not to mention the recognition from Liu Zhang, a Yizhou shepherd. At this moment He wished he could shed his blood for Liu Zhang.

He attended the ceremony and bowed down to Liu Zhang, expressing his loyalty: "Ming Gong, although I, Yongchang, am a foreigner, most of the people in the county have read the official books thoroughly and have always been loyal."

"Since these days, the exchange of news between Yongchang and Chengdu has been cut off. The Yong clan of Yizhou County has issued letters one after another, tempting us, Yongchang scholars, to rebel. However, we, Yongchang scholars, have already made an alliance with our blood and swore allegiance to Ming Gong. We are absolutely the same. Heart."

Liu Zhang stepped forward to help Lu Kai up, and said to Lu Kai: "I know what you are thinking."

Liu Zhang naturally knew what kind of person Lu Kai was. There is a record of Lu Kai in the history books.

Historically, the situation of Yongchang County was more dangerous than now. The current Yongchang County has been holding on for several months and has not communicated with the Nanzhong rebels.

Historically, Yong Kai rebelled in the third year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty. In the third year of Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty, Nanzhong was pacified by Zhuge Liang. The place has been maintained for several years.

Zhuge Liang praised at that time: "Yongchang County official Lu Kai, Fu Cheng Wang and his wife, etc., have been loyal to the territory. For more than ten years, Yongkai and Gaoding forced them to the northeast, but Kai and others kept their integrity and refused to communicate with them."I don’t realize that Yongchang’s customs are upright! '

Lu Kai is a figure comparable to Su Wu. He lives in a remote area and abides by his integrity.

Liu Zhang sent Lu Kai back to his seat. After drinking a few drinks, he and Lu Kai chatted: "Ji Ping's surname is Lu. Could it be that he is the descendant of Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei."

Thinking that Yongchang County governs Buwei County, Liu Zhang guessed that it was related to Lu Buwei. Lu Kai was a descendant of Lu Buwei in [-].

"Ming Gong's prediction is correct. Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei is the ancestor of the Lu family in Yongchang." Lu Kai first agreed, and then told the origin of the Lu family in Yongchang.

"Emperor Xiaowu opened up the southwestern barbarians, connected with the Nanshan Mountains, crossed the Lancang River, and established two counties: Xitang and Buwei."

"Among them, Buwei County is named because I, the Lu family, moved here after the Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei."

Liu Zhang nodded and praised Lu Buwei to Lu Kai: "Buwei wrote a book and made a statement. There is a book "Lu's Spring and Autumn" that has been circulated in the world and was once published in Xianyang City Gate. He said that if anyone can add or delete a word, he will be given a letter. A reward of a thousand pieces of gold, and no one can add or delete a single word after that.”

"The style of the sages is admirable."

(End of this chapter)