At the end of June, there was only a little tail left in the summer, and the sun was still releasing its heat vigorously, and along the way, the heat was still rolling and the breeze was gusting, but it was not as cool and vicious as half a moon ago.

When the brigade traveled south and passed through Anyang, Xiangzhou, Liu Chengyou led the whole army to hold a public memorial again to remember the dead people and soldiers. It has been almost three months since the Anyang Massacre, and the smell of blood has long since dissipated, but there are still a lot of traces of war left among the city walls, as if telling endless sorrow. Without a generation, Anyang and even Xiangzhou will not be able to recover as before.

Under the guard of a fierce personal soldier, the car drove slowly south. Liu Chengyou's car is not luxurious, it can even be described as simple, with an unobstructed view, there are not many shock absorption measures, and although the bumps are not particularly violent, they are difficult to endure after all.

Liu Chengyou is okay, young, and he can tolerate it after getting used to it. It's Tao Gu, who gave Liu Chengyou a lecture in the car, is a little difficult, after all, when people reach middle age, their immunity decreases...... I saw that he had a bitter face, his body swayed with the carriage, and he had to maintain a certain sitting posture to maintain his Confucian demeanor, and his voice was a little shaky.

Liu Chengyou handed him a soft cushion behind his back and said, "Mr. Tao, you don't have to be so restrained, use this cushion to slow down." ”

"Your Highness." Seeing this, Tao Gu immediately thanked him. I didn't have to endure it anymore, but I took the cushion, put it behind my back, and leaned on the carriage, which was much better.

sighed comfortably, but seeing Liu Chengyou straighten up and sit opposite, he was a little embarrassed, and wanted to return the cushion to Liu Chengyou.

Liu Chengyou directly raised his hand to stop him, handed him a bag of water to moisten his throat, and said, "Keep talking, I'll listen to ......"

At this time, Liu Chengyou, in Tao Gu's eyes, his image suddenly rose.

On the long way south, when the road was boring, Liu Chengyou liked to find Tao Gu and Wei Renpu to tell him books, and today it was Tao Gu's turn. Tao Gu is a person who has a strong memory and is eager to learn, has a wide range of scriptures and history, and all the sons and Buddhas are all involved, and it is more than enough to be a lecturer.

This person is definitely good at drilling camps, and he is used to meeting people, so he secretly found out Liu Chengyou's preferences, and knew that he liked to listen to historical biographies, especially recent and contemporary historical figures, so he did not lecture on scriptures, but turned to historical records. noticed that Liu Chengyou was paying attention to Wei Bo's affairs, so he told him about Du Chongwei today, and Liu Chengyou was really interested in this.

The first half of Du Chongwei's life can be described as smooth sailing, and the first half of his life may be a little dull, but in the Later Jin Dynasty, he was a very popular minister and was extremely honored. Perennial ban army, out of the handsome, calm Daozhou, Bing expedition.

With Du Chongwei's contemptuous posture, he occupies a position of power, and even shoulders the danger of the country's society, just because he is Shi Jingjiao's brother-in-law. People, if you don't have a good background, and you don't want to work hard, you have the opportunity to eat soft rice, you must seize it......

Looking at Du Chongwei's resume, it is found that there are only two shining points, one is to reduce the fan to Yanguang in Yecheng, and the other is to kill An and regain glory in Changshan, but these two things, how much effort Du Chongwei has made and how much credit he has made is also questionable. However, this is Du Chongwei's "promotion capital".

For the rest, Du Chongwei did some bad things. The surrender of the entire army of Zhongdu Hashiwaki and the destruction of the Later Jin Dynasty will not be elaborated on. This person also has the commonality of martial artists in this era, greedy, and good-natured.

When he killed An and regained glory, he took all his wealth and the public money of Changshan, and neither rewarded the soldiers nor handed them over to the treasury, but returned them to himself. In order to become virtuous and modest, the people are re-collected, and the taxes are added, and the people are greatly suffering, and all industries are withered, and ten rooms and nine are empty.

When the disaster in Zhenzhou was almost over, and seeing that there was really no oil and water to fish, he asked to return to the court, and then transferred to Wei Bo, and the evil government was the same as before.

Yelu Deguang once summed up that he had three mistakes, which caused China to gain and lose, one of which was to include the people's money. However, borrowing money from the people, Du Chongwei often did it when he was still in the Later Jin Dynasty, including the people's wealth to enrich their private interests and fill their homes, maybe the Khitan people got inspiration from Du Chongwei.

The Later Jin Dynasty broke off relations with the Khitan, and the Khitan repeatedly invaded the south, and the border guards were short of supplies and grain and grass. Hearing that Du Chongwei's private house had gathered 100,000 grains, the court exchanged tens of thousands of horses of silk for his grain, and did not treat him badly, but afterwards he felt that his family wealth was "confiscated", and he was quite angry.

