In fact, Yang Xiu was no wonder about this matter, not only did he not expect this, but even Situ Luzhi did not expect this situation. Lu Zhi, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, knew that Liu Xiu knew that Liu Xiu was unwilling to give up the 20,000 Jing horses in his hand, but instead gave them to the Niutou tribe on the Son of Heaven grassland, and there must be a trap in it. The Niutou tribe is not the people of the Han Dynasty, and if you want to use them, you must give them enough benefits, not only military rations, but also ordnance and uniforms.

Where does the money come from? At present, in addition to the places occupied by the Yuan family, the remaining places are Qingyanxu under Cao Cāo and Gyeonggi, which is directly controlled by the imperial court, and the rest of the place is under Liu Xiu's control. Qing Yanxu fought for three years in a row, although it was not yet the time when he could not stand it, but the finances were also tight, and Gyeonggi had no oil and water to peel, so if he wanted to take money, he naturally went to Yizhou and Jingzhou under Liu Xiu's rule to get it.

Originally, Lu Zhi thought that this should be no problem, and he expected that Liu Xiu would not dare to treat these states as his private property openly, but he didn't expect that Liu Xiu, who was acting as the assassin of Jingzhou, had not yet expressed his opinion, and Li Ru, the assassin of Yizhou, replied with an official letter, directly rejecting Situ Fu's order.

Li Ru's reason is very simple, according to the agreement of the new policy, Yizhou should pay a lot of taxes last year, and today is not yet the time to pay taxes, you suddenly ask for so much money, first, it is not in accordance with the rules, and second, it is too sudden, I am not prepared at all. Please give Situ Fu a sufficient reason, and I will raise it for you.

Lu Zhi was very aggrieved, he didn't have to send Liu Xiu any more, Li Ru himself didn't have that much courage, this must be the eldest princess's decision. And the eldest princess dared to make such a decision, of course, with Liu Xiu's backing.

Lu Zhi was very angry, but he couldn't find a reason. Because Li Ru did this on a basis, when the New Deal was implemented and the treaty was signed, there was this article, and each state must pay a certain percentage of taxes to the imperial court every year according to the regulations. In addition to this, if there is another need, there must be a good reason, and if the reason is not sufficient and is not within the scope of the mandatory implementation, the states can refuse.

Lu Zhi never thought that such a thing would happen, and when he signed the agreement, he did see this. But to be honest, after the implementation of the new policy over the years, every time the imperial court stretched out its hand to Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu gave it very happily, only giving more, not less, who would have thought that such a thing would happen.

What made Lu Zhi even more embarrassed was that. All the agreements of the New Deal were signed in the name of Situ Fu, that is to say, he slapped himself this time, and he sent it to Li Ru to beat.

Lu Zhi fell ill in a fit of rage. Shangshu asked to return to Luoyang to recuperate. Yang Xiu, who was in charge of clerical work, saw his sparseness and knew that the big thing was not good, if this problem was not solved, it would be impossible for the 20,000 iron horsemen of the Niutou tribe to participate in the war, so he hurriedly seized the opportunity to report to Xiao Tianzi.

After listening to Yang Xiu's retelling, Xiao Tianzi's face turned white, he picked up Lu Zhi's Shangshu, and came to the Empress Dowager Song angrily, saying to the Empress Dowager Song, this is the loyal minister that the Empress Dowager believes, I don't know if Yizhou is still the Yizhou of the imperial court.

Empress Dowager Song was inexplicable, and after she understood the details, she frowned. She also couldn't understand the meaning of Liu Xiu's doing, but she knew that now was definitely not the time to turn her face with Liu Xiu.

"What's the use of being angry, and does anger solve the problem?" Empress Dowager Song glared at Xiao Tianzi and reprimanded sternly: "You are also thirteen years old today, and in two years, when you add Yuan Fu, all political affairs will be handed over to you." But look at your frizzy appearance, can I rest assured? ”

Xiao Tianzi was trained to be speechless, so he had to kneel down and ask the Queen Mother for his guilt, and then ask for advice on how to deal with it.

