Yanzhou, Dongyu City, Martyrs' Shrine.

From the outside, the martyr's shrine can be described as unpretentious, the area is not large, enter the courtyard, the middle is a main hall, on both sides are more than a dozen side halls, there is also a row of cypress trees planted in front of the hall, it looks so majestic in the cold wind, vigorous and powerful. And in the center of the courtyard stands a quaint stone tablet, which reads: Martyrs' Shrine. It was written by Liu De himself, calligraphy... Let's take a look!

The main hall is dedicated to the military generals above the rank of captain who died and died in battle since Liu Shang took charge of Dongyu City for 52 years, a total of 97 people, Liu Dezhi's grandfather Liu Shang, uncle Liu Kuang, father Liu Sheng, cousin Liu Qianran are in the list, and He Dongyan, who has just died in the last battle, is also among them.

The side hall is dedicated to the soldiers who died fighting against the enemy. At the beginning, Liu De's idea of the Martyrs' Shrine was to worship the sacrificed soldiers, but later when he discussed with Chen Shuo, Zhang Tianlang and others, Zhang Tianlang put forward different suggestions, he said, there are many captain-level generals who did not die in battle, but on the battlefield they also sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, bravely killed the enemy, thanks to Dongyu, these people should also welcome the martyrs' shrine, and to Liu De for example, Zhang Hong's father Zhang Yi is like this, although he did not die in battle, but died of illness seven years ago.

Liu De then agreed to Zhang Tianlang's proposal, although those soldiers who did not die in battle but contributed to Dongyu were welcomed into the martyrs' shrine after their deaths, and worshiped by the people of Dongyu, and all officials of Dongyu should also worship on major festivals and after the war, and this practice will be followed in the future.

This is the third day of Liu De's return to Dongyu, except for Liu Gui, Shan Hongwei, Zhang Hong, and Zhang Fei who are still in Leyang City, the rest of the generals are gathered outside the Martyrs' Shrine, and even Gong Du, who stayed in Hutou Mountain, is also among them. (Liu De ordered Liu Gui, Zhang Hong, and Zhang Fei to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to help Shan Hongwei repair the city, recruit the people, and wait until Shan Hongwei has a certain ability to protect himself before returning to Dongyu)

With Liu De as the mainstay, Chen Shuo is the head of the Wenchen on the right, and Zhang Tianlang is the head of the generals on the left. The two led Dongyu and the rest of the Wenchen generals to follow Liu De, and slowly entered the main hall with solemn expressions, and the people who followed behind were also red, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

The required sacrifices have already been placed in front of the generals, Jian Yong held the sacrificial text and read it aloud, the main content is to comfort the souls of the soldiers who died in the sky, and wait for the sacrificial text to read, Liu De raised the incense lit in his hand and bowed three times, and then inserted it into the incense burner, and the rest of the generals also worshiped one by one, so far, the worship is completed.

After Liu De and others withdraw from the Martyrs' Shrine, the Martyrs' Shrine will be open to the people of Dongyu, allowing the people to worship, of course, Liu De will also send a special person to guard the Martyrs' Shrine, carry out daily cleaning and maintain order in the temple, although there are special personnel, but the number is not too much, Liu De believes that no one dares to spread wild in the Martyrs' Shrine, if there is really one, I am afraid that at that time, without waiting for Liu De to do it, the people who dare to spread wild here will be torn apart by the people of Dongyu in an instant!

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“... In this way, the lord sent people to inquire in many ways, but he could not find He Jun. Chen Shuo shook his head and said, quite annoyed.

After paying homage to the martyrs' shrine, Liu De returned to the county government to deal with follow-up matters, the most important thing is the distribution of rewards for the soldiers after the war.

At this time, Chen Shuo came over to tell Liu De about He Jun's departure, this matter can be big or small, if it is not operated properly, it will indeed have a bad impact on Liu De.

After listening to Chen Shuo's reply, Liu De frowned slightly, and said, "It's okay, Grandpa Chen, you don't have to be upset, although He Jun has misunderstood me, time can prove everything." ”

Then he instructed: "He Jun is only ten years old, and the bandits outside are serious, how can I have an accident at a young age?" Ordered Jiang Lin to lead a group of men and horses to look for it, and notify the county orders of the neighboring counties, so that they all pay attention, but if there is a trace of clues, immediately report to the Dongyu County Ya. ”

When it came to the surrounding counties, Liu De was obviously in a bad mood, when he went out to Wenxian County, he wanted them to support some soldiers and horses, and they all pushed back and blocked them, and they cleaned them up one by one sooner or later.

Liu De's purpose in sending Jiang Lin is obvious, Jiang Lin is He Dongyan's friend, and it is impossible to harm He Jun, this is also Liu De's way to prove his innocence!

Liu De sat on the chair, thinking about it, he was angry, he was the lord of Dongyu City, and now his prestige was flourishing, he even needed to prove his innocence like this, and he was also drunk without assassinating his generals.

Indeed, as the lord of the lord, of course, you can punish the generals under your command, or even put them to death, but you must have a legitimate and suitable reason to prove that he has violated military orders or laws, so that the rest of the generals will also be convinced. Otherwise, it will definitely make the rest of the generals fearful, and if you are dissatisfied with the two words he said today, you will execute one of the generals, or deliberately send him out to make an illusion that he died in battle.

Tomorrow, will I be charged with a crime and put to death because I said two words? In this way, people are panicked, the monarchs and ministers are separated from morality, no one is really doing things for you, and the destruction of the power is not far away.

If you really want to do whatever you want, wait for the unification of the whole country, and gather the power of life and death in one hand, at that time, you are really at the peak of power, just like Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to rectify the rule of officials and strengthen the centralization of power, to put it bluntly, it is to consolidate your own rule, and launched the [Hu Weiyong Case] and [Lanyu Case], tens of thousands of people died because of this, how many founding heroes were killed, and no one dared to rebel, which shows Zhu Yuanzhang's political skills and ability. Of course, Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu really deserve to die, mainly because Zhu Yuanzhang expanded them, which caused tens of thousands of people to be killed, and it is difficult to say whether there were any wronged ones.

And now Liu De does not have such ability.

Jian Yong was responsible for recording the merits of the soldiers when Liu De went on the expedition, so he was responsible for the distribution of the soldiers' rewards without accidents.

The main official promotions are all in Liu De's own system, and when he was in Baoshan, he had already divided a group, appointing Guan Yu as a partial general, Zhang Fei as a captain, and Zhang Hong as a captain, and now he found that [Zheng Fu] had also reached 8050 in the system, so Liu De appointed Zheng Fu as a captain and promoted his officer to one level. The merits of the rest of the generals have not arrived, and their official positions remain unchanged.

And money, cloth, fields, etc. rewards Jian Yong also wrote down one by one, from Yan Nan, Liu Gui, Gongsun Qi, Guan Yu and other senior generals to each grassroots soldier, according to the merits, there are different rewards, Liu De looked very carefully, after reading it, he was quite satisfied, nodded, and said: "Old Jane, you have done a good job, just handle it according to this, you can't delay." ”

"The minister understands!"

Jian Yong nodded and said yes.

Liu De looked at the sky outside the window, and said to Jian Yong and the rest of the officials: "It's not early, you should go back to the house early to rest!" ”

"Congratulations to my lord!"

All the officials bowed in unison.

Liu De, escorted by Xu Hu and Dian Wei, went to his mansion.

The night was dark, the dark clouds obscured the moon, and in the dark night, I couldn't see my fingers, and only the torches in the hands of the guards could faintly see the road ahead.