The Tang Dynasty is a legendary era, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, many dazzling names emerged, many of which became famous as teenagers, such as Li Shimin who rose to the Sui at the age of eighteen, such as Luo Shixin who bravely crowned the three armies at the age of fourteen, but there are also people who do the opposite, that is, they are late bloomers, such as the most famous two people, one of which is Su Dingfang, who was recommended by Li Xiu to Li Shimin before, and his greatest credit is almost all set up after the age of sixty. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to Su Dingfang, there is another famous figure who is a late bloomer, and the fate of this character is no worse than Su Dingfang, that is, Liu Renliang in front of Li Xiu now, but the other party is still just a small county lieutenant.

When Li Xiu first heard the name Liu Renliang, he felt very familiar, and then remembered the other party's name in history, but the first thing he thought of was not Liu Renliang's late bloomer, but thought of the other party in the Baijiang Estuary and the Japanese people in four battles and four victories, and burned four hundred warships of the Japanese State, after this war, the Japanese State knelt down to the Tang Dynasty thoroughly, even in later generations, it has always been highly respected by the Tang Dynasty, of course, some people say that the Japanese State envies the culture of the Tang Dynasty, but who dares to guarantee that there is no credit for this battle?

In the era when Li Xiu grew up, the relationship between the Central Plains and the Wa Kingdom was well known, which also gave him some understanding of the history between China and Japan, and it was at that time that he finally knew the name Liu Renliang and his deeds, and Liu Renliang became famous in the Baijiangkou War, he was already sixty-two years old, and then his career was flat, and later he was a very popular minister, and before that, he had no political achievements that could show his hands, just an ordinary middle and low-level official in the Tang Dynasty.

"Pony! Bridegroom! At this moment, Li Xiu suddenly heard someone calling him, and hurriedly stopped thinking and turned his head to look, but found that Fang Xuanling was looking at him with a wry smile, and Liu Renliang maintained a posture of saluting him helplessly, it seemed that Fang Xuanling introduced himself to him, and then Liu Renliang saluted him, but Li Xiu was thinking about things in his mind, but he didn't notice these at all.

"Haha~, County Lieutenant Liu doesn't have to be polite, I thought of something just now, so I was a little lazy, and I ask County Lieutenant Liu not to care!" Li Xiu also smiled heartily at this time, he didn't expect to see Liu Renliang in this situation, but he had already recommended a Su Dingfang before, if he had a chance in the future, he could help this Liu Renliang, and it could be regarded as a good fate.

Seeing that Li Xiu was so polite to him, this made Liu Renliang both surprised and frightened, and hurriedly saluted again: "The concubine is polite, the lower officials have long admired the concubine, and it is also a blessing to be able to see the concubine today!" ”

Liu Renliang is a very upright official, and he never flatters Shangguan, but he has great admiration for Li Xiu's words, because he has not only heard of Li Xiu's name for a long time, but the smallpox outbreak in Qingtian County also relied on Li Xiu's invention of the method of planting cowpox, saving the lives of countless people in the county, so he admires and appreciates Li Xiu, not to mention that he and his family have also been vaccinated with cowpox, and now they no longer have to worry about contracting smallpox.

Li Xiu was also very polite to Liu Renliang, and chatted with the other party at the moment, but after all, they had just met, so they wouldn't talk too deeply, at most, they would ask about the other party's place of origin, age, family situation, etc., to which Liu Renliang also answered one by one.

In addition, Li Xiu also asked Liu Renliang about the situation in Qingtian County, speaking of this problem, Liu Renliang also showed a solemn expression on his face, according to him, after the smallpox outbreak, the entire county was blocked, and later smallpox spread to the county, even the county order was infected and died, and the entire county government was also paralyzed, in the words of later generations, that is, the entire Qingtian County was in a state of anarchy.

There is a kind of anarchism in later generations, the purpose is to abolish the political authorities and all government management institutions, but they also do not want to think about what kind of state the whole society will become when there is a lack of officials, police, military and other institutions in a society, and human nature will be completely released, but human nature is a very complex thing, there are good and evil, and when the evil side is released, the damage it causes is far greater than the good.

It is precisely because of this that after the death of the Qingtian County Commander, the entire Qingtian County was all in chaos, robbery, murder, theft and a series of vicious incidents, fortunately, Liu Renliang and another Zhou County Cheng were still there, they tried their best to organize the government to control the situation in the county, but unfortunately in that desperate atmosphere, no matter how hard they tried, it was useless, they could only control a small area around the county government to maintain stability.

Fortunately, Li Xiu later invented the method of planting cowpox, especially after Sun Simiao and others went to Qingtian County, the people who planted cowpox were no longer afraid of smallpox, which made those desperate people finally see hope, and Sun Simiao went with the army to protect them, with the help of the army, the situation in Qingtian County was controlled in a short period of time, and now the entire county has settled down, although there may still be some chaos outside the county, but it is not a big problem.