Shouldered the responsibility of guarding the royal army to resist the Khitan invasion, but he only knew that the infant city was guarded, and he sat and watched the people under Hu Cai plunder and did nothing. There are often dozens of Hu horsemen driving thousands or thousands of Han people through the city, turning a blind eye to it, and there is no intention of attacking.

Although Du Chongwei was the commander, he relied on Li Shouzhen, Fu Yanqing, Zhang Yanze and other generals to forge ahead and attack urgently, and retreated from the enemy in a bloody battle. One thing to say, although Li Shouzhen is not much stronger than Du Chongwei, at least in the battle of Yangcheng, Li Shouzhen is still a little bloody. That Zhang Yanze is the same, although he later became a leading party, he still led the Khitan army to take Kaifeng.

And Du Chongwei pulled his crotch from beginning to tail. After the victory of the Battle of Yangcheng, there was originally a chance to continue to expand the victory, but the generals took advantage of the situation to pursue, but they were stopped by Du Chongweile and withdrew their troops halfway. In his opinion, it is rare to be able to save his life under the front of the Khitan soldiers, where can he dare to pursue excessively......

Tao Gu's narration is still relatively detailed, and he talked about it for more than half an hour, and his mouth was a little dry, so he picked up the water bag again and took two sips, while paying attention to Liu Chengyou's expression.

As for Liu Chengyou's expression, he has no expression.

After listening to Tao Gu's introduction, in Liu Chengyou's mind, Du Chongwei's image suddenly became "plump".

"As Xue Huairang said, compared with Du Chongwei, the crimes he has committed are also 'small and big'......"

sighed with emotion, Liu Chengyou asked Tao Gu: "The so-called public mouth is gold, and the bones are destroyed." The poem says that people's words are terrible. This Du Chongwei behaved like this, and he was scolded with resentment, so he didn't have any shame and awe? ”

Putting down the water bag, Tao Gu stroked his beard and chuckled: "Your Highness, the lower official will tell you two more little stories......

"Du Chongwei was in Zhenzhou, and the goods were very fierce, so that many people fled. After passing the market in one day, it is said that the left and right say: People say that I drive away the people, and there are so many people in the city! ”

"There is some truth to this question! Why? Liu Chengyou said, his tone full of sarcasm and contempt.

"The other one I heard about when I was still in the girder. After entering Tokyo, Du Chongwei scolded him every time he entered and exited Qu Road, but Du Chongwei only bowed his head, and then looked as usual, calm and calm......

"There are many strange people and strange things in the world, but this Du Chongwei deserves to be a strange. The skin is so thick! Liu Chengyou said: "Shi Chonggui relies on such people as the country's cadres, pays them elite, and protects the country." The country will not die! ”

"Your Highness is right!" Tao Gu immediately offered a sycophant: "Du Chongwei's greed and cowardice have reached the extreme, but the young emperor is still entrusted with the responsibility of his confidant, and the weight of the military state is really stupid." The demise of Jin is not providential, but also man-made, and the blame is self-inflicted. ”

Nodding, Liu Chengyou asked again: "You just said that Feng Dao and Li Song jointly recommended Du Chongwei as the commander." This person despises this, why do these two princes highly recommend their abilities, but it is intriguing. ”

Hearing this, Tao Gu's eyes rolled and he opened his mouth, but he temporarily changed his words and said: "The two ministers have their own ideas, but they are not something that the lower officials can explore. Perhaps, what about another consideration? ”

"When I get to Kaifeng, I want to ask the second prince about this." Liu Chengyou said a little casually.

Feng Dao and Li Songnagan, who were recaptured by Liu Chengyou from the Khitans, had already gone south to Tokyo with Liu Chengxun to meet the new emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"I learned a lot from listening to my husband's explanation. Sir, it's hard work, so let's go down and rest. Seeing that the sun was already setting in the west, Liu Chengyou instructed Tao Gu.

"The next official retired." Tao Gu also responded in due course.

When the car stopped, Liu Chengyou yawned, lay down sideways, and looked at Tao Gu, who bowed down and got out of the car. But I remembered the report I received that day, when I copied Xue Huairang's house, this Tao Gu, hands and feet were a little unclean. In this regard, Liu Chengyou knows it without asking, just keep it in his heart.

Supporting his head, Liu Chengyou continued to think about Du Chongwei. Sometimes, some things are really incomprehensible, a person like Du Chongwei, who is notorious and has no talent, can be the prime minister and uphold the three armies. But if you think about it carefully, it's not completely incomprehensible, after all, it's a relative of the emperor, maybe Jin Ting is the tallest of the short?

During the inspection of Zhending, Liu Chengyou also heard a rumor. It is said that Emperor Jin went north in the dust, all the way was bleak, and when he passed by Zhongdu Bridge, his eyes were full of tears, and he scolded Du Chongwei. But there is also some irony.

Thinking about it at this moment, a person like Du Chongwei, even if he has Wei Bo and tens of thousands of soldiers, even if he has millions, what is there to fear, but it is just a dry bone in the grave.

