Liu Jun smiled apologetically, "Dad, His Royal Highness just gave me the position of Sima in Luoyang Shangzhou, and the child only has ten days off!" Liu Laocai was stunned, "Are you saying that you are now an official person, and how many officials is Sima in Shangzhou?" Is it older than the county magistrate? Liu Jun said, "It's from the bottom of the five grades." One level older than the county master! ”

Liu Laocai was speechless with excitement, his son became an official, and he was older than the county lord. Stood up and dragged his son out, "Dad, where are you going?" "Ancestral Hall, thank your ancestors!"

In the ancestral hall, Liu Laocai lit incense and said excitedly, "Ancestors bless, my son was awarded an official position today." I have come to tell my ancestors! Liu Jun also respectfully put on the three sticks of incense.

On the spot, Liu Jun fell asleep with his daughter in his arms, and Lan'er lay on her stomach with tears and laughing. The next day, Liu Jun went out with his wife and daughter, and the daughter rode on Liu Jun's neck, her little face twisted around, and she was curious about everything. bought a windmill for his daughter and some jewelry for his wife, and the family happily walked around the county, and Liu Jun stopped from time to time to inquire about something.

Five days later, Liu Jun wrote a letter to Li Jie, detailing what he had seen and heard in the county and what to do when he returned to Luoyang. After sending someone to deliver the letter, Liu Jun completely relaxed and accompanied his wife and daughter around all day.

Three days later, the letter was sent back, and Li Jie wrote one word: "Quasi! At night, Liu Jun was awakened by his wife's crying, reached out and held his wife in his arms, wiped away the tears on his face, and coaxed his wife in a low voice, but his wife wanted to follow him to Luoyang, and finally Liu Jun decided to take his family to Luoyang together.

When Liu Laocai learned that his son was going to take his family to Luoyang, he thought about it again and again and said, "I'm old, so I won't go!" Take your daughter-in-law with you! I'll show you home! Liu Jun had no choice but to give up.

The daughter was crawling around in the carriage, and his wife was lying quietly in his arms. Liu Jun thought in his heart, "Luoyang, I'm here!" I will succeed! I would make my family proud! ”

Li Jie has been hiding in the house to compile textbooks for the past few days, and he can't go out! The people's repeated persuasions are ineffective! Li Jie can only hide for a while.

On this day, Li Jie was writing a book in the study, and suddenly a guard came in, "Your Highness, Humar is here." Li Jie thought about it for a long time before he remembered it and ordered someone to bring it. As soon as Humar entered the house, he saluted, "My Highness, I have finally found you!" Li Jie smiled and said, "Where do you come from!" ”

Humar said, "Since His Highness left, the villain was afraid, and then ran to Xiangyang with a few companions, and heard that the demon of Huangchao had captured Chang'an, and we went to Guangzhou again. Oh, my God! Guangzhou is so miserable! That demon in Huangchao has killed a lot of people in Guangzhou! There are a lot of people like me. Originally, my companion wanted to return to China, but I remember that His Highness said that you need a lot of sulfur, so I inquired in Canton. Knowing that there was a lot of sulfur on Wajima, he prepared to go. I just learned that you are in Xinxiang again. We bought two boats, bought a total of 4,000 stone of sulfur on Wajima, and found a guide to travel all the way up at the mouth of the Yellow River before we came here. ”

Li Jie was ecstatic, four thousand stones, that's hundreds of thousands of catties! Enough to make a lot of gunpowder yourself. Li Jie immediately ordered someone to call Xue Liang and ordered him to immediately lead someone to unload all the sulfur on the ship, and the Jinyi guard should be closely protected. Xue Liang was ordered to take people immediately.

Li Jie asked Humar again: "How did you see the distinguished guests along the way!" Humar's face darkened, "Your Highness, there are wars everywhere, and there are dead people everywhere!" It's miserable! It's miserable! Why is that? ”

Li Jie also sighed, "Alas! Man's greed is too great! When there is power but no power, it is the people who suffer. I swear! I will try to end this troubled time! Please help me! ”

Humar said, "Your Highness, I love Datang, and I regard Datang as my home. On the way here, I saw His Highness's ability and the hope of Datang, and I am willing to help His Highness. ”

The autumn harvest has ended, and except for Li Jie and Heshuo Town, many places in Datang have fallen into war. In October, Tang Tianping's army made Cao Quanhui killed by the Huangchao thieves near Chang'an. In November, Meng Kai and Zhu Wen attacked Tang Jun and Xia's second army in Fuping, and Li Xiaochang and Tuoba Sigong were defeated and returned to their town. In February of the following year, Zhu Wen entered Tongzhou again, and Huang Chao ordered Zhu Wen to be the assassin of Tongzhou. The whole of Shaanxi became a pot of porridge, and Zhu Wen, a ruffian, officially stepped on the stage of Ding's history.

Just when Huangchao conquered Chang'an and the Tang Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, Jianghuai and Jiangnan were in turmoil again. In August of the first year of Zhonghe, Wang Xu, the butcher of Shouzhou, first raised troops, proclaimed himself a general, and captured Shouzhou and Gwangju, and at the same time, there was a trader Zhong Jiwen who captured Mingzhou; Du Xiong, a native of Linhai, captured Taizhou, Zhu Bao, a native of Yongjia, captured Wenzhou, and Lu Yue, a native of Suichang, captured Chuzhou. Among them, Zhu Bao's brother Zhu Dan was originally the general official of Benzhou, and the brothers were all Sima. This generation is a local armed force and takes the opportunity to divide the territory. In addition, there are thousands of people gathered to defend the "Eight Capitals of Hangzhou" in the township; The local tyrants of Li and Lang are full of thunder; Sun Xi, the township tyrant of Wudang, Junzhou, etc. There are more that are not included in the historical books. These local armed forces, or openly rebelled and became self-defeating, or coerced the Tang Dynasty to obtain official positions and legal status, and these clowns made their ugly performances!

