The Han capital Luoyang City is built by Yishui on the mountain, and the outer city is six miles wide from east to west, and nine miles long from north to south. There are eleven gates around the city: from east to west in the south, there are three gates: Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate and Xiaoyuan Gate; In the north of the city, there are the gates and the summer gates; The east of the city from north to south is the Upper East Gate, the Middle East Gate, and the Crane Gate; In the west of the city, there are Shangxi Gate, Yongmen Gate and Guangyang Gate. The third in the south, the second in the north, the third in the east, and the third in the west, this is the pattern of the eleven gates of Luoyang.

Liu He returned from Taixue today, he got the "graduation certificate", and he had to hurry home to tell his father, but this day was really poisonous, and he only walked a few steps, and he was sweating, and it took half an hour to return from the south gate to his home at the east gate.

The streets of the city were crowded with people wrapped in scarves, or in buns, or in cloth shoes, or brown clothes and swords. Occasionally, there are Confucian scholars wearing high crowns and praising clothes and sleeves. People come and go, not noisy, but also very lively.

In addition to Taixue, there are also important places such as Mingtang, Biyong, Lingtai, and Taixue in the southern urban area, and the most important thing is that it is the only way for the officials of the counties and counties to meet at the main gate, and there is also the southern market of daily transactions, which brings together nine people, etc., Liu He is really crowded. Most of the people in the western city are ordinary people, and they go to the gold market every day to work and trade. The eastern city area is the residence of high-ranking officials in Beijing from the area of Yongheli and Buguangli in the city, and there is a horse market outside the city all the year round, so the east three gates are mostly official activities. that northern city

Immediately next to Yishui, across the river and then further is the rolling Beibi Mountain, there are almost no houses here to speak of, but there are some grass houses by the mountains and rivers, most of them are the places where the old ministers live in the summer and read and have fun.

Liu He's home is in Yong'anli in Dongcheng. This "li" is similar to the community and the neighborhood office.

The prison guard surnamed Xun, forty or fifty years old, still had a mole on his face, and when he saw Liu He entering, he hurriedly greeted him from the side room: "Little Liu Jun is back!" ”

Liu He smiled and nodded, and said, "I'm taking a break from school today, so I'm back early." ”

"Xiao Liu Jun is interested in learning, and he has been studying for three years, when will he be awarded an official?"

Xun Gong praised it. All the laws of the court, you are worried. ”

Xun Gong of the Inner Prison Gate watched Liu He's back go away, shook his head again and again as if complimenting, and said to himself: "There are many children of the famous clan in Yong'an, but if you want to be polite, none of them can compare to Xiao Liu Jun!" ”

The road is straight and paved with bluestone slabs. Every morning, the prison door would be swept again, and it was very clean, freshly sprinkled with water, and it was green and moist.

The houses on both sides of the alley are whitewashed and vermilion tiles, and they are arranged neatly and neatly in rows of alleys. Every house planted trees, either mulberry or elm, or fruit trees, whose branches and leaves towered out of the wall, looked like a crown connected from afar. Whenever the wind blows, the branches and leaves rustle and sound together, as if someone is whistling, from the inside to the end.

Liu He has lived in Benli for three or four years since he crossed over, and now he has returned from graduating from Taixue, walking in the alley, seeing and seeing, all the people and things he is very familiar with, and there is a vague feeling of going home from school in his previous life.

"I can't go back to my home in my previous life, isn't this my home?"

There are hundreds of households in Yong'anli, and Liu Yu's house is in Lixi.

Liu He came in from the east gate, kept talking to people along the way, and then passed through the second and third gates of Lizhong, and slowly passed through half a mile to the outside of his own courtyard.

His family's house is not large, with two entrances in front and back. The courtyard door was unlocked, so he pushed it open and stepped in with his head held high.

Although I didn't come back for a few days, the yard was very clean. On the east side of the front yard is a large and bright hall, which is used for receiving guests. To the west are stables and chicken mounds. A small vegetable patch was reclaimed near the west wall, divided into several pieces with soil ridges, and planted with small cabbage, leeks and other things. The cabbage is still early from germination, and the growth of leeks is very good, green and lush, and it is very gratifying.

