Shuofang City!

"May I ask how to get to the Duxia Prefecture Governor's Mansion?" A handsome woman with flying sword eyebrows politely asked a passer-by beside her.

Passers-by saw that the beautiful woman was tall and tall, but the loose cyan samurai uniform could not hide the good figure with undulating mountains and beautiful beauty, and they couldn't help but light up and down, and looked up and down carefully.

The passer-by is nearly seventy years old, is an old man with white hair, has long passed the age of picking flowers and grass, looking for flowers and willows, but everyone has this love for beauty. It was the old man, seeing such a heroic and beautiful woman, he couldn't help but appreciate it, he was in a happy mood, and said with a smile: "Girl, this is the first time to come to Shuofang, right?" ”

The beautiful woman replied gently: "It's not, I came here once in the early years. That was when Liang Shidu ruled, and now it's only been two years, but he has found a way that he can't recognize. ”

This old man likes to chat with people, and shook his hand with a smile and said, "It's not strange, it's not strange, it's not strange at all." Look at my memory, it's really old. Don't say it's you. Even a month ago, I couldn't have recognized this Shuofang City, where I had lived for fifty or sixty years. He looked left and right, and said with a lot of feelings: "What a big change!" ”

The beautiful woman didn't seem to have anything urgent, which made the old man intrigued, and asked curiously, "What did the old man say about this?" ”

The old man stroked the goat whiskers on his jaw and said quite complacently: "The old man has been a Shuofang person since he was a child, and he was a member of Emperor Wu in his early years. The Emperor Wu he said was Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong, who was the fourth son of Emperor Wen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After ascending the throne, he killed the powerful minister Yuwen Hu and rectified the rule of officials. The Northern Zhou Dynasty was clear, the people lived a stable life, the country was strong, and the most powerful separatist force of the Northern Qi was eliminated, and the world was almost dominated. It's a pity that in the first year of Xuanzheng, Yuwen Yong saw that the Turks were powerful and led the army to conquer the Turks in five ways, but due to a sudden illness, he died of illness on the way. At that time, the world thought. If Yuwen Yong does not die, it will not be Yang Jian but Yu Wenyong who will dominate the world.

"Emperor Wu is wise and martial, and Shuo Fang is under his rule. It's not rich, but it's peaceful. Later, Yang Jian stole the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty and established the Sui Dynasty......" Speaking of Yang Jian, the old man had a trace of dissatisfaction and disdain on his face: Yuwen Yong died young. His son was not angry. He was unscrupulous and died at the age of twenty-two. He was left with only a seven-year-old son, and a group of orphans and widows. As the general of the Great Zhou, the old man was full of contempt for Yang Jian, who bullied orphans and widows.

The beautiful woman continued to listen and did not speak.

The old man continued: "Yang Jian is not without ability, he let the Turks split, let the Turks submit to them and ensure the stability of Shuofang, at that time Shuofang was still very peaceful. Later, Yang Jian's son Yang Guang ascended the throne and became emperor. The world abused Yang Guang endlessly, but the old man thought he was not bad. A comparison with his father. During his reign, Shuofang saw a rare prosperity. ”

The beautiful woman heard this with a little displeasure, and said angrily: "Yang Guang is extremely evil, confusing the world, causing the people of the world to live in poverty, how can the old man say that he is 'not bad'?" ”

The old man was not annoyed, "hehe" and smiled: "The old man has lived for so many years, and the farthest time is Yanzhou, I really don't know what the situation is in the Central Plains." There is a saying that is not true, seeing is believing everything, and hearing is false. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so it's a bad thing to say. At least in Shuofang, it's still quite prosperous. ”

The disaster of Yang Guang lies in the Central Plains Canal, and in the three expeditions of Goryeo in the northeast of Hebei. The Central Plains Canal forced the people of the Central Plains to cut off their hands and feet to escape from forced labor, and the three expeditions of Goryeo were even more well-known to work and lose money. From the Weiwentong Uprising in the sixth year of the Great Cause to the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, more than 60 peasant uprisings broke out in the core area of the Central Plains, Hebei, and Jiangnan in just seven years. These uprisings had nothing to do with Shuofang, Yang Guang liked face, liked to be big, and Shuofang, as a place to contact with the Turkic territory, received special care from him.

At the beginning, he toured Shuofang in the north, and the Turkic khan personally uprooted the weeds on the roadside for Yang Guang in Shuofang and welcomed Yang Guang's parade.

No matter what the world thinks of Yang Guang, in the eyes of the old man, Yang Guang is still very good, at least he maintains the stability and prosperity of Shuofang.

