"Second uncle, I still want to eat candied fruit!" Little Butterfly pointed to the stall selling candied fruit not far away and said to Liu De, Liu De is also rare to have a good mood to go shopping, it has been more than two months since he came to this world, and it was the first time to accompany Little Butterfly out to take a good look at the county seat under his jurisdiction - Dongyu.

Although Dongyu is a frontier, Liu Shang is a fair person, does not collude with the nobles and strong, oppresses the people, and severely cracks down on the gentry who annex the land. When Liu Shang and Chen Shuo first arrived in Dongyu, they slaughtered several large families who colluded with foreign races, and failed to wash away the smell of blood in a month's time, since then Liu Shang has completely mastered Dongyu City, developed agriculture, encouraged commerce, promoted childbirth, reduced taxes, discovered the children of the poor family, and trained soldiers.

In the grandfather ruled Dongyu City for more than 50 years, did not let Donghu enter Dongyu City a step, in the past this is simply unimaginable, at that time Dongyu City is like a sieve, Donghu Army wants to come, want to go, in their own back garden is not so convenient, after all, their own back garden is their own things, it is not good to break it. There are not so many requirements in other people's back gardens, and you can do as much harm as you want.

There are more and more people in Dongyu City, the nearby land was annexed, the people who can't survive, also dragged their children and daughters to Dongyu City to join their grandfather, their grandfathers did not refuse, all accepted, which created the prosperity of Dongyu City today, the population reached 160,000 people, almost every family set up a longevity card for the grandfather, if it was not for the grandfather deliberately prevented, the people of Dongyu had to establish a shrine for the grandfather, which shows the prestige of the grandfather.

Liu De is dressed in a white scribe's shirt today, wearing a scribe's crown, holding a folding fan in his hand, and hanging a sword at his waist, but he is a good and graceful young man. Xu Hu and Dian Wei fell far behind Liu De with more than a dozen guards, although they were in their own territory, they still didn't dare to be careless, looked around vigilantly, and took precautions.

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A side hall of the palace, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty lay on the couch and listened to the ministers' reports, his face was paler than a month ago, his eyes were thick, his eyes were scattered, and the ministers who knew knew that although the emperor fainted several times because of the death of King Kang, but in the final analysis, it was because of excessive indulgence, the body was overwhelmed, and he often consumed secret medicines, so it caused today's situation, the emperor's body is getting worse and worse, and his life is not long in coming, and the emperor only has two princes, one is three years old, one is two years old, all are young children, As long as some ambitious ministers want to become auxiliary ministers, and even restore the old system, re-establish the prime minister, hold great power, and be a powerful minister under one person and above ten thousand people, just like Su Jing who went through the Great Three Dynasty - "The emperor is eight years old, and political affairs are decided by respect." (Reference: Huo Guang)

The emperor of the Great Zhou also knew that his health was getting worse and worse, and even a few days ago, he was fortunate to be unable to **, so that he lost face, I am afraid that his life span is only two or three years, and it is time to consider the problem of the successor, the two princes, both young, the eldest son and mother Cao, is the daughter of Sikong Cao Sui, Sikong Cao Sui is short-sighted and arrogant, if the eldest son succeeds to the throne, it will not take a few years, Cao Sui will control the military and political power, and when the abolition of the Son of Heaven is between Cao Sui's words, this world is probably the surname Cao. It's not the surname Ji in the world.

The second son and mother He Shi, the sister of He Sui, the general of the army, the Great Zhou Emperor intended to set up the second son as the crown prince, but although He Sui's official position was Sanpin, it was still too low, if you wanted to govern the center, the official position of Sanpin was not feasible, so the Great Zhou Emperor sent He Sui to fight to kill King Kang and establish himself as Ouyang Yi of King Jin. In this way, he can justifiably improve He Sui's official position.

Emperor Da Zhou originally intended to make Situ Chen He an auxiliary minister, Chen He was loyal, capable, and highly respected, and was the best candidate to serve as an auxiliary minister, but unfortunately Chen He was old, frail and sickly, and I am afraid that he would not be able to hold on to the pro-government of the Son of Heaven; Sima Li Zhen is capable but ambitious and only cares about selfish desires. If Chen He, Li Zhen and He Sui are allowed to serve as auxiliary ministers, Li Zhen and He Sui will restrain each other, and Chen He will be in the middle, so that the Ji family will have no worries in the world.