Li Xiu and Liu Renliang chatted for a while, but it was not early, Liu Renliang and they had to rush back to the county today, so Li Xiu was not good at keeping him, and introduced Yang Dui to Liu Renliang at the moment, and told him to assist Yang Dui as much as possible, Liu Renliang also patted his chest and assured, firstly, he was grateful to Li Xiu, and secondly, he also knew the importance of high-yield crops, so even if Li Xiu didn't say it, he would do his best to assist Yang Dui.

At that moment, Li Xiu personally sent Liu Renliang and Yang Dui to leave, until the other party disappeared after passing through a mountain beam, and then came back with Fang Xuanling, but on the way, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Donkey, you seem to value that county lieutenant Liu very much just now?" ”

"Hehe, Fang Xiang is really a good eye, in fact, I also saw that Liu County Lieutenant is shrewd and capable, and my future achievements may not be worse than you and me, and today can be regarded as a good fate!" Li Xiu said with a smile, although he didn't have much contact with Fang Xuanling, he admired him very much, so he was telling the truth at this time.

"I didn't expect the colt to value a little county lieutenant so much!" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but look at him in surprise when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then pondered for a moment before continuing, "But speaking of which, this County Lieutenant Liu really has some talents, if it weren't for him, Qingtian County probably wouldn't have settled down so quickly." ”

"Oh? What do you say? Li Xiu couldn't help but show an interested expression when he heard this, just now Liu Renliang just said that the situation in Qingtian County was stabilized with the cooperation of the army, but he didn't say in detail how it was stabilized, and now listening to Fang Xuanling's words, he seems to know more specifically.

"Hehe, I don't know anything, and County Lieutenant Liu was also a little humble just now, so there are some things that I didn't say." I saw Fang Xuanling smile first, and then said, "At the beginning, there was a great chaos in Qingtian County, and County Lieutenant Liu was originally responsible for stabilizing the security of the county, but unfortunately the people's hearts were scattered at that time, and few people even listened to him anymore, but this Liu County Lieutenant was really decisive, and he personally patrolled the streets with a knife, and killed four or five bandits in a row, which stabilized the law and order in the area around the county government, as for other places, he was also powerless, after all, there is always a time when manpower is exhausted!" ”

Li Xiu's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this, and then he looked in the direction where Liu Renliang left, although he knew that the other party would start by virtue of his military exploits in the future, but he didn't expect that the young Liu Renliang was already so violent, not only killing people personally, but also killing four or five in a row, which is not something that ordinary officials can do.

Seeing Li Xiu's surprised expression, he saw Fang Xuanling smile again and continued: "This is nothing, later Sun Daochang and they took the army to Qingtian County, and it was also the general of the army who asked for the army several times by this Liu County Captain, and finally persuaded the other party to help, and then he personally led the army to restore the law and order in the county, and the criminals were directly executed on the spot, and the bandits who died directly or indirectly in his hands were no less than dozens of people, and finally restored the law and order in Qingtian County!" ”

"This ...... I didn't expect County Lieutenant Liu's murderous intent to be so heavy, I'm afraid it will affect his career in the future, right? Li Xiu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, the position of county lieutenant is a bit special, although he is a civil official, he is in charge of the security of a county, which is equivalent to the county public security director in later generations, the grade is not high, but the position is very important, but like Liu Renliang, he killed so many people in a row, although it was to restore law and order, but I am afraid it will also have some impact on him.

"Hehe, in fact, the official admires this Liu County Lieutenant in this matter, the so-called troubled times use heavy codes, this sentence is known to many people, with the situation in Qingtian County at the time, it can only use this kind of heavy code to deter the people, so as to restore law and order, but although the reason is simple, but in fact, few people can do it, and this Liu County Captain did not hesitate to do it, just from this point of view, it is not comparable to ordinary officials, as for the impact on the career and reputation, it depends on whether there are nobles to help?" Fang Xuanling praised Liu Renliang at this time, and at the end, he deliberately glanced at Li Xiu.

"Haha~, thank you Fang Xiang, I understand, when this time passes, I must invite Fang Xiang to drink!" Li Xiu also immediately understood when he heard this, and immediately thanked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling is a wake-up call to Li Xiu, it can be regarded as selling a favor to him, as long as Li Xiu is willing to help Liu Renliang say a few good words in front of Li Shimin, then killing too many people is nothing at all, in this way, Liu Renliang also owes Li Xiu a big favor, and he will only be grateful to Li Xiu when he is really developed in the future.

However, Fang Xuanling's favor is not easy to receive, after all, it is difficult to pay off the favor, but Li Xiu is not afraid, because he also has a great favor that can be returned to Fang Xuanling!