Chapter 25 Save Liu Qing
On this day, Jiang Hexing was reading some documents in the office office. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoSomeone came to the newspaper, saying that it was someone from Daijun Yangyuan who asked to see him. Jiang Hexing was puzzled, but he still invited people in. A tall red-faced man, some of whom he was familiar with, but he couldn't remember who it was. When the big man entered the house, he knelt down and cried, and he couldn't understand it, and after a long time, he persuaded him to ask for an understanding. That big man is Yangyuan Han, Yangyuan's Gongcao, and an important assistant to the county order.
This year, Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty ordered eight people, including Wang Yun, a servant, to inspect various places, nominally inspect the rule of law and customs in various places, and inspect the rule of officials. Privately connected with local officials, and asked them to take the initiative to say how Wang Mang, the Duke of Anhan, complied with the mandate of heaven, benefited the world, and sang praises for Wang Mang. When Liu Qing, the county commander, was studying in Taixue before, he was extremely disgusted with Dong Xian in the court, so he always wanted to stay away from the imperial court. He had no ill feelings towards Wang Mang, the Duke of Anhan, on the contrary, he felt that Corporal Wang Mang was a great contributor to the Han Dynasty, relieving the victims and stabilizing the Quartet. But the inspector's demands were obviously more, which aroused Liu Qing's scholarly temper, but he did not cooperate, on the contrary, he also said that in recent years, there have been more and more victims, and there have been more and more bandits from the mainland, and the troubled border has begun to be uneasy. He also criticized Wang Mang's amnesty at every turn, so that the bad people could not be punished, and the good people suffered more and more.
Liu Qing was imprisoned, because Liu Qing was originally an upright person, although he did not have many friends, and there were no enemies, the officials of the county sighed in private. Now it is difficult for the imperial court to fabricate other charges, and it can't be punished for criticizing An Hangong, but it is absolutely impossible to let him go, and now both sides are a little difficult to ride.
After listening to Han's speech, let him rest first. Jiang Hexing immediately called Zhang Meng and ordered him to go back and clean up, lead 50 men and horses, and the day after tomorrow with Han Hao, bring more gold, full casual clothes, gallop to Daijun, and rescue Liu Qing.
The team began to set off, Han Hao followed, he was good at horseback riding, but he couldn't compare with these young people. The men were so preoccupied with galloping that they never seemed to think about whether the horses could stand it. The grass on the road began to turn yellow, the color of the leaves began to be mixed, red, yellow, green, the small river was still flowing gently, that is, Zhang Meng and these people did not know how to appreciate it at all, each hunched over, holding the reins in his left hand, standing on the stirrups, and his right hand kept pushing the whip to urge the horse forward. The trees on the side of the road ran backwards, the horses were startled by the birds, and the hares flew in the grass from time to time, and perhaps they were afraid that the horses were chasing them, and they also ran desperately in all directions.
After running for 50 miles, the horses were already panting, and Han Hao wanted to call them to stop and rest, but the gang didn't seem to hear them, so they had to follow helplessly. How do you know that there are several huge tents in front, Zhang Meng and others slowed down and stopped, jumped off the horse, and a group of people dressed as soldiers came out of the tent, led the horse away, offered food and water, everyone sat down, chatted while eating, and the sound shook the tent, so unhappy. Han Hao was a little restrained, seeing that everyone was so casual, he slowly relaxed, eating when he should eat, and drinking when he should drink. After eating and drinking, someone led the horses over, and Han Hao found that the horses had been replaced, and now they were all new horses, no wonder these people didn't care so much, it turned out that they knew in their hearts that the post was ahead.
On the horse again, Han Hao was no longer polite, and began to gallop like everyone else, and in this way, he arrived in Yangyuan after 5 days. Zhang Meng arranged the team near Zhangjiazhuang, and he and Han Hao went to Yangyuan to inquire about the news.