The elbow was knocked, it hurt a little, so he simply put it down, sleepiness hit, and explained to Li Chongju, who was guarding, and fell asleep.

By the time Liu Chengyou woke up, it was already dark, and the army was still heading south, but the speed was very slow, and his ears were full of the sound of wheels and footsteps, accompanied by the sound of insects coming from the field on one side. Lifting the curtain, Liu Chengyou looked out, saw a hazy twilight around him, and asked, "Where is it?" ”

Hearing this, Li Chongju hurriedly rode his horse forward and reported: "Your Highness, you have arrived in Liyang, and the commander has been ordered to go to the ferry first to set up a camp, just waiting for the Chinese army to settle in." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chengyou responded. With these capable subordinates, they can indeed worry a lot less.

At night, the weather is much cooler, and the breeze is blowing, which is very comfortable. Two candles were lit in the car, and the flames flickered, reflecting Liu Chengyou's figure, reading at night.

By the time of Liyangzhai, it was already completely dark, but Guo Rong and Xiang Xun had already settled the camp very properly, and they could "move in with their bags". When I got off the car, I saw that the camp was in an orderly and busy state, and all the battalions entered the camp in an orderly manner under the arrangement of training.

Dinner was already prepared, and in addition to the fire head army of the army, the Liyang County Commander also recruited some cooks and women to help. Liu Chengyou briefly met with Liyang Ling, and learned from his mouth that Ma Quanyi and Sun Li's material delivery fleet had come south from Yongji Canal, entered the big river, and went to Kaifeng, which had been more than three days, and it was estimated that it had reached its destination.

Counting the time, it is not much faster than Liu Chengyou, after all, it is necessary to take a detour, the water transportation in the north is not as developed as in the south, the river canal has not been dredged for a long time, and it is difficult to prevent any accidents on the road, and it is difficult to speed up. However, it saves a lot of manpower.

Hearing that it had passed Liyang, Liu Chengyou also breathed a sigh of relief, after this, it had reached the place covered by the central strength, and it was basically impossible for any more "accidents" to happen.

After a simple meal, Liu Chengyou called Guo Rong and Wei Renpu and asked them to accompany them to Liyangdu to have a look.

Liyangdu is at the foot, this important canal hub on the side of the big river, the scale is not small, a little deserted. However, with the Central Plains Dingding, there is also a little more vitality here, on the edge of the ferry, there are some civilian boats docked, and there are some inns and accommodations on the shore. There are always people, but the army is coming, and they are all low-key and honest.

Walking on the tidal flats, the canal is dark in the distance, only the lights on the desk are reflected in the near distance, the light is very weak, and the sound of flowing water is very clear.

"Your Highness, ten miles southwest of the ferry, is the place where the great river flows." Wei Renpu followed him and introduced him: "When the Liao lord returned to the north, he crossed north here. The Hu people did not learn to sail, so they forced themselves to cross and drowned many people......"

"I've heard of it." Liu Chengyou said.

Guo Rong was beside him, and also pointed in a direction, saying: "From here to the northeast, go straight to the main section of the Yongji Canal, enter the Haihe River in the north, take the waterway, and the northernmost can reach Zhuozhou." Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the country has used troops to the north, all of which have been used to transport money, food, and ordnance. ”

"It's just that over the years, wars have been frequent, turmoil has been endless, and the country has not prospered, the treasury is empty, and no one has the financial resources to dredge, which has caused the river canals to be silted, the water transportation is not smooth, and the transportation capacity has been greatly reduced." Wei Renpu added.

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou said: "You are reminding me that the river will be renovated in the future." ”

Wei Renpu chuckled and said: "But we can't be in a hurry, when the social stability is stable, the people's livelihood is restored, and the treasury is full, we can do what we can." ”

"That's nature, it's a river, but it's a luxury project." Liu Chengyou nodded his head.

Looking up at Liyangdu under the night sky, he was a little distracted, and after a short silence, Liu Chengyou sighed: "I don't know when I can see the scene of hundreds of boats competing for the current and thousands of sails racing from here." ”

"As long as the country is calm, there will naturally be ......," Mr. Guo said.

The conditions don't seem to be difficult, but it's so easy to do.

"To the south of the river, it's Huazhou!" Looking at the south, Liu Chengyou suddenly asked.

Wei Renpu replied: "Yes, it belongs to the same period as Weizhou, and it is the same as the Yicheng Army Festival, and it guards Tokyo." ”

"According to the map, it's not far from Tokyo!"

"The distance of more than 200 miles, if there is no delay, after crossing the river, it can be reached in two days. If you go by water, it's faster! Wei Renpu explained.

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou pondered for a while, and then opened his mouth and ordered: "Cross the river early tomorrow morning and take the land route." Send someone across the river to inform the slippery state, so that the other side can respond! ”

"Yes!"