Liu Wei planned three strategies for Liu Yao, smiled faintly after speaking, and added: "Now that the country is in a bad situation, it is still necessary to calm down and live in harmony to tide over the crisis." And after Pingyang and the surrounding areas are calmed, they can ask to abolish Liu Cang, change to the king of Jinan (Liu Ji) as the crown prince, and arrest and kill the Jin family with an edict, so that their brothers can fight against each other, and the monarch and ministers will be discordant. ”

Liu Yao pondered for a long time and replied: "Qing's plan is a good plan, but ...... It's just planning for solitude, but I don't know how to revive the country's momentum? If the country cannot be revitalized, even if it is alone in the second Taiwan, it will inevitably be a minister of the country......"

Liu Jun replied: "King Dazai Shangluo and King Taishi Ruyin, these are all sons of Emperor Guangwen, brothers of Ming Gong, important ministers of the two dynasties, and they have been in the Middle Dynasty for a long time. The Ming Duke should visit each other in person, know the benefits and disadvantages, and work together with the Ming Gong to revive the country.

"King Beiqiu really has the talent of the country, because of sympathy for the late emperor's younger brother, and for Liu Cang to let him out, he can be summoned to the court, appointed as the great situ, so that the master is in charge of civil affairs. The only one who is plotted by the ministers is the Ming Duke, and if the three kings work together and assist the Ming Duke, they can seek the country's social welfare. Ming Gongqi listened to his ministers. ”

Hu Han's Dazai, Shangluo County King, and Taishi and Ruyin County King, these two are Liu Yuan's clansmen, and Liu Cong and Liu Yao are of the same generation, and the interesting thing is that the two also have the same name, both are called "Liu Jing".

As for the king of Beiqiu County, his name is Liu Yiguang, his bloodline is relatively estranged, and he is a generation younger than Liu Cong and Liu Yao, and he is a brother from Liu Cang.

Liu Jun suggested that Liu Yao co-opt these three kings, thinking that they would be wings, so that they could coerce Liu Cong and control hundreds of bureaucrats, and the prestige of the previous two, plus the ability of the third person, was enough to support the crisis, so that the country could successfully pass the trough and rejuvenate itself.

Liu Yao immediately agreed, and did not mention it according to the plan.

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Let's say that Zhen Sui, Yao Yizhong and others were in Puban, and first sent troops south, and successfully cleared the fortress on the Hu Army River from Leishou Mountain to Maojin, and then joined forces with Hongnong County of Jintu. The next goal is to expand their territory in Hedong County to Xie County and Yi Clan.

According to the report of the Tanma Institute, there are less than 1,000 Hu troops stationed in the two counties, and the people's hearts are scattered, and they are shocked three times a day, so it is estimated that it is very easy to take it down. The problem is that the number of soldiers and horses is limited, you can take it down, and you have to be able to defend it, so Zhen Sui wrote to Chang'an and asked Pei to add more troops and generals.

The reinforcements have not yet been distributed, Guo Yu first came to see Zhen Sui, saying that my original task was to harass Hedong, but now that the matter is over, I should return to Luoyang and go to restore my life. The main thing is that he heard that the war in Hanoi was not going well with his uncle Li Ju, so that his grandfather personally led the troops and crossed to the north to help, seeing that the war was imminent, I had to help my uncle. Now in Hedong County, there is basically no Hu Han army, even if you want to enter Xie County and Yi clan next, their battles are easy to fight, and it is difficult to achieve great achievements, so I continue to stay here, which is really boring.

Zhen Sui repeatedly retained, but Guo Shengjie was very determined. Zhen Sui was bored, so he went to Yao Yizhong to vent his bitterness - Yao Yizhong was born in a foreign race after all, and his attachment time was shallow, knowing that Zhen Sui was Pei Cai's favorite general, he didn't dare to contradict it, so Zhen Sui had a good impression of this Qiang'er-

"My troops and horses are insufficient, and it is said that the governor of the capital will be on the battalion, and a brigade will be set up, and a brigade can have tens of thousands of people, so if I have 10,000 elite soldiers, it is enough to run rampant in the east of the river...... It's a pity that it's just talking, and before the order was issued, the governor of the capital did not allow us to recruit troops on our own in Hedong, and the new soldiers we obtained had to be sent to Chang'an for training......

"At this time, Guo Yu'er is waiting to resign, how is this good? Although that little boy is young, he is very capable of doing things, I am stationed in Kasaka, corresponding to the civil, and he is a martial artist with me, but he can barely cope with it. If he resigns, who will be in charge of the civil affairs? The Metropolitan Governor Benyun and I waited for the military, and put Hedong County in Pusaka, but it was late to this day, and I didn't send anyone over......"