When the two arrived at the county seat, they inquired, and only then did they learn that the inspection officials were still in the Daijun Taishou Mansion, and they ignored this side a little. Han Hao used it to go to the prison and found that Liu Qing was still fine and did not suffer greatly, and Han Hao was relieved. When they came back, the two discussed, it is impossible to use connections to save people, how can this inspection official come on behalf of the imperial court, how can he give in? The only way is to save people by force. Zhang Meng was originally privately instructed by Jiang Hexing to only save people by force, and to strive not to kill people and to hurt fewer people, that is, to succeed. To save people by force, Liu Qing completely turned his face with the imperial court, and there was no way out, so he had to do things in Jianghexing. Jiang Hexing also taught Zhang Meng a new word, casting a name, Zhang Meng seemed to understand whether he understood or not.
Zhang Meng and Han Hao secretly transferred Liu Qing and Han Hao's family members to Zhangjiazhuang, and then Zhang Meng took 10 cavalry and two mine-throwers to lurk in the county seat. The weather was gloomy and dark on this day, and the fourth watch had just arrived, and the county town was already silent. Suddenly, the dogs in the city began to bark, one barking, and then the contagion, and dogs barked everywhere. To the north of the county government was the outer wall of the prison, and several people rushed to the prison wall while running, jumped up one by one, climbed over the wall, and entered the prison compound.
At this time, in the west corner of the county, there was a sudden loud noise, like a huge thunder, many people who were sleeping were awakened, knowing that it was not thunder, each batch of clothes, looked at the northwest of the county, only to see the northwest lights flashing, the figure swaying, I don't know what happened, as if the sky was falling, people were frightened.
In the county office, it is already brightly lit. The new county commander had just taken office, and when he encountered this strange thing, how dare he be sloppy, and the county commander came to the front hall while wearing his clothes. Tell everyone to gather all the people and horses quickly, and all of them rush over to find out. The county magistrate kept giving orders in his mouth, and in the same place, another loud thunder came, the earth trembled a little, and the dust on the walls was startled. Looking up, I saw the northwest corner, the fire was shining, but fortunately, it was extinguished at once. Everyone was frightened, and they kept talking about the gods of all roads, thinking about the bad things they had done, and their hearts became more and more nervous.
The county order gave an order and took the lead to run northwest, but everyone had no choice but to follow. I still admire this county order in my heart, it is really a character, and it depends on the performance of others at the critical moment.
Two loud thunders rang out, lights lit up in the county prison, and several masked men held sabers in their hands, and with a knife pick, the prison door opened. Among these masked people, Han Hao saw that the saber was so sharp, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. Han Hao led the way, walked to the door of a large prison, everyone raised torches, and saw inside, the wooden fence was enclosed into a prison, and the bottom was covered with weeds, and a man who looked like an old man had already gotten up to look at them, maybe the light was too dazzling, and he didn't dare to look out, and kept blinking.
Zhang Meng saw it, but he didn't have time to say anything, and with a slash of the saber, the cell door was wide open. Several strong men rushed in and drove Liu Qing out. There were still a few people in the prison, and when they saw the movement, they made a lot of noise, but no one paid attention.
When he came to the courtyard, someone followed, someone supported, and Liu Qing was also thrown out of prison.
They first found a place to hide, as soon as the morning dawned, the east gate opened, and the group went out of the city and went directly to Zhangjiazhuang.
Yangyuan County was in chaos all night, and as soon as the morning dawned, the county order returned to the county office. The new county order did not find any traces, but the place where the thunder was seen was originally a pond, except for two more pits in the pond, nothing unusual was found, but there were cracks in the earthen walls of two nearby houses. No one was injured, let alone killed. The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief, at which time someone reported that the detained Liu magistrate was missing, and the cell door was opened.
The county order did not dare to slack off, and quickly investigated strictly, but there was no news. Dare to receive the report to the Taishou Mansion, the Taishou Su Wen and the inspectors came to check, and also went to the pond in the northwest corner of the county, and found that many people were kneeling there, thanking the gods for taking away the order of Liu County. Several officials looked at each other, could it really be done by the gods? After a few people discussed and operated, Liu County's order "ascended to heaven" as a god. It is the credit of An Han Gong that moved the heavens, and only then did he have a good official who loved the people. The heavens saw Liu County's hard work, and didn't want him to work too hard, so he sent the Fire Thunder Immortal to take Liu County's order.