Empress Dowager Song waved his hand to get him up, pondered for a long time, and then said: "In my opinion, this matter is probably something you did wrong, and it is not to blame the hussar general." ”

Xiao Tianzi pouted, stalked his neck and didn't speak. He can't accept the accusations of the Empress Dowager Song, Yizhou and Jingzhou are still Han, he is still the son of heaven, and now he is requisitioning money and grain in order to quell the rebellion, and he is not squandering it for himself, a small Yizhou assassin actually dares to disobey the order, if you want to say that there is no Liu Xiu's instruction behind this, who believes it? If you don't suppress this sign, who else will listen to the court in the future?

Empress Dowager Song saw that Xiao Tianzi looked unconvinced, and sighed, she also had a headache, and she couldn't figure out what the hell Liu Xiu was doing. Xiao Tianzi asked him for cavalry, but he didn't give it, so there were some reasons, but now he didn't even give money and food, what is going on? This Yizhou and Jingzhou are still not the territory of the Han Dynasty, is it possible that you want to divide the Han Dynasty, or even take the whole world?

However, she also knew that there was no benefit to being tough with Liu Xiu at this time, no matter how big the contradiction was, she would have to wait until the Yuan family was resolved, Liu Xiu must also know this, otherwise he would not agree to join the war.

Empress Dowager Song pondered for a long time, "I heard that Ah He and the hussar general are together, I miss her a little, Xincai is not far from here, I asked the hussar general to send Ah He to meet." She turned her gaze to Xiao Tianzi: "Your Majesty should know how to do it, right?" ”

Xiao Tianzi's face twitched, last time he sent an edict to Liu He to ask for peace, but Liu He didn't reply a word to her, this time I heard that Liu He followed Liu Xiu on the expedition, he still wanted to laugh, could it be that Liu Xiu thought that his son was too young and wanted to train his daughter? But a daughter is a daughter after all, and I have never heard of a woman who can lead troops into battle. Now the Empress Dowager Song wants him to bow his head to Liu He again and admit his mistakes, which he can't accept. But after thinking about it, he understood what the Queen Mother meant. The queen mother misses Liu He, but in fact, she bows to the hussar general in disguise, even if the hussar general refuses, it will not embarrass the court, which can be regarded as a temptation.

should make the Queen Mother die. Xiao Tianzi thought so and agreed with the queen mother's opinion.

Soon, Cao Ang rushed to Xincai with the edict.

After receiving the edict from the Queen Mother, Liu Xiu nodded very seriously: "The Queen Mother has an edict, and I will do it immediately." Please wait a moment and let me arrange it. ”

Cao Ang secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liu Xiu's attitude so deferential. Last time he went to Jiangling to deliver the edict, he was snubbed by Liu Xiu, this time he was worried along the way, but Liu Xiu's attitude was so good, it really surprised him.

It didn't take long, Liu He came, she was wearing a white sè gown, but the gown was stained with a lot of blood, the sleeves were rolled high, revealing half of the arm, and when she saw Cao Ang, Liu He was taken aback, and hurriedly withdrew, put down her sleeves, and took off her gown, and then walked in again, nodded to Cao Ang embarrassedly, and then asked: "Daddy, what's the matter with calling me here?" ”

Liu Xiu handed her the edict of the Queen Mother, Liu He took it and read it, raised his head to look at Liu Xiu: "Since the Queen Mother wants to see me, I should go to see the Queen Mother." ”

Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction, explained a few more words, found Yan Xing, and asked him to lead a thousand guards to escort Liu He to Dingying, and when he passed through Shenyang along the way, Xu Rong arranged someone to escort him, and sent Zhang Wei and Sun Ce to protect him, and he did not leave the left and right.