A woman in her twenties came out of the backyard and said in surprise: "Ah, the young master is back!" ”

She is the maidservant of Liu Yu's family, and her name is a "Xiao'er"

Liu He's family is not very rich, although he is a descendant of the king of the East China Sea, but he is not a descendant, but his grandfather Liu Shu was a county guard in Danyang, and his father Liu Yu took care of his family and was good at governing the family business. In addition, there are hundreds of acres of land in Donghai's hometown, but Xiao'er is the only maid in the family who serves Liu He.

Seeing Xiao'er come out to greet him, Liu He replied with a smile: "Yes, I'm back." ”

Wiping his sweat, he asked, "Is my father back?"

"The master seems to have gone to the Three Princes' Mansion, saying that there is a calling? And let me feed the horses. ”

When Xiao'er was in the East China Sea, she was a child picked up by Liu Yu since she was a child and was taken as a maidservant. Although she is a maidservant, she is actually like a sister, and all the chores in the Liu family's house are mostly handled by her, and the two accompany each other, like sisters and brothers, they are familiar with each other, and they are not restrained when they talk.

"The government is called? Could it be that the appointment of the assassin is real? Liu He thought to himself after hearing this.

Xiao'er took out the feed from behind the courtyard gate, spread it in the horse manger, and fed the horses. The horses were very happy to eat and chew, and from time to time they would flick their tails and raise their heads. Seeing that she couldn't take care of it, Liu He simply went to the hall to find a rag and wipe the horse's sweat.

Xiao'er snatched it and said angrily: "What kind of person is the young master?" How can you do such a rough job! ”

Liu He said with a smile: "The so-called one house is not swept how to sweep the world, such rough work, I can not do it at home, but in the future, for the government and the people, I will have to do the same thing without you!" ”

"Nonsense! Although I am a servant girl, I don't know much, and I also know that the local government has its own servants and pavilions. The rough work of washing horses and feeding, opening and closing, and cleaning is not the turn of the young master to do! ”

Xiao'er took away the rag, took care of the horses for a while, wiped the sweat of the horses for a while, and turned around, occupying most of the stables. Liu He couldn't compete with her, he stood by and had nothing to do, so he said, "When did my father say he would come back?" ”

While he was talking, there was a sound of reining in the door: "Phew! Stop! ”

"Listening to this posture, it must be that the master is back."

Liu He and Xiao'er immediately went out to greet them.

Liu Yu led the horse to the door of the house: "Xiao'er leads the horse." ”

Xiao'er led the horse away.

"Father." Liu He made a move.

"Haha! My son has finished your graduation today, and I congratulate you first for my father. Liu Yu smiled as brightly as if he had eaten honey.

"Thank you for your father's compliment."

"There is also a happy event for my father, let's go into the house and talk about it."

Entering the study, the father and son sat opposite each other, and Xiao'er served refreshments and withdrew.

"Son! Do you know what rejoices in your father's life? Liu Yu took a sip of tea.

"A concubine? But my mother is still in the East China Sea. Liu He pretended not to know.

"It's the imperial court that worships me as the assassin of Youzhou." As he spoke, Liu Yu took out a roll of cloth and handed it to Liu He.

I saw that the cloth silk wrote: "The edict of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty said: After hearing the Five Classics Doctor Yu, after King Gong of the East China Sea, he was a county official at the beginning, virtuous and square, governing the people and moralizing, and benefiting one party; Later, he moved to Dongguan School, and he was also diligent and diligent. I am very relieved! However, now Youzhou is tired, and plundered, the people of the counties of the Yan Dynasty are in dire straits, but the history of Youzhou Thorn is vacant for a year, so now Baier is the history of Youzhou Thorn, holding the festival, and admiring the state affairs of the eleven counties. Wangqing will make meritorious deeds again and live up to my heart! Chinchi! Light and four years of Qiyue. ”

After Liu He finished reading it: "Father! The court really values you! Hold the festival! In peacetime, you can kill people who have no officials, and in wartime, you can kill officials under 2,000 stones. When you go to Youzhou, you can 'get on the horse to manage the army, and get off the horse to manage the people'. ”

Holding the festival, all the envoys who hold the festival, on behalf of the emperor to come in person, similar to the "Shang Fang sword".

