There are more and more dark clouds, thunder continues, and suddenly the torrential rain suddenly falls, enveloping the entire Xingwang Mansion, it has been raining for a short time, there is a lot of water on the ground, the river is swelling all at once, and the rain cannot be stopped for a while. A quarter of an hour later, the rain had gradually decreased and stopped, and the sun reappeared in the sky, and a rainbow jumped into the sky after a rain, and it seemed that everyone in the palace had forgotten that Lu Qiongxian was killed by lightning.

The heavy rain stopped suddenly, the air was fresh, and the flowers and plants that were dried by the scorching heat also cheered up in an instant, and Zhao Dezhao and Xiao Guizi wore the clothes of ordinary people and went out to travel, and they didn't know what was happening in the palace at the moment.

In the streets and alleys, the pedestrians have gradually increased, and a large number of people have gathered in front of the Xingwang Mansion, and they are staring at a bulletin board in front of the yamen at this moment, and the officials will also hang the yellow paper of the notice in the bulletin column.

Hundreds of people surrounded them, all of them looked at the notice attentively, and Yang Ming and others were watching in the crowd, while Zhao Dezhao and Xiao Guizi were mixed behind the crowd, not knowing what was going on?

The people are crowded more and more, and the people are already surrounded in front of the yamen, if the people are not likely to come to Xingwangfu to read the notices in normal times, but today because someone informed the matter in advance, the people seem to have vaguely heard some good news.

An acquaintance in the back saw a person in front of him and immediately asked, "Brother Tao, what is written on this bulletin board?" ”

The young man who was called Brother Tao looked at the contents of this proclamation, and after reading it, he said, "It's just a notice, this edict says that since the attempted rebellion between the Gong and Fan clans, the Lu clan was killed by lightning in the palace today...... And then said that it was more than innocent to die. ”

He didn't speak loudly, and someone repeated it a few times, "Is this true?" ”

"Is this true?" People kept asking.

"Could it be that there is still a fake ......." this person shouted roughly, and Zhao Dezhao in the surrounding crowd also heard it, but Zhao Dezhao also felt incredible when he heard it, he had been trying to deal with Lu Qiongxian, but he didn't expect that a few thunders in the afternoon today would solve this person, it seems that this is the will of God. The little noble son beside him also chattered in disbelief.

When the surrounding people heard this, they immediately felt very excited, "God opened his eyes, let the thief die...... (Southern) Han Dynasty emperors' harsh laws, tyrannical expropriation, and lack of benevolent governance, so that the people have no sense of belonging.

"It's better to die, let all those corrupt officials die." The people gritted their teeth, they had had enough of so many years of oppression and exploitation by the rulers, and they probably wouldn't even be able to make a living if they continued like this.

"I wonder if we'll have a better time in the future?" There are also people who hope to live a stable life after the fall of corrupt officials.

"Pity my baby, who died at the hands of Meichuandu." The old man sighed, staring at the bulletin board, this "Meichuan Capital" is Liu Gang according to Lingnan, in Haimen Town set up 8,000 soldiers, specifically for pearl diving, this place is located between Leizhou and Hepu Mother of Pearl Sea, as well as Dongguan Dabu Sea and its adjacent waters, because of the proximity to the Southern Han capital, and out of the South China Sea pearls, Liu Gang will collect pearls set up here.

"Meichuan Capital" implements a fixed amount of pearl diving tax, which makes Zhao Dezhao shocked that pearl diving is carried out without any safety equipment. Whenever the pearl is diving, the stone rope is tied to the soldier or the pearl slave, and the sea is dived into the sea for five or seven hundred feet to dive into the sea to dive for pearls.

Pearl diving is extremely dangerous, because the depth of the dive is generally tens of hundreds of meters underwater, and it is well known that the further you dive, the water pressure on the bottom of the sea is too high, and there are no oxygen cylinders or anything like that. When the pearl divers entered the sea, they tied stones to their bodies, and because of the lack of oxygen during the dive, the corpses of the pearl divers would float on the surface of the sea every time, and the pearls they had worked so hard to collect would fill the inner treasury, which became a huge profit for merchants and rulers to decorate palaces and daily luxuries.

