On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

Outside Jinyang City, on the bank of Fenshui, a large-scale show has been staged. A large area of fairly flat fields was selected, and under Liu Zhiyuan's order, the meat eaters under Hedong Jiedu had to put down their bodies, carry hoes, and personally plough the fields.

Liu Zhiyuan was the leader and personally went to the field to express the meaning of "emphasizing agriculture and mulberry and cultivating the field". Liu Zhiyuan ruled Hedong for several years, although there were measures to persuade farmers to teach mulberry before, but he had never had a lively ceremony like today, and he did it himself to make this "first hoe of the year". 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 Beiping is like this, he always has to smile on his face, and then make a diligent appearance.

In the early morning spring rain, some people sighed that it was a good sign, and after staying on the ground, they described how unhappy they were. The rain-soaked soil is extremely sticky, and there seems to be a strange force pulling people to the ground during the movements. This kind of work of cultivating the land is tossing the officials and lords in Hedong enough. But Liu Zhiyuan has an order, one person and one acre.

Liu Chengyou not only came with him, but also naturally participated in this show, rolled up his sleeves, rolled up his trousers, took off his shoes and socks, and went to the ground barefoot. Picking up the hoe, Liu Chengyou is the first time to try this taste of "facing the loess with his back to the sky", which is not easy, time-consuming and laborious, and consumes patience. However, Liu Chengyou did not seem arrogant or impatient, and he turned the ground unhurriedly, as if he was honing his mentality.

Not far from Liu Chengyou, there is a rough man with a serious expression and fierce eyes. Picked up the hoe and smashed it into the field hard, venting the frustration in his heart to the ground under his feet. This is Liu Zhiyuan's favorite general, the commander of the Beijing Wujie Metropolitan and the leader of the Leizhou Assassin Shi Hongzhao. This man was born as a farmer, but he had never hated farming, and he couldn't do it well even if he was a showman.

"The country is in turmoil, the society is sinking, and I can't tell when there will be a war!" With a vigorous swing of the hoe, he raised a clod of soil, and stood with his waist up, Shi Hongzhao glanced in the direction of Liu Zhiyuan, and said in his mouth: "I don't know what the king thinks, he is not busy with the army, but he has the leisure to come to this field to fiddle with the hoe and plow......"

Hearing his words, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but sweep towards Shi Hongzhao. This person seems to be worried about the current situation, but Liu Chengyou knows that this guy is simply unwilling to do this "lowly work" and complains. Retracting his gaze indifferently, Liu Chengyou continued to work hard......

"King, rest first." After all, he was old, and when Liu Zhiyuan had a support move, a tooth general who was waiting on the side immediately greeted him and supported him diligently.

Liu Zhiyuan was not reckless, put down the hoe, wiped off a little mud and dust on his hands, walked to a blanket spread on the side of the field, sat down, took the water bag and took a sip. His eyes wandered, observing the situation of the civil and military forces around him.

Attention quickly fell on the two sons, Liu Chengxun has always been a four-body industrious, clumsy in action, weak in reclamation, already out of breath, leaning on the ridge to steal a little lazy. On the contrary, it was Liu Chengyou, hoe by hoe, calm and peaceful movements, with an overly calm expression, so that Liu Zhiyuan couldn't hold back the surprise in his heart.

"Let Da Lang and Erlang come over and rest!" Raising his finger, Liu Zhiyuan commanded left and right.

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

Approaching, Liu Chengyou saluted with a glance: "Father." ”

"Sit!" Liu Zhiyuan was discussing something with Liu Chengxun, raised his eyes to look at Liu Chengyou, and motioned for him to sit down.

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

Liu Zhiyuan's interest seemed to be quite high, he looked at the two brothers, and asked softly: "Da Lang, Erlang, recently someone suggested that Gu go to Bianjing to meet the Khitan Lord in order to preserve, what do you think?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Chengxun immediately became anxious and said excitedly: "Absolutely not." The Khitan tiger and wolf clan, the Khitan lord is a greedy king, if the father goes, wouldn't it be a sheep into the tiger's mouth. My father is an uncle, and he is responsible for the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hedong, how can he leave lightly and enter a dangerous place? ”

Hearing his words, Liu Zhiyuan did not answer, but just thought about it and looked at him lightly.

"The death of Zhao Zaili, Liu Jixun and other Jin ministers, the lessons of the past are still in front of us. Father must be vigilant......" Seeing that Liu Zhiyuan didn't react to his words, Liu Chengxun was even more anxious and gave Liu Zhiyuan two examples.

Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun were both vassal ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty, one was the Jinchang Military Festival (Yongzhou), and the other was the Kuang Guo Military Festival (Tongzhou). When Yelu Deguang entered Bianjing, he made the same choice as many Later Jin Jiedu, and went to Daliang to meet in person to show his loyalty. It's a pity that he left diligently, but he didn't end well.

At the beginning, the young emperor of the Jin Dynasty and the Khitan were very good, so that the northern and southern soldiers were in the drama, and Liu Jixun was the official residence of the Xuanhui North Courtyard at that time, and he was among them. Liu Jixun entered Bian, Yelu Deguang took the matter to ask for the crime, and wanted to lock him up and go to Huanglong Mansion to "cure" his wind paralysis.

Compared with Liu Jixun, Zhao Zaili is even more wronged. Yelu Deguang made some unkind remarks about this person, saying that Zhao Zaili caused the "Zhuangzong Rebellion". This is a fact, when Zhao Zaili was in Yedu, the audience was coerced, and the baby city rebelled. Later, together with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court who came to crusade, they supported Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty Mingzong as emperor. But this was all twenty years ago, Yelu Deguang, the Khitan lord, was guilty of the old chaos in the Central Plains, and he was so far-fetched that he couldn't even settle accounts after the autumn, obviously he just wanted to stand up.

Zhao Zaili deeply felt the trouble of traveling eastward, and when he passed by Luoyang, he was humiliated by the generals. Later, when the news of Liu Jixun, who arrived first, came to be asked, he was even more worried, or afraid, or he couldn't think about it, so he found an opportunity to kill himself among the stables.

Hearing of Zhao's death, Yelu Deguang probably felt that he had gone too far, so he released Liu Jixun. But Liu Jixun was already depressed and indignant in his heart, and he knew that he had hated the Khitan lord, the road ahead was gloomy, and he was sick, and he soon died of illness at home.

Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun, although they are not famous and virtuous, especially Zhao Zaili, every calendar degree, they are relevant and tyrannical, and the people are all bitter, and they regard it as a "thorn in the eye". However, with the status of the Central Plains Town, he worshiped Daliang, but in the end it ended dismally, which sounded the alarm for all the Later Jin Domain towns that were still waiting.

Liu Chengxun's words were earnest, and the concern was beyond words, Liu Zhiyuan's majestic face appeared a little smile, and he raised his hand to soothe: "Da Lang's worries are known to my father." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Liu Chengyou, only to see that the second son's face was still not moved, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, coughed lightly, and said, "Erlang, what do you think?" ”

"Whoever speaks should be killed!" Concise and to the point, Liu Chengyou said coldly, indicating his attitude.

But feeling the murderous intent in Liu Chengyou's bland tone, Liu Zhiyuan was not surprised, and waved his hand: "Gu Guang opened his words, how could he kill people because of his words, and chill the hearts of Hedong's subordinates?" ”

can feel that Liu Zhiyuan said this insincerely, just a gesture. Liu Chengyou's tone did not fluctuate, and he recounted indifferently: "My father is based on the pass, has a heavy army, his merits are greater than the country, his reputation is grand, and the mediocre monarch of Shi Chonggui knows it, let alone the Khitan lord." If my father goes to Bianjing, he will not be able to return it, and even if he survives, he will still be a fish on the anvil. Now that the Central Plains has no owner, China is sinking, and my father has Hedong to rely on it, and it is time to forge ahead......"

As he spoke, Liu Chengyou's voice stopped abruptly, he realized that he had talked a little too much, raised his eyes to look at Liu Zhiyuan, and saw that his eyes were burning and looking at him, and he subconsciously lowered his head. Liu Chengxun looked at Liu Chengyou in a daze, his second brother, sure enough, only when he talked about business, he would be endless.

"Huangkou child, dare to speak disrespectfully and despise the Son of Heaven?" Paying attention to Liu Chengyou's reaction, Liu Zhiyuan looked at him for a moment, and reprimanded angrily.

Liu Chengyou was silent, paused for a moment, and replied, "Don't dare." ”

Seeing this, Liu Zhiyuan immediately smiled, and naturally changed the topic, his eyes were full of scrutiny: "Recently, Gu has received a lot of reports, saying that you are restless in the Longqi Army again. Recklessly, killing sergeants indiscriminately, and entrusting generals to ......"

Facing Liu Zhiyuan's questioning gaze, Liu Chengyou's face was still stiff, his eyes blinked as usual, and he replied calmly: "The arrogant soldiers in the army, don't listen to the general's orders, despise the superiors, I only practice military law." As for the commission, the strong in the army are respected, the capable are up, and the mediocre are down, that's all! ”

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