"Your Majesty, Zhennan General Huangfu Yi has conquered several counties, and the thief Kou Dong Liang has been forced into a desperate situation, and General Huangfu will return in triumph soon!" Sima Li Zhen said to the Great Zhou Emperor.

"Good, good!" Hearing this good news, Emperor Da Zhou's face instantly turned a lot ruddy, and he struggled to sit up from the bed, and said: "Huangfuyi really lives up to the expectations of the widow, deserve to be rewarded, deserve to be rewarded!" What else is going on? ”

"Lingzhou Mu personally led the troops to quell the rebellion, but was shot by a stray arrow, now life and death are unknown, the thieves are rampant, and tens of thousands of homeless people have been coerced, and they have rebelled in the local area, gathering many people!" Li Zhen was telling the emperor, but this time he was cautious and didn't dare to raise his head, for fear that the emperor would burst out of monstrous anger.

Sure enough, Emperor Da Zhou's slightly ruddy face instantly turned iron-blue, and he scolded: "Waste, waste, it's all waste!" Not a single little tenant farmer can be pacified, what use do you want! ”

In the middle of the ring, the Great Zhou Emperor was physically exhausted because of the insults, and lay down on the couch again, saying, "Do you have any candidates to go and quell the rebellion?" ”

When Cao Sui heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Dongyu County, the mighty general Liu De is strategizing, using soldiers like gods, and the generals under his command can fight well, so why don't you send Liu De to Lingzhou to quell the chaos!" Until now, Cao Sui has never forgotten Liu De, and he wants to treat Liu De to death, if Liu De leaves Dongyu, it is not for anyone to handle, and he can't escape from the palm of Lao Tzu's hand.

It's a pity that Cao Sui patronized and killed Liu De, but forgot that he kept mentioning Liu De in front of the Great Zhou Emperor, but let the Great Zhou Emperor keep the name Liu De in his heart, knowing that Liu De defeated the 100,000 army of Donghu, and the soldiers under his command were heroic and reusable.

"Ridiculous!"

Chen He dragged the sick body to discuss the matter, and said to the Great Zhou Emperor on the couch: "Your Majesty, Yanzhou is far away from Lingzhou, and the army can only reach it after several months, and Liu De has to garrison Dongyu City to guard against the invasion of Donghu. Therefore, Cao Sikong's suggestion must not be feasible! ”

"That's right..."

The Great Zhou Emperor kept thinking.

"Your Majesty, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Lingzhou, Liu De can go to Lingzhou alone, I think with Liu De's ability, he will definitely be able to quickly quell the rebellion!" Cao Sui will not give up easily, and has another plan!

"Nonsense, unrealistic, Your Majesty, the soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, how to make the fingers like an arm, Cao Sui is resentful, it is to cause Liu De to die, I hope Your Majesty will investigate it carefully!" Chen He angrily reprimanded Cao Sui and said earnestly to the Great Zhou Emperor.

"Chen Situ, you always favor Liu De, what is your intention?" Cao Sui pressed forward step by step.

"Cao Sikong, you want to kill Liu De, what are your intentions!" Chen He didn't give an inch!

"Chen Situ, it is the duty of a courtier to be loyal to the royal family, how can there be the slightest objection!" Cao Sui went one step further.

"Cao Sikong, it's so unrealistic, have you ever thought about what kind of situation Lingzhou will become if the counterinsurgency fails, why don't you wait until then, Cao Sikong will lead troops to quell the rebellion?" Chen He argues with reason.

"Chen Situ..."

"Cao Sikong..."

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The Great Zhou Emperor on the side had already heard it faint, and Li Zhen was secretly thinking in his heart on the side, Liu Da was a tenant farmer, and his ability was slight, if it weren't for the fact that Lingzhou Mu was too unlucky, and he was in the middle of a stream, I am afraid that the rebellion had already been put down, and this credit was in front of him, why not take it, and wait for when!

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word!"

Li Zhen stood up and bowed.