Liu Xu is now a public citizen, although he is only a small scribe, and he does not even have the lowest level of establishment, but he has already made Xu Jin'er very happy. After all, Xu Jin'er thinks that Liu Xu is better than going to brew wine and stir-fry all day long. Although Liu Xu is a big shopkeeper and doesn't need to make his own wine and stir-fry, he still can't have the status of a small scribe in Xu Jin'er's eyes.

Now Liu Xu has to go to the state government every day and follow the two masters to deal with the general affairs in the state, so naturally he has no time to go to the Xu Martial Arts Hall every day to practice martial arts. However, after the first few months, Liu Xu has learned a lot of fighting skills and experience, and his body has become stronger, but he has only learned some skin in martial arts. In fact, Liu Xu is old, and his bones are grown, even if he goes to the martial arts hall every day, he can't learn too much martial arts, it's just a matter of boiling his body. Liu Xu has time to go to the wine shop and restaurant occasionally, and every time he sees the boom in business, Liu Xu is very happy.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, the news that Li Shun established the Dashu regime in Chengdu was not known until the imperial court's official report half a month later. At the same time, the newspaper also published matters related to the imperial court's arrangements for the crusade against Li Shun's rebel army.

On the nineteenth day of the first month, that is, on the fourth day of Li Shun's occupation of Chengdu and the establishment of Dashu, the current official Zhao Er appointed Wang Jien, the envoy of Zhaoxuan and the envoy of the Hezhou regiment, as the envoy of Xichuan Zhao'an, crossed the Qinling Mountains, and immediately went to crusade against the rebel army, which was the Northern Route Army. A few days later, Zhao Er then sent Lei Youzhong, the young eunuch of Shaofu, and Pei Zhuang, the superintendent of Yushi, as the transfer envoy of the army along the Gorge Road, Liu Xi of the Ministry of Works, and Zhou Wei, a member of the staff of the Wailang, as the transfer envoy of the army from the west of the Gorge Road to Xichuan, and Wang Gao, the head of the Mabu Army, led his troops to attack the Jianmen, and Chongyi made Yin Yuan lead the troops to attack the rebel army from the Yangtze River upstream, which was for the South Route Army.

After Kou Zhun saw the Di Bao, he couldn't help but be a little worried, but now that he is not in the center of the court, he is powerless. The people of Shu rebelled, and naturally there was a reason, and the court was too mean to Shu. Now seeing the news contained in the newspaper, it seems that the current officials want to suppress the rebel army and do not want to appease them at all. Thinking about Wang Jien's ruthlessness and cruelty, Kou Zhun was even more worried, afraid that Shu would be ruined.

Regarding this matter, Kou Zhun inevitably asked Liu Xu for his opinion on this matter.

Liu Xu's later generations have seen some information about Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's uprising, and know that the main reason for his uprising is that the land annexation of the powerful landlords of the Shu family is serious, and most of the people in Shu have been reduced to "side households", with heavy taxes and difficult to live. When the Song army broke through Houshu, it also plundered the army, causing profound harm to the people of Shu and planting deep hatred. Last year, there was another great drought, and the people could no longer survive, so it is not surprising that this rebellion occurred.

When Kou Zhun asked Liu Xu, Liu Xu replied: "My Great Song Dynasty is unified today, it is too peaceful and stable, and the people live a prosperous life, but the imperial court's policy towards Shu is extremely harsh, and the life of the people in Shu is unsustainable. The powerful landlords of the Shu family are strong, the land annexation is serious, and most of the people have been reduced to "side households", and they have a strong dependence on the owners of the powerful land, and it is difficult to leave Shu, and it is difficult to enjoy the rich life of my Great Song Dynasty, and there are injustices. However, since Li Shun has established himself as the Great Shu regime, such a rebellious thing must not be tolerated by our Great Song Dynasty, and this sending troops to suppress it is a necessary policy. However, the people of Shu are also the people of my Great Song Dynasty, and they rebelled when they couldn't survive, and they should not be blindly suppressed, but should also be properly appeased. If the imperial court introduces a policy to curb the land annexation of the powerful family, eliminate the personal dependence of the people of Shu on the powerful family, and let the people have the hope of living, they will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort and stabilize the affairs of Shu land faster! ”