The inspection officials built a temple by the pond to worship Liu County's order, and the people in the vicinity also came to the temple to ask for help. Some people have backache, and after asking for help, their backs are no longer sore; Some legs hurt, and after asking for help, the legs don't hurt anymore; Some people lost their things, and after asking for help, they found their things. In short, as long as you are sincere, you really have to respond, and if you can't ask for it, you can only blame you for being insincere. As a result, the incense of Liu Gong Temple here began to flourish.
Liu Qing didn't know that he had become an immortal, and he was now lying in the carriage, leisurely looking at the beautiful scenery of the grassland. After he was taken to Zhangjiazhuang, he found a doctor to check it and rested for three days. Zhang Meng and Han Hao, with men and horses and Han Liu's family, traveled north, and arrived on the grassland in two days. After arriving on the grassland, because Liu Qing was not in good health, he slowed down and walked forward.
Liu Qing himself couldn't tell what was going on, whether he should be happy or unhappy, and he always felt a little depressed and difficult to vent. Looking at the withered yellow grass, there is always a feeling of bleakness in life, maybe the prison has changed me. He didn't want to let too many people suffer because of himself, knowing that Zhang Meng saved himself like this, he didn't know how many people died, although Zhang Meng repeatedly explained that no one was injured or injured, at most it was just fright, he didn't believe it.
The team moved forward slowly, and after half a month, Liu Qing was completely recovered, and the team had arrived in Zhangwu City. Li Xiaowen came to pick up Liu Qing in person, and Liu Qing hurriedly got out of the carriage and greeted Li Xiaowen. Li Xiaowen took Liu Qing, Han Hao and their families and walked to the city. For the first time, everyone saw such a city, with blue-gray walls, the same color as the smooth pavement, and it looked like the same thing.
Liu Qing also saw such a road surface, walking up hard, the middle of the road surface is slightly raised, both sides are dug deep ditches, it seems that it is very convenient to drain in the rain, both sides of the ditch are small trees, it seems that they have not been planted for too long. When the wind blows, the leaves rattle, and the fallen leaves continue to blow down to the ground. Walking along this road, the more you go to the city, the more lively it is, not to mention the many people, there are a lot of vendors on both sides of the road, selling all kinds of things, the autumn harvest is about to begin, there are those who sell sickles, there are those who sell axes, there are those who sell straw hats, there are those who sell cloth shoes, there are those who sell leather boots, there are those who sell salt, there are those who sell cloth, in short, as long as you have money, you can have anything.
Liu Qing was deeply surprised to see iron and salt being sold here, and asked Li Xiaowen: "Mr. Li, are all the ironware in Zhangwu City sold like this, and is the salt also sold like this?" ā
Li Xiaowen said: "Except for some weapons here, we don't have any restrictions here. We don't have many things here, and the things in Xianwu City are even more incredible, they rely on the Liao River, and there are sailboats to go to Liaoxi County, and the things are even more complete. ā
"What kind of ship is a sailboat?"
"A kind of boat that is faster than a horse can travel hundreds of miles a day, but it can only go in the big river, and now many merchants in the Liao River are used to sell goods, which is very fast. You can take a look at Xianwu City. ā
Liu Qing wants to go to Xianwu to see the excitement now, but now that he is in Zhangwu after all, let's take a look at Zhangwu first. When he entered the city, he found that it was full of brick and stone houses, all of which had pipes on them, and he did not know what to do. The clothes of the people here are obviously much better than those on the Daijun side, at least there are no tattered clothes. Everyone seems to be busy, but it feels like they all have their own goals, and they are busy with their own things.
When he came to the office, Liu Qing saw that the furnishings in the room were completely different from those in Daijun, and people sat directly on chairs, and no one knelt on the ground anymore. The furniture in the room is unprecedented, the chairs are different, the tables are different, and even the furnishings are completely different. There doesn't seem to be much of a distinction between lowliness and dignity here, or rather less obvious. Liu Qing knew in his heart that the rules here were completely different, and he didn't want to ask more, as if he was stupid, he had to observe slowly to see what was different.
After Liu Qing ate Li Xiaoquan's banquet, he left Zhangwu City, and he didn't need Zhang Meng's escort, he wanted to see it all the way.