"But with great power comes great responsibility. Do you have any views on the matter of Youzhou? Liu Yu sighed.

"Although my son doesn't hear anything outside the window in Taixue, all the gentlemen and teachers talk about current affairs, so they also know one or two things." Liu He straightened his waist: "Youzhou, the birthplace of Yan, the place of contempt, but the Han and Hu are staggered, and it is not easy for the people to govern." Whether it is outside the Saiwai Xianbei or the Wuhuan in the Guannei, they are all afraid of power and do not have the virtue of Yidi. If the father governs Youzhou, he needs to properly handle the relationship between the Han people and the Hu people in the border counties of the Yan Dynasty, so that there are no disputes among the people; There is no dispute in order to recuperate. ”

"Hmmm! Son! You really said that your father's heart is on the way. Liu Yu looked relieved: "But why do you have such thoughts?" ”

"When I was studying in Taixue, I heard that the teachers commented on Duan Cheng and Duan Jiming."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"The first zero Dongqiang has been a trouble, and the old state is in front of it, and the desire will be extinguished. Wading in frost and snow, and walking in the morning and night, as a arrow, feeling the officials. It was not a day, the ugliness was broken, and even the corpses were captured, and the plundering was not counted. Washing away the snow for a hundred years, in order to comfort the souls of the loyal generals, the function is remarkable. ”

However, the reason why Duan Cheng was able to win the support of officers and soldiers in his life was because of the knack of threshing grass. He was born in the Han clan in Liangzhou, and he was extremely excluded by officialdom, and it was much more difficult than others to get out of the world. Therefore, while trying his best to convince the eunuchs, Duan Cheng tried to accumulate military merits like crazy, and his methods were very despicable. At that time, the most frequent wars with the Han were the Qiang people, and Duan Cheng connived at the soldiers to threshk the grass and ask them to plunder the Qiang tribe, and all the livestock and property they got belonged to the soldiers. First, to give the soldiers some oil and water to buy people's hearts, and second, to loot for a long time, those Qiang people will be forced to rebel. When the Qiang people rebelled, he led the troops to quell the rebellion, and if he won the battle, it would be regarded as his own contribution to the Jingbian of the Han Dynasty! ”

Liu Yu frowned: "What you're worried about is that there will be the same thing in Youzhou?" ”

Liu He nodded: "Everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted." Regardless of whether the situation in Youzhou is the same as that in Liangzhou, in short, it is good to prepare for the worst after all. The rest of the officials and subordinates, the state and county clans, and the local lords of the right clan, the father Jiuli should know how to negotiate and deal with them. ”

"Huh?" Liu Yu stroked his beard: "The so-called Zhizi Mo Ruo's father, you are already in the year of the weak crown, your Taixue studies have ended, and you will enter the office as a Tailang according to the custom; But when you were eight years old, although you began to study and admire the holy way, you were good at fencing on horseback, why not? ”

"Father Mingjian! The husband should be Wei and Huo, and he will ride 100,000 horses into the desert, drive Rong Di, and make meritorious contributions to build horn ears, how can he be a doctor? Since my father asked, I will say it - can my father take me to Youzhou to assist my father? Even if it's the position of the pavilion chief. Liu He got up and turned to his accommodation.

"Don't avoid relatives inside, don't avoid resentment when you move outside?" Liu Yu took a sip of tea and said lightly: "What can I do?" ”

Liu He straightened his body: "Wear a firm and stubborn face, regardless of difficulties, and be the first soldier; The reward must be done, and the punishment must be believed. ”

"Good! This is my son Liu Bo'an. That's it! Liu Yu laughed: "But before you go to work, you have to go with me to visit someone in Xicheng." ”

"Oh? Who is so valued by my father? Liu He asked.

"Juluda Toyota Yuanhao."