Guzang City, Wuwei County, the capital of Daxiahe Prefecture.

In the last year, Liu Yuan officially issued an edict to divide Liangzhou into two, west of Jincheng and four counties in Hexi, and set up Hezhou, with Duan Xuan as the history of thorns.

At the beginning of spring this year, Liu Cheng, the king of Zheng, was ordered to tour the west, deposed the place, and comforted his subjects. Liu Yuan is old, and he doesn't like to travel around as much as he did when he was young, and he began to hand over such time-consuming and laborious hard work to his son. Just like last year, the prince toured north.

In the land of Liang and He, he inspected for two months, observed the people's feelings, dealt with some corrupt officials, dealt with some dirty officials, and cracked down on many local heroes. In the land of cool and rivers, the ethnic composition is complex, and after all the summer, many contradictions cannot be solved in a short period of time. Especially in the most remote Hezhou, the people are extremely unstable.

Liu Cheng came here to represent Liu Yuan to the west, patrol the sky on behalf of the sky, and establish the majesty of the imperial court.

Traveling as far west as Jiuquan and returning, Fang disposed of a group of military officials who violated the imperial court's policy and set private tariffs. Two years ago, after Fang Pingliang, in order to encourage business travel communication and increase commercial taxes, the imperial court completely abolished tariffs and only took city taxes.

This is Liu Yuan's biggest relaxation of restrictions on businessmen, and it is also the last. However, in remote places, there are still many people who set up private card taxes, and there are always people who can't stand the temptation because of the tariffs on such a large piece of oil and water.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Liu Cheng was summing up the western tour and preparing a report to Liu Yuan.

Fa Zheng was in a hurry, with a little joy and surprise in his expression, and as soon as he entered the study, he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, something is wrong!" ”

"What?" Putting down the pen, Liu Cheng's eyes also flashed with surprise, it was rare to see that Fa Zheng had such a gaffe, there must be something big!

"King Chen is back!" Fa Zheng immediately replied: "He wanted to lead the army to pass the pass, but he was too protective of Xu Yin, and King Chen was angry, and led the army to break through the Jade Gate and kill Xu Yin!" ”

Fa Zheng's tone was full of nervousness and excitement, his eyes lit up, and he stared at Liu Cheng.

Hearing the news, Liu Cheng's expression was solemn, and he subconsciously replied: "Leading the army to tackle the key problems, how is this move different from rebellion?" How could Brother Chen do such a contrarian thing? What happened to the Yumen side, can you report in detail? ”

"The news came in a hurry, and the specific situation is not yet known. But the fact that King Chen led his army to break through the city pass and kill Taishou is confirmed! Liu Cheng's calmness made Fa Zheng slowly calm down and replied.

"Send more people, pay close attention to Yumen Pass, and find out as much as possible before and after the matter as soon as possible!" Liu Cheng commanded with a serious face.

"No!" Fa Zheng bowed slightly: "It seems that Your Highness, you won't be able to return to Beijing in a short time!" ”

Hearing the law, Liu Cheng lowered his head with a solemn expression, and his brows were also full of clouds.

"Your Highness! Duan Thorn Shi asks to see you! "There was a report from the guards outside.

"Please!" Liu Cheng immediately commanded. He estimated that Duan Xuan was only afraid that he was also here for the matter of Yumen Pass.

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After Liu Heng ordered the tackling of the key problems, Xu Yin hurriedly wrote a number of notes, and ordered his cronies to send them to the state government in batches, detailing the "Yumen Change" before and after. He also sent many people to the east to warn the counties of Hezhou that there was a change in the west and King Chen rebelled. Feeling that everything was in place, Fang "generously" went to death.

The people arranged by Xu Yin constantly fed back the situation to Gu Zang's side, Liu Cheng and Duan Xuan did not dare to slack off, and sent people to report to Chang'an. At the same time, the counties of Hezhou were strictly vigilant, no matter whether King Chen really rebelled or not, in such a situation, they had to be guarded against.

Liu Heng's return from the expedition was originally a happy event, but with the sudden incident at Yumen Pass, the atmosphere in the entire western part of Great Xia became tense. Although the news was closed, the matter had a great impact and still spread slowly to the east, from Hezhou to Liangzhou and then to Yongzhou.

Before the report from Hezhou arrived in Chang'an, someone in the imperial capital had already learned about Liu Heng. For example, Prince Liu Rui.

"Xu Yin is dead!" In the East Palace, several of Liu Rui's cronies called and said solemnly.

Liu Ruitai's uterus has a lot of talents, and after being the prince for several years, his position has gradually stabilized, and more and more people have begun to move closer to him. As Liu Yuan gets older, this trend becomes more and more obvious. In the first examination of Daxia the year before last, Liu Rui took the opportunity to subdue many "potential" people.

Since the death of the crown prince Fu Chun Yujia, Liu Rui's most relied on courtiers belonged to Shao and Yang Xiu. Hearing his words, Chong Shao's face tightened, and Yang Xiu looked at Liu Rui with "expectations".

In addition to the secret intelligence sources, there is also a report from Xu Yin who sent the dead to travel thousands of miles to Liu Rui. Liu Rui told the matter of the Jade Gate, and the point was that King Chen attacked the Jade Gate.

"Mrs. Xu deserves to die!" Yang Xiu couldn't help but say loudly. Everyone present was shocked, and they all looked at him with some surprise.

"Your Highness, King Chen attacked the city and killed officials, which is like a rebellion! Next, we will characterize this matter. King Chen is ambitious, rebellious, and rebellious! Yang Xiu's face was full of excitement, and he said word by word.

Liu Rui's face was inevitably happy, and the sadness in his heart for Xu Yin's "loyal act" quickly dissipated, and he was very actively involved in the discussion of how to deal with this matter. Liu Heng went on an expedition to the Western Regions, and he stayed for nearly two years, thinking that if he was at ease to be the "King of the Western Regions" and never returned, Liu Rui would not have the current thoughts.

Now that he has just returned, he has given such a big "handle", Liu Rui naturally wants to concoct it and completely crush Liu Heng to death. If King Chen, who is the most powerful in the army, falls, he will not be afraid anymore in the face of the other two kings, and now Liu Rui. Liu Rui is also "growing".

Liu Rui has received the news of the change in Yumen, and Liu Yuan naturally knows about it, which is faster than Liu Rui. But there is no detail about Liu Rui, because there are no dead soldiers from Xu Yin's side.

Liu Yuan had been staring at the secret report in his hand for a long time, his face was expressionless, but the more this was the case, the more worried Zhang Rang and Duan Qi were who knelt down. They had read this newspaper, and it was rare for them to report it together.

When he first heard that Liu Heng had returned, Liu Yuan was still quite happy. The news of Liu Heng's crisscrossing in the Western Regions, as the envoys of the Western Regions continued to meet with him, Liu Yuan was in Chang'an, and he also heard about it. I was very satisfied with his performance in the Western Regions.

But when he returned, he did such things, which made Liu Yuan angry. Also, leading the army to the Western Regions alone for two years, slaughtering the city and destroying the country, and now returning with "tens of thousands of people", it is inevitable that his ambition will grow. A poisonous tongue called "Suspicion" kept biting Liu Yuan's heart.

Seeing that Liu Yuan's expression was uncertain, even if Zhang Rang and Duan Yuan's old legs were in pain, they didn't dare to make any changes, they all knew that Liu Yuan in this state at this time was extremely dangerous.

"Does King Chen really want to rebel?" After a long time, he slapped the secret report in his hand on the case. It almost broke, and the anger was completely irrepressible.