Liu Qing and Han Hao rode in front, followed by a carriage pulling their families, and walked east along a large road. There is no longer grass on both sides of the road, but all the crops that are about to ripen, there are millet and beans, and some plots have been harvested, as if wheat was planted before, and busy farmers are seen in the fields from time to time. Liu Qing looked at it while walking, his mood became cheerful, he knew that these places used to be grasslands, but now he actually created a large piece of farmland for Jianghexing, and if there is farmland everywhere in the future, there must not be so many Hu people who have invaded the realm.
From time to time, Liu Qing's side passed by big cars, loaded with coal and headed east, it seems that the demand for this Xianwu City is really not small.
With a stomach full of doubts, Liu Qing came to Xianwu City, which was roughly the same as Zhangwu City, slightly larger. Before entering the city, I saw a commotion on the bank of the huge Liao River. Liu Qing and Han dismounted and came to the bank of the Liao River together, and saw that on the broad water surface of the Liao River, a big boat was rising one by one, and when the wind blew, the cloth puffed up, and the boat began to run, and no one rowed the oars, and the boat ran faster and faster, really faster than a horse. Liu Qingzheng was shocked and found that among the people who saw him off by the river, Jiang Hexing was standing in the middle. Jiang Hexing was busy waving goodbye to the people on the boat, and the people on the boat were also constantly signaling. Seeing that the boat was running farther and farther, and people were gradually leaving, Liu Qing wondered why so many people came here today since he saw sailboats every day?
Liu Qing hurriedly stepped forward to greet Jiang Hexing, Jiang Hexing was also very surprised, and after greeting, he pulled Liu Qing and Han Hao back to the office. Along the way, Liu Qing's eyes were straight, the goods here are really dazzling, far more prosperous than Zhangwu, many things are unheard of, unseen, food is full of variety, one by one shops are opened on the side of the road, some people shout, while shouting for guests to taste. Everything is delivered to people, not to mention eating, it is very comfortable to watch. The street was full of sweet smells, and Han Hao couldn't help but want to stop several times, buy two to taste them, and then look at the rivers and rivers to turn a blind eye, and keep greeting passers-by while walking forward.
Not only the food is eaten, but the clothes worn are also full of patterns, all kinds of colors, all kinds of styles, and the ready-to-wear stores are full of all kinds of clothes, and many people in them are constantly trying to change clothes.
Walking forward, all kinds of furniture, all kinds of tools, dazzling, Jiang Hexing continued to introduce these novelties to them, and only then did they know that many of them were brought by Jiang Hexing.
When they came to the office, Jiang Hexing told them why they wanted to go to the river to see them off. Jianghexing suffers from the fact that the winter here is too long, and when the winter comes, many things cannot be done, so people find a lonely island in the sea, and when he comes, he passes by there, and roughly explains the direction, and he named it Phoenix Island. It is very convenient to go from Phoenix Island to the coast of Handi, and you no longer have to worry about frozen rivers. When the time comes, if you can set up a base on this island, you can trade all year round. Those who go first today should first find a place and set up a base where people can live and set up factories, and many factories can be moved there in the future.
Liu Qing was confused when he heard it, the key is that island, it sounds like thousands of mountains and rivers are far away, although the sailboat is fast enough, but the sea is vast, how can you find it?
Jiang Hexing asked Liu Qing and Han Hao what requirements they had for their work, Liu Qing thought about it, and he still wanted to do civil affairs. Jiang Hexing said that Jilin has just been recovered, and the work in all aspects is very difficult, and it is extremely difficult for people to return to their hearts, and I hope that Liu Qing can do this thing. Li Xiaowu focused more on military affairs there, and until now Jilin was still a bit chaotic and the construction was too slow.
Liu Qing is very satisfied, and Jianghexing is also very satisfied, with such a person with real administrative experience to manage, combined with the current conditions, Jilin will definitely have great development in the future. Jiang Hexing expressed the hope that Liu Qingbian would manage and train some young people, but now the territory is too large, there are too few people who can manage it, and the management of civil affairs is very different from that of the military and political administration, and he hoped that Liu Qing will begin to train a group of talented people who can manage civil affairs.
Liu Qing didn't dare to hold it up, but said that he would try his best to lead the young people.