Yao Yizhong smiled and comforted him: "Why should the general be in a hurry. That is, since the end of the general to Pusaka, it has only been half a month, and the New Year's Festival, even if most of the governors will send officials, they must always leave Chang'an after the fifteenth sacrifice day......"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, later generations called the "Shangyuan Festival" and "Lantern Festival", and there was no such name in the Jin Dynasty - or there was one, but it was not popularized - but since the Han Dynasty, this day was used as an auspicious day to worship "Taiyi", and gradually evolved into the end of the adult festival. In other words, starting from New Year's Day, it will always be fifteen years before the year is over. Therefore, many yamen are closed at the end of the year, and they will not go to work until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and before the fifteenth day, it is customary to travel far away from home.

That's why Yao Yizhong said, whether it's the reinforcements you are looking forward to, or the Hedong County Guard, it will be at least after fifteen years before you can arrive--maybe even Chang'an City will not come out before fifteen-why are you in a hurry? We are not Hanoi after all, there is no major threat, so there will be no generals and officials rushing over.

As for the civil affairs - "There is a Lu family in the county, rich in industry, and the children study a lot, so they should choose officials from among them to guard the people." It's a pity that they have repeatedly come to the general, but the general will never see him......"

In those years, the county governors and county magistrates were all appointed by the imperial court, and as for the auxiliary officials, except for one or two of the most important, most of them recruited scholars to serve in the local area, and it was customary to choose from the children of large families. Because only this kind of scholar can control the big households in the territory, and if the big households are stable, then most of the people will not make trouble.

Of course, the other way around: the people are mostly controlled by large households, and the county officials are the spokesmen of the interests of large households......

In terms of communication technology and financial foundation at that time, this was also a helpless thing - because if you exclude the local big families and transfer subordinate officials from other villages, then you must pay a high enough salary, where does the imperial court get so much money? Not to mention that the situation is unfamiliar and it is easy to be deceived and even ostracized by large households, and as long as the landlord class does not disappear, this problem will basically be unsolvable.

Therefore, Yao Yizhong suggested, General Zhen, don't refuse to let people go thousands of miles away and refuse to meet the Lu family, we should also win over the Lu family and choose people from their clan to temporarily take charge of civil affairs. And even if we don't do this, when the new county guard arrives in the future, he will definitely still be like this, if the Lu clan is rejected by you, but is appointed by the new county guard, in the future, if we ask the local dignitaries and food, I am afraid that we will be hindered by many parties, which will be unfavorable to the next war.

Zhen Sui frowned and said, "I'm really impatient to see such people...... That's it, that's it, since you said so, I will personally go to the Lu family and select a few people to come out and be responsible for civil affairs. ”

Immediately sent someone to greet the Lu family, saying that it was the New Year, and General Zhen wanted to go to Ru's house to ask for a cup of spring wine, and you could arrange it. When Lu Hu heard this letter, he couldn't help laughing and said, "This barbarian has finally opened his mind. "Tell the children in the family to choose their clothes and put them on, and pack them up neatly, waiting to welcome General Zhen and his party.

When the day came, Zhen stayed with Yao Yi to guard the county, and he led more than a dozen people, so he came with a swagger. The children of the Lu family were all waiting in front of the dock fort, Zhen Sui immediately stepped in front of the door, raised his eyes to look at the dock fort, and immediately said loudly: "When I was in Xuzhou with the governor of the capital, I don't know how many such a dock were destroyed!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, so they listened to Zhen Sui and then said: "In the past, Hu Kou was raging, and it is understandable that you and the others built a dock to defend themselves. But now the old man ...... Since I have led the army into the county and recovered my homeland, I have my own great Sima army to protect you, so what is the use of this dock? It's better to fall. ”

The children of the Lu family hurriedly invited Zhen Sui to enter the dock and diverted the topic. Someone hurriedly ran in to report to Lu Hu - the old man was too old, but he was not greeted by bad behavior - Lu Hu smiled and said: "This is also the meaning of the question, it doesn't hurt." ”

He said that no matter which dynasty or generation, he would not allow a well-guarded dock fort in the territory, but no matter whether the Hu army is here, or the Jin army is here, they will not take our dock fort - if we really send a large army to attack, wouldn't it be forced to force us to the side of Hu Han? Don't look at Hu Han's situation now, if we really resist desperately, the land of this county will inevitably be erosive, even if Zhen Sui dares to risk such a big disapproval, Da Sima will not allow him to do so.

"Let's look at the banquet, if that barbarian has the intention of recruiting my family's children, everything can be discussed. It's a big deal to temporarily fall on an outer wall, thinking it is perfunctory, but my children are officials, and after that, all the things in the county are still afraid that I can't hide from that barbarian? "Tell me to go down, and the few capable and responsible children I have chosen will move forward, and no one else will retreat, so as not to confuse the barbarian's sight and let him pick the wrong person.