"But ......," the old man said here, with sadness in his eyes, and sighed: "Liang Shidu has become the lord of Shuofang, and he has thrown himself into the Turks, making Shuofang a mess, and the people are not able to make a living, so that the local people cannot escape. Those old friends who knew me well, dead and scattered, and now I am alone. If it weren't for the filial piety of my old son, who desperately escorted me out of Shuofang, where I had lived for 60 years, and arrived in Yanzhou, I was afraid that my old life would be lost in this place. ”

Hearing the sadness in the old man's words, the beautiful woman's eyes showed a trace of unbearability, and she persuaded: "In troubled times, it is a blessing to be able to survive, and you want to open some old man." ”

The old man smiled lightly and shook his head, "A month ago, my son suddenly told me that we could go home. This goes back to Shuofang, Shuofang is still the same Shuofang, but it has become different...... Everywhere you can see businessmen coming and going, and you can see passers-by laughing and laughing. This scene has never been seen in the previous dynasties! Not to mention the dark days of Liang Shidu, you see ......" His tone became more and more brisk, and his mood was getting better and better, pointing to the front and saying: "Then there is a market right in front of it, but it is brilliant." Merchants from the north and south gathered in this bazaar, and they wanted whatever they wanted. Rouge porcelain tea from the south, cow and horse leather from the north, wine from the west, and fish from the east are all available here. I have never seen such a bustling market in my life, I don't know what the East and West Market in Chang'an is like, in my opinion, it's nothing more than that......" He laughed as he spoke, his eyes full of pride, the pride of being a Shuofang person.

A hint of surprise flashed in the beautiful woman's beautiful eyes, and she smiled and said to herself: "So, he did a good job!" ”

"Who?" The old man's ears were good, and he was able to hear clearly.

"General, that is, the governor of Xiazhou!" The beautiful woman said with a smile.

The old man couldn't help but nod in agreement: "Not bad? It's not bad, if Shuo Fang didn't have him, there would be no today. ......He suddenly pointed to a horse dealer who was leading more than a dozen horses to dress as Turks, and said, "You see, this Turk is honest like a cat." In other words, they would have come to rob it a long time ago. Where would you be so honest to come to Shuofang to pay the city tax and do business? In Turkic Rodu, he is a man who is called an evil spirit, and no matter how fierce the Turks are, they will become like kittens when they encounter him. As he spoke, he suddenly patted his head and said, "Ah, look at my stinky habits, I can't stop saying this...... The girl is going to the Governor's Mansion. If you go straight on the right, you will see the huge palace in the distance around the bazaar, and the Governor's Mansion is on the edge of the palace. It used to be the General's Mansion......" he said, realizing once again that he had the urge to continue, and hurriedly closed his mouth.

The beautiful woman smiled, thanked her, and walked in the direction the old man pointed.

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Shuofang Governor's Mansion!

Luo Shixin stretched his waist and looked at the official document in front of him. Uncomfortable, he stretched out his hands and feet and said with a smile: "Depending on the situation, this year is a rare harvest year!" "It has been nearly a year since the last Northern Border Army Competition, and Liu Renliang has taken over the arrangement of this second military competition. However, it is arranged, but it may not be held.

The civil strife in the Turkic North is coming to an end......

In these more than 300 days, Luo Shixin really did what the local governor should do. It is also to manage military affairs and handle government affairs.

Needless to say in military affairs, Luo Shixin's main project: after the competitive competition, he reasonably arranged each person into different arms according to their strengths and weaknesses, and gave full play to their strengths with the characteristics of the troops. And he also issued an order in the army, allowing the soldiers to choose their favorite class of troops to train according to their strengths. As long as they pass the assessment, they can be incorporated into the troops they want to recruit, so that they can practice specifically.

This appointment allowed every soldier to train in their preferred position as they wished, and to give full play to their own strengths, which was a hundred times more efficient than general training.

The high morale obtained from the consecutive victories over the Turks, supplemented by the vigorous fighting spirit inspired by the competitive competition, coupled with reasonable and effective training, the border army has undergone a change that is not what it used to be, and it can be described as a new look.

One-on-one, Luo Shixin did not dare to guarantee that the border soldiers would be able to defeat the Turkic soldiers who grew up on horseback, but there were more than 10,000 confrontations. Luo Shixin is absolutely confident that the border soldiers will be able to win the final victory.

The real change is not in military affairs, and Luo Shixin himself does not know when, he has a certain understanding of government affairs.

He also has a certain amount of experience in dealing with government affairs, looking at the complicated government affairs of the three states, he is not so headache, but can understand and understand.

Ma Zhou snickered on the side, he looked further, in this era, there is quite a lot of thinking about martial arts and light literature, the world respects military generals, but the road of military generals has really come to an end, and they have to turn to literature. The so-called out will enter the phase, this is the case.

It is true that Luo Shixin can fight well, but with his prospects to continue to develop, one day, he will enter the political arena with military merits, and he will obviously not succeed if he has no political ability at all. Not to mention how to be excellent, at least to maintain a certain level.

Ma Zhou knew that Luo Shixin would carefully check his official documents to get a general idea. The official document is deliberately written so esoteric that it is difficult for people to read it thoroughly.

Sure enough, Luo Shixin couldn't understand it and could only ask him to explain.

Ma Zhou elaborated little by little.

Luo Shixin is not as stupid as a pig, as time goes by, he can gradually understand some and understand the relationship between the truth.

Shuo Fang has today, and the main heroes are Ma Zhou and Wang Xuance, but it is undeniable that he Luo Shixin also made a contribution. (To be continued......)