Cao Ang listened, and secretly said to himself, the Son of Heaven asked Liu Xiu for cavalry, Liu Xiu didn't give one, his daughter wanted to see the Queen Mother, as soon as she opened her mouth, she was a thousand guards to ride, and she had to send someone to escort her along the way, this caring heart was simply blushing.

Liu He returned to the back tent to freshen up, changed into a military uniform, accompanied by Yan Xing, and quickly rushed to Dingying, and when he arrived at Dingying, it was only a day after the Empress Dowager's edict was issued. Seeing that Liu He came so quickly, the Empress Dowager Song breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent someone to welcome Liu He in, and let the guards led by Yan Xing camp camp for a while.

Liu He took Zhang Wei and Sun Ce and several other guards into the camp of the Queen Mother, she ordered Zhang Wei and others to wait outside the tent, and came to the big tent by herself, and respectfully signed up to meet her. As soon as the words fell, the tent door opened, Xiao Tianzi showed a somewhat embarrassed face, glanced at Liu He, Liu He hurriedly bowed and saluted, and called His Majesty.

Xiao Tianzi said curtly: "Ahem, there are no outsiders here, so don't be polite." Come in, the Queen Mother is anxious to see you. ”

"Only, Thank You, Your Majesty." Liu He saluted again, bent down and entered the tent door, walked quickly to the queen mother, and bowed down. Empress Dowager Song hurriedly helped her up, pulled her to her and looked at her carefully, and said distressedly: "Ah He, you have lost weight, you have worked hard in the army, right?" ”

Liu He said with a smile: "Thank you for the Queen Mother's concern, although it is hard in the army, but I can be with Daddy, I have a very fulfilling life." ”

"What a fulfillment." Empress Dowager Song said angrily: "Your father is really, the dignified master, who actually went to bandage the wounds of the soldiers?" Is there no more dignity and humility at all? ”

Liu He shook his head and smiled gently: "Queen Mother, how can you be born noble?" No matter who it is, if you are injured, you need to take care of it, and without the bloody battles of the soldiers, how can there be peace in the world? Back then, my father was also killed on the battlefield, and he suffered countless injuries, and if there was no one to take care of him, how could he have survived to this day. I can't fight like my father, and it's good to do what I can. Queen Mother, you don't know, those injured soldiers are very strong, no matter how seriously injured, as long as something makes them happy, many people can survive, that is, ...... Some may be permanently crippled. ”

Liu He and the Empress Dowager Song muttered affectionately, and talked about their harvest in the past few months with some excitement, and the Empress Dowager Song listened with relish, from time to time happy for Liu He's progress, and pity for the hardships she had suffered, blaming Liu Xiu for being too ruthless, and Liu He defended Liu Xiu from time to time, saying that Liu Xiu's strict discipline was the love for her, otherwise she would not know so many things, so quickly from a child who was arrogant and did not know the world to what she is now.

The speaker has a heart, the listener is more intentional, the little Tianzi is like sitting on pins and needles, and it is not to go, and it is not to go. Empress Dowager Song was thoughtful and said with a smile: "Your father is really partial, teaching you so many things, but not Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty?" Liu He smiled faintly: "Your Majesty is the lord of the world, born rich and noble, why should you suffer such hardship?" She turned her head and glanced at Xiao Tianzi: "Your Majesty has won a great victory, I don't know if you have ever seen blood, have you ever heard the moans of the wounded soldiers when they are in pain?" ”

Xiao Tianzi's face turned red, his eyes widened, Liu He calmly met his gaze, and then said, "Your Majesty, have you ever seen blood spurting out of a broken arm?" Has Your Majesty ever smelled of a rotting wound? Has Your Majesty ever seen maggots arching in their wounds? ”

Xiao Tianzi's face turned pale, his throat rolled for a while, and he covered his mouth and rushed out of the big tent.

Empress Dowager Song looked at the aggressive Liu He, and her eyes showed surprise that could not be concealed. (To be continued) RQ