The banquet has long been laid down, and according to the custom of this year, it is divided into two parts: the inner table is in the hall, one column for each of the east and west, and one table for each person; The outer seats are under the hall, with two columns in the east and west, and two people have one case; The door of the hall is open, and those who are in the hall can go down the stairs at will, and those who are in the hall are not allowed to toast.

In addition, there are two seats at the top, reserved for the main and guest of honor. Zhen Sui brought those parts, naturally he could only sit down in the hall, Zhen Sui was surrounded by a group of Lu family's descendants or elders to enter the hall, and when he took a look, he saw a little old man trembling, supported by two maids, standing above the chairman - this should be Lu Hu, right?

Zhen Sui seemed to respect the elderly, and arched his hand: "Old man, please sit first." In fact, when he saw this old man, he seemed to roll his eyes the next moment, as if he was returning to the west, and said that I was here to get down to business, so don't be unlucky and bump into the funeral...... Forget it, you better sit down quickly.

Lu Hu said in a trembling voice: "How dare you, how dare you ......" He still had to wait for Zhen to sit down first. Immediately, all kinds of delicacies and delicacies will come up.

Although the children of the Lu family have not yet been able to squeeze into this new regime, they have already laid a lot of eyes and ears in the county, and they have inquired about Zhen Sui's preferences everywhere, plus their own analysis: This kind of barbarian, in addition to wine and wealth, can he have any elegant taste? So today, the most mellow wine in the village was brought out, and Lu Hu also specially instructed the cook: prepare more meat, don't have to be too delicate, but the amount must be sufficient.

After the banquet, Zhen did not refuse to come, the wine was dry, and he drank it refreshingly, and he also picked out big fish and big meat; As for Old Man Lu, after all, he was getting older, and he felt a little sick to his stomach when he saw so much plaster on the case, and he was really tired of panicking, so he just moved a few spoons ceremoniously and put down the chopsticks.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious, and as soon as Lu Hu waved his hand, two beautiful maids each held a brocade box and knelt down in front of Zhen Sui. Someone came over next to him, lifted the lid of the box, and saw a group of jewels, all of which were gold, silver, jade, and jewelry. Lu Hu stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhen Sui: "The general will lead Pixiu, expel Hu Kou, recover this county, and save Li Shu in a county. A little courtesy, not a respect, but I don't know the general's preferences, but when I hear that the general is newly married, I can prepare my wife's makeup. ”

In fact, this gift has already been prepared, and it has been sent directly to the county three times, but every time Zhen Sui refuses to meet the Lu clan, naturally there is no chance to send it out - Zhen Sui came in person today, how can there be a reason not to hurry up?

Zhen Sui was naturally happy when he saw these jewels - he said in his heart that I had only slept with my wife for one night, so I left her in Chang'an and went out to fight by myself, and it is estimated that I will not be able to go back in a short time......

"The old gentleman is too polite." Therefore, he didn't refuse, but just waved his hand and said that you can take it down and give it to me to put away.

Lu Hu smiled and said: "The general will be mistaken, not only the two heads, that is, these two maids, please also ask the general to laugh - the lady is not with the army, the general is alone, how can there be no one to serve beside him?" ”

Zhen Sui actually didn't care much about women, and he had to wait for Old Man Lu to say so, so he took his eyes off the jewelry and carefully looked at the two beautiful maids - sure enough, they had the appearance of a sinking fish and a wild goose, and the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon, but unfortunately his body was a little thinner, and he didn't know if he could withstand his weight of three hundred catties...... couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva secretly, and said with a smile: "The old gentleman is really thoughtful. ”

Since the Lu family took the lead in showing kindness and giving such a big gift, Zhen Sui is not good at going around in circles-with his character, and he is impatient to go around in circles-when the two beautiful maids go down with the brocade box, they immediately pick up the wine cup and say to Lu Hu: "Although the gift is good, it's a pity that I can't eat it from hunger." I will now put thousands of athletes into Pusaka, want to divide the counties, and recover Hedong in one fell swoop, but unfortunately the grain in the treasury is insufficient, and I have asked your family to supply one or two, why do you still not know where to come? ”

For his question, Lu Hu was mentally prepared, and immediately smiled and said: "The general is to blame, but the family is also affectionate. Previously, Hu Kou invaded and stripped and was greedy, and above the middle class in Hedong, he was probably broken, that is, my Lu family, and Zhuangzhong really couldn't raise too much grain and grass materials......"

Without waiting for Zhen to cross-examine, the old man continued: "Naturally, we will return to the heart of Luoyang, and we will not be slackened every day, even if it is difficult, we should supply military supplies for the Wang Division to determine the east of the river." If Hedong can't be determined, Hu Kou may come back, how can we be willing to fall into the miserable situation of Hu bullied again? It's just that the county officials are accustomed to going up and down, and they are afraid that they will lose ten points of grain, and in the hands of the general, only three points remain, so even if I break my family, I can't save the country, isn't it wronged? ”