Zhao Dezhao felt resentful when he thought of this, this is a cannibalistic society. There were also people in the crowd who took a few mouthfuls and scolded: "It's not a pity for these corrupt officials and ministers to die." ”

…… The people in front of the bulletin board have gathered more and more, the front of the yamen has been crowded, and they have leaned their heads towards the bulletin board, the little nobleman saw that there were so many people, so he pulled Zhao Dezhao out of the crowd, Zhao Dezhao also took the opportunity to break out of the crowd, he saw the little nobleman with a nervous look, he said: "It's okay, these people are also fed up with those corrupt officials, powerful ministers and lackeys, and now there is another thief dead, it is also God's will!" ”

Now that Gong Chengshu and others have subjugated the law, Zhao Dezhao is very happy, and it can be regarded as removing harm for the people. He turned away from the crowd and continued to walk down the street with the little nobleman, thinking about the current situation as he went, and at this time it also left an indelible impression on his heart.

In this era, there are always some corrupt officials and mediocre rulers above the common people, and several countries in the south, relative to the Central Plains Dynasty is not long, wars are frequent, the situation in the south is relatively stable, so stable but also for the development of the economy to create certain conditions, the ruler over time also began to live a rotten life, so they have to loot a lot of gold and silver treasures to satisfy their own life.

Because the ruler lives an endless life of luxury, there are as many corrupt officials as there are rulers, and the rulers enjoy a corrupt life, spending a huge amount of people's power and wealth, and all this has to be borne by the people.

Zhao Dezhao came to the conclusion that the more extravagant the secessionist regime ruled and lived, the more exploited its people were, and secondly, the extravagance of officials led to political corruption...... Then extravagance led to the intensification of the internal strife within the ruling group to the demise of the regime, a large number of bloody incidents occurred within the court, when the country faced war, the ruler was only obsessed with the life of drunken dreams, and those corrupt ministers and generals could not bear the responsibility of defending the country at all, and even betrayed the interests of the country and betrayed the king for the sake of nobility.

For these situations, all dynasties and dynasties, Zhao Dezhao has long been seen often, he lived for three lifetimes, knowing that "from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift difficult" truth, those with the consumption of the people's power of the country often do not rule for a long time, throughout the present, the emperor of the (Southern) Han Dynasty, after ascending the throne, is a large number of construction, build palaces, Zhaoyang Palaces, Xiuhua Palaces, are extremely beautiful. Moreover, this Zhaoyang Hall is based on gold for the sun and silver for the ground...... His Royal Highness set up a canal, pearl for the paving, and carved crystal, amber for the sun and moon, column and east and west on the second floor, the rest of the palace is the same, (Southern) Han Dynasty emperors combined, a total of more than 1,000 palaces were built, all decorated with jewelry, it was really extravagant, and in the era of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, not only the (Southern) Han Kingdom, the rulers of the rest of the countries also wanted to be extravagant, build palaces, drink and feast luxuriously, and enter and exit the ceremonial guards...... The last time Zhao Dezhao went to the palace, he saw that the palace hall of the (Southern) Han Dynasty was luxuriously decorated and extremely extravagant.

Now the enemies within the (Southern) Han have been almost eliminated, although the territory has not been incorporated into the Song State, but in fact, the (Southern) Han regime and military power have been controlled in the hands of the fake Liu Gang, and Zhao Dezhao is also a little eyebrow-raising.

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Zhao Dezhao turned his head and saw that this person was very burly, although he was wearing an ordinary moire round-necked gown, but he couldn't hide the heroic spirit on his body at all, it seemed that this person was a military general, Zhao Dezhao thought so in his heart.

