In the second year of Jianning, in September,

Jiangxia County rebelled against the Han, and the Son of Heaven was furious and ordered Duan Cheng to lead the southern army to conquer.

If it were in peacetime, this decision would definitely be opposed by the ministers, and the northern and southern armies would only be used to deal with opponents from other places, or the states and counties could not do anything, and it was obvious that Jiangxiaman, who had less than three thousand people, was not among them, as long as the surrounding states and counties made a move, these people would definitely be suppressed strongly, and such a rebellion would be used by the southern army?

Jiang Xiaman, who is less than 3,000, has no more than ten people in armor, and only a few hundred people with iron weapons in hand, what about the Southern Army? All the Han armor, spears, swords, bows, crossbows, big shields, and the ministers could already imagine what kind of horror those Jiang Xia barbarians were when they saw the southern army, and they really couldn't figure out why the always merciful Son of Heaven would send the southern army to fight so cruelly?

The ministers thought again, that's it, the Son of Heaven does not send the Northern Army is already quite benevolent, if Zhang Huan leads the Northern Army to the expedition, those guys don't even have a chance to surrender, maybe because this is the first rebellion encountered after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, they will be so angry, and directly send the Southern Army, in fact, the little fat man is angry, but sending the Southern Army, but it also has the purpose of training the army, and the military that has not experienced the war has never become a strong army, this rebellion is a good opportunity to train the army!

At least it can let the southern army learn to march, and if it fights outside in the future, it can also follow the northern army to increase its knowledge.

But if you want to fight with foreign enemies like the Northern Army, then forget it, if Duan Cheng Faqiang led these Southern Troops in the past, let alone capture more than 10,000 troops, I am afraid that I will stay there.

After Duan Cheng received the order, he was also taken aback, but he sighed that the Son of Heaven really loved the Southern Army, not only provided money and baggage, but even sent a lot of Northern Sergeants to think that they were reinforcements, saying that they were reinforcements, but in fact, they were afraid that the Southern Army would lose the first battle and use it to protect the Southern Army, Duan Cheng was a little unhappy about this, even if the Southern Army was newly built, but it was more than enough to deal with these rebels, and the Southern Army rangers heard that they were going to fight, but instead of being frightened, they were overjoyed, and even sang and danced with the camp!

They are bent on serving the Son of Heaven and proving the strength of the Southern Army!

Duan Cheng led these people and began a rapid march.

And at this moment, the little fat man and the old lady sat facing each other, and the old lady could see that the little fat man was a little displeased, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is angry because of the rebellion?" The little fat man nodded, he was indeed a little angry, since he ascended the throne, he has always lowered taxes, and has been implementing measures to reassure the people, and his reputation among the people is also benevolent, why do some people still want to rebel? Najiang Xia Man, although it is a barbarian, but because of the many years of living with the Han people, no matter in language, customs, or other behaviors, there is no doubt with the Han people.

Why do they still want to rebel?

The old lady said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is not Your Majesty's immorality, the barbarians in the country, there are often traitors, this is because these barbarians, occasionally despised and oppressed by officials, and rebelled in anger, this matter has existed since ancient times, but most of the Son of Heaven is to appease his people, these barbarians, educated by the sages for hundreds of years, are no different from my China, although they have the name of rebellion, but they are just beating officials, and will never kill officials and harm the people....."

As soon as the old lady opened his mouth, he couldn't stop, and the little fat man listened carefully, and when the old lady finished speaking, the little fat man asked again: "Then how can the people not rebel against me?" The old lady said with a smile: "For the monarch, it is not benevolence and righteousness, which can make the villagers love him, and the officials in various places are the disasters that cause the people's revolt, which requires His Majesty to be able to identify the loyal and traitorous, and appoint the good to shepherd the side, which can naturally make the people not leave no stone unturned, and the night will not close the door, such virtuous and virtuous, from generation to generation....."

After chatting with the old lady for a long time, the little fat man suddenly said, "Is it really too much for me to send the southern army to conquer them??? ”

The old lady smiled slightly, but did not answer.

And the southern army, at this moment has left the capital, they did not ride horses, although there are a lot of horses, but they are used to carry baggage and heavy weapons, when these horses slowly walked out of the city gate, the captain of the city gate was also stunned, what is this? Bamboo ladder? Rushing the car? Siege engines?

Mom, are you going to fight Jiang Xiaman?

The Southern Army only Duan Cheng rode a BMW, driving at the forefront of the team, this BMW was the trophy he got when he conquered the Qiang people, and the rest of the Southern Army rangers went on foot, wearing armor and armed, and set off happily, what surprised them was that the white-faced captain Lu Zhi did not even ride a horse, but walked with them, Duan Cheng looked at their elated appearance, but was a little worried in his heart, such a long-distance march of hundreds of miles, even the northern army is a little difficult to bear, these southern troops, can they do it?

They marched all day during the day and set up camp tents at night, Duan Cheng did not forget the purpose of his military training, even if it was the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, he also asked them to set up checkpoints at night and strictly guard them, and the rangers of the Southern Army also readily agreed, and they were full of confidence and enthusiasm for the next battle.

This continued until the third day.

On the third day, the Southern Army rangers drove slowly, the laughter and elation of the previous days gradually stopped, they all felt extremely tired, this fatigue is different from training, they walked too long and too long, carrying all the arms, everyone was sullen, bowed their heads, only cared about the march, and after two days, gradually, some of the rangers began to fall behind, some were not physically strong, and more were still unbearable to endure the torture of this march, but when they saw the array neatly, holding their heads high, There was no tired Northern Army.

Seeing the white-faced captain who looked at them with some disdain, they gritted their teeth and persisted.

In the night, more of the Southern Army rangers who were responsible for guarding the surroundings were lax and derelict in their duties, and were severely punished by Duan Cheng, they realized that war was not child's play, and they had not yet come into contact with the enemy, they were already going crazy by this almost endless march, and at the urging of Duan Cheng before and after running, under the disdainful gaze of the Northern Army, they still endured it with difficulty, and each ranger put on the most heroic appearance, marching forward, marching, and marching again.

The northern sergeant shook his head, they are too far away, this is still in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, if it is like their northern army, in a foreign land, always vigilant and vigilant, march quickly, then enter the battle, and then pursue again, etc., this young army will probably collapse.

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In the second year of Jianning, at the end of September

The little fat man summoned the ministers, this time the focus is the rule of officials, not for Yang Ci Zhou Jing such high-ranking officials, but the lowest level of officials, the little fat man ordered Zhou Jing to inspect the filial piety and honesty of the officials in various places this month, and specified the number of people, such a scale of large-scale inspection, but it is the first time in nearly a hundred years, the hundred officials are excited, do not have to readily agree, and there is a discussion Lang Liu Tao played, please sit with the inspector, if the person who is inspected is derelict in his duties, he will be convicted together with the person he inspected, the Son of Heaven is overjoyed, and hurriedly allows it.

The scholars and students from all over the country were all happy and cheered, and because of the expansion of the number, there were many scholars from all over the country who inspected filial piety, and these high-ranking officials who inspected them did not dare to act at will, but they knew the means of the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven took advantage of these filial piety and honest men to deal with themselves, it would be worth the loss, therefore, they were also strictly investigated, to determine their morality, the prestige of the township, etc., and finally to examine the knowledge and ability of these wise men.

At that time, the party members celebrated together, thinking that it was a blessing.