Kou Zhun couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard Liu Xu's words, and said: "Young people don't advocate force, and they blindly use force, which is really good. ”

Kou Zhun is not in the center of the imperial court now, and he is powerless about the affairs of Shudi, but he still sent a recital to the imperial court, expressing his view that the rebellion in Shu cannot be blindly suppressed by force, and should be suppressed and appeased, so as to give the people of Shu a way to live.

Liu Xu studied with the two masters in the state government, and he really learned a lot of experience and skills in handling various government affairs. After all, Kou Zhun has been a high-ranking official at the level of Xianggong, and the level of his staff is not low, and compared with the masters of ordinary state officials, the skills of Master Hong and Master Wu are also much higher.

Liu Xu is witty and humorous, and now he is chic and golden. Liu Xu not only called the two masters one by one, but also invited the two masters to the Qinglou to drink, and gave them gifts from time to time, which made the two of them very happy. The two masters also taught Liu Xu with their own hearts and guided Liu Xu with their hearts. Liu Xu also learned a lot from the two masters.

In the next few months, Liu Xu spent the next few months studying with the two masters of the state government.

During this period, the war in Shu was also ongoing, and it has to be said that although the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Forbidden Army at this time was somewhat lower than that at the beginning of the founding of the country, it was still not to be underestimated.

In April, Wang Jien entered Shu and led his troops to defeat the rebel army in Yankouzhai, the Song army crossed the Qingqiang Ridge, and Jianzhou was pacified.

At the end of April, Wang Jien defeated the 5,000-strong rebel army at Liuchiyi. On the side of the Southern Route Army, 3,000 rebels attacked the Guang'an Army, beating drums to make noise and setting fire to disrupt the view. The Song army was in a mess, and only Lei Youzhong was very calm. When the rebel army was encircled, Lei Youzhong finally led out the Song army that was ambushed outside to attack the rebel army before and after, and the rebel army was in chaos, and countless people were burned to death and drowned in the water.

In May, Wang Jien conquered Jinzhou; Wang Jien's subordinate Cao Xi divided his troops from Jiameng Pass to Laoxi, broke the rebel army of tens of thousands, and Langzhou was pacified; The inspection made Hu Zhengyuan pacify Bazhou. [note 30]

At this time, the siege of Zizhou by the rebel army had lasted for more than 80 days, and there was still no progress. While Wang Jien was marching towards Chengdu, he sent his subordinate general Shi Zhirong to lead thousands of people to support, and the rebel army immediately retreated when he saw the situation. Lu Bin took the opportunity to lead the army to pursue from the city, capturing more than 20,000 people and breaking tens of thousands. Lu Bin and others continued to lead their troops forward, relieved the siege of Langzhou, killed more than 3,000 people, and then continued to pacify Pengzhou.

At the end of May, Wang Jien led a large army to attack the city of Chengdu, and it did not take long to attack successfully, although the number of rebels was as high as more than 100,000, but it was still defeated, of which 30,000 were killed. Li Shun was captured alive, and eighteen days later, Li Shun and eight other rebel leaders were killed in Fengxiang.

After that, the leader of the rebel army became Zhang Yu, and Wang Jien led the Great Song Forbidden Army to continue to suppress the rebel army led by Zhang Yu. After Chengdu City was pacified, it was not long before it was downgraded to Yizhou.

Of course, the war in Shu did not have any impact on Liu Xu's life, he still followed the two masters in the state government every day to learn to deal with various affairs, but Liu Xu had more thoughts about the affairs of Shu, and Liu Xu would remember to browse the half-monthly imperial court newspaper to understand some of the relevant content of the affairs of Shu.