"This official doesn't have to be like this." Zhao Dezhao also bowed.

"I'm so sorry!" After he had finished speaking, he apologized a few words, and walked towards the west of the city.

The market was full of people, and the man disappeared all at once.

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Zhao Dezhao and Xiao Guizi looked around, and after a while, they also walked to the west of the city.

…… At this time, there was an endless stream of guests in front of the Yangcheng Restaurant, Zhao Dezhao had already gone to the back of the restaurant, and before arriving at the secret room, Zhao Dezhao saw that the secret room was tightly closed, and there seemed to be someone inside, so he knocked three times at the door, which was the secret number of Changchun Hall.

After a while, the door of the secret room had already opened, and at this moment, Yang Ming saw Zhao Dezhao, so he immediately bowed down and invited in.

In the secret room, Zhao Dezhao did not see the three masters and apprentices of Wuyongzi, and it seemed that they were still transferring soldiers and horses in the north at this moment.

Yang Ming immediately bowed down and said, "Young Master, there is a person here today, and I would like to ask His Highness to meet him." ”

"Oh? Who is Yang Helmsman talking about? Zhao Dezhao followed the direction pointed by Yang Ming and saw a person sitting in the house, wasn't this the person who accidentally bumped into Zhao Dezhao in the market.

The man raised his head and saw Zhao Dezhao, his face was stunned, and then he said happily: "Fang Langbo accidentally bumped into His Highness, please forgive Your Highness." ”

Zhao Dezhao didn't see hatred, he smiled and said: "This king is not a person who holds grudges, General Zhi don't see it." ”

This person has signed up for Lang Bo, Zhao Dezhao suddenly remembered that this person is Zhi Tingxiao in the mouth of Wu Yongzi, Zhi Tingxiao word Lang Bo, a native of Shuinan, Dongguan, a famous general of the (Southern) Han Kingdom, in history, this person has a strategy, because he saw that the queen Liu Gang was increasingly absurd and cruel, so he resigned and returned home. In the third year of Song Kaibao (970), Tanzhou Defense Shi Panmei led the army to crusade against the Southern Han Dynasty, drove straight forward, broke the elephant array of Li Chengwu of the Southern Han Dynasty, and occupied Shaozhou. Seeing that there were no more generals to be sent in the court, Liu Gang appointed Zhi Tingxiao as the general and Guo Chongyue as the envoy to lead 60,000 troops to garrison in Maji to resist the Song army.

This time, Zhi Tingxiao set off from Shuinan, Dongguan, and last time it was the three of them who went to Dongguan to talk about love and reason, so that Zhi Tingxiao planned to take refuge in King Wei, and he came to Yangcheng Restaurant today to meet Wuyongzi and them. Wu Yongzi didn't see it, but instead saw their master, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei.

The two had been looking at each other for a long time, and then Zhao Dezhao said, "General Zhi, please take a seat." ”

Zhi Tingxiao was a little uneasy in his heart, but he still did so and sat up.

The next few people chatted in the secret room......

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Now that he has been away from the Song Kingdom for a few months, Zhao Dezhao does not plan to stay here forever, he remembers the first year of (later) Zhou Guangshun (the ninth year of the Southern Han Dynasty, 951), the (Southern) Han took advantage of the civil strife in Ma Chu to take advantage of the victory to win Yi (now Yishan, Guangxi), Lian (now Lianxian, Guangdong), Wu (now Wuzhou, Guangxi), Yan (now Laibin, southeast, Guangxi), Fu (now Zhaoping, Guangxi), Zhao (now Pingxi, Guangxi), Liu (now Guangxi), Xiang (now Xiangxian, Guangxi), and Gong (now Pingnan, Guangxi). Since that battle, the (Southern) Han Dynasty has occupied all the lands of Lingnan. Now Zhao Dezhao is to the (southern) Han first to recover the land of these eight states.

Zhi Tingxiao sat aside, and also agreed with Zhao Dezhao's plan.

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