In October, Li Jie sent a letter to Han Jian, asking Han Jian to hand over the letter of the Jiedu envoy, Han Jian handed the letter to his son, and after he read it, he said, "Wen'er, you see how to reply!" Han Wen thought for a while and said, "The child has already thought that His Highness would do this, but we handed over the seal letter, which does not mean that these generals below will hand over the military power." So I want to help Your Highness a little more! ”

Han Jian asked, "How can I help?" Han Wen smiled: "The fish is dead and the net is broken!" Han Jian was stunned, "The fish is dead and the net is broken?" "Yes, my father summoned the generals stationed in various places, showed them the letter, and if the majority objected, let them lead the troops. Father gathered them together to lead the army on the march, and then destroyed them, so that His Highness would have no trouble getting Weber! ”

"Shhh Han Jian gasped, this is too ruthless! "Why is Wen'er like this!" "I figured it out, why His Highness was so ruthless twice!"

"Why?"

"Because His Highness doesn't want these soldiers at all, these soldiers have been arrogant and arrogant for generations! It's brutal! It takes a lot of effort to collect it. At present, there are also some powerful people on our territory, and there are some remnants of the family. These people are also disliked by His Highness, but His Highness cherishes his reputation and will not touch these people, so let us be the wicked! ”

"Wen'er, how do you know that His Highness doesn't like the family?"

"Father, do you think those generals in Luoyang killed the family by the holy decree of Huang Chao? Huang Chao didn't leave a single soldier in Luoyang! If you look at the current Luoyang, the military is complete and the military appearance is neat, and the people can live with peace of mind. Could it really be that Liu Yunzhang did it! ”

"Hiss" Han Jian gasped, "Wen'er, are you saying that Luoyang is also His Highness now!" ”

"Eight or nine are not far from ten, now that His Highness has written this letter, it means that His Highness is confident that he has the strength to defeat us!"

"Wen'er, then what should we do!"

"Borrow troops from Haoqiang and promise heavy profits. Then they induce these people to loot and destroy their homes. Father will hand over our generals and the lives of these people to His Highness, and if His Highness allows it, I will also let them send troops! After this battle, His Royal Highness's strength will increase greatly, and it is not bad for you and my father and son to be rich men with peace of mind! ”

Han Jian paced in the house with his hands behind his back, his son's plan was too crazy, the life and death of more than 100,000 people! Han Jian didn't speak for a long time.

Han Wen said again, "Father, even if you return to Your Highness, will those soldiers under you agree?" His Highness still had to use soldiers, and by then more people would die. Rather than this, it is better to let His Highness fight, kill these people, and let more people live, I think His Highness will agree! ”

Han Jian thought about it again and again, and gritted his teeth, "Okay, just do as you say!" ”

Han Wen immediately sat down in front of the bookcase, grinding ink and writing. Half an hour later, a letter of dozens of pages was written, and the Korean language divided the letter into two parts. He said, "Father, the child is gone!" Han Jian waved his hand, and Han Wen turned to leave.

Bozhou Chamber of Commerce, a three-story small building, the first and second floors receive merchants, and few people go up to the third floor. The shopkeeper's name is Wang Cheng, and his real identity is the commander of the Jinyi Guard Brigade in Bozhou.

On this day, Wang Cheng was sitting in a secret room on the third floor looking through information, and a guy ran up, "Shopkeeper, that son is here again!" ”

Wang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood. Put down the information in your hand and "go, go and see!" ”

In a room, Han Wen was leisurely drinking tea. After Wang Cheng came in, he arched his hand, "Let the son wait for a long time, it's rude!" Faux pas! ”

Han Wen smiled, "The shopkeeper doesn't have to be polite, yesterday His Royal Highness King Shou had a letter, and today I asked the shopkeeper to bring back a letter." As he spoke, he took out two letters from his bosom and placed them on the table.

Wang Chengyi was optimistic about the thick letter, and pointed to the letter, "Childe, this..." Han Wen smiled, "This letter is extremely important to His Highness, remember!" Remember! With that, he turned around and left.

Wang Cheng was in trouble, and His Royal Highness sent a letter to Bozhou, and he knew the content. But he didn't expect that the letter was not brought back by the visitor, but was sent to him, and it was sent by the prince himself.

At dawn the next day, a caravan went out of the city. Five miles from the city, three knights broke away from their ranks, and one man and two horses galloped towards the west. Wang Cheng thought about it again and again last night, but decided to pay attention to it, he selected three brocade guards, and ordered them to mix in the team and go out of the city in the morning. One person and two horses, there is no rest in the middle, even if the horse runs and dies, the letter must be delivered to His Highness as soon as possible.

The three of them didn't stop all the way, eating and drinking on the horse, and they changed horses once halfway, and the horses were no longer good! Finally! In the evening, the three of them rushed into Weicheng.

Xue Liang didn't dare to delay when he got the letter, and immediately delivered the letter to Li Jie. Li Jie opened the letter and was shocked! Originally, he just wanted to persuade Wei Bo to surrender, but he didn't expect that Wei Bo sent a crazy plan!