From Yi County to the south, the emperor's car drove on the same official road as when Li Xu returned north, but the scenery he saw on the side of the road was completely different. The starvation on both sides of the official road had been thrown into the ravine by local officials who had learned the news in advance, and the beggars and displaced people along the way were forcibly dispersed by the county soldiers. Coupled with a sudden heavy snowfall, the whole land suddenly became white and clean, and it was no longer possible to see the rotting corpses in the fields, nor the hidden grievances in the eyes of the people.

The grief is like fire, and sooner or later it will burn brightly. Li Xu dreamed several times of the woman who exchanged her body for cakes, as well as the mob with wooden sticks and kitchen knives that stood in front of his war horse. Whenever he woke up from a nightmare, the sweat on his back was wet, and his lower body was occasionally cold. But he couldn't tell anyone about this nightmare, and he couldn't share the fear with anyone.

He didn't have the courage to report the disaster situation of the counties along the way to the emperor, knowing that he was a military attache and couldn't talk lightly. After a betrayal, he learned to be more careful about protecting his interests. In fact, even if he had the courage to reflect the suffering of the people, there was no way for the emperor to hear it. His current official position is from the fourth rank of military general, and he can go to court six times a month. If you are late or untidy, you will be deducted from one month's salary. However, due to being too disappointed with the outcome of the war in Liaodong, Yang Guang had already canceled most of the early dynasties under the pretext of bad weather. From Jixian County to Boling, in more than a month, Xuzi only went to the court twice. The first time he was seen by the emperor, the emperor asked him, why don't you recuperate at home? He replied that his wound had healed, and he was willing to continue to run for His Majesty, and then there would be no chance to continue to talk to the emperor. Ten days later, the officials of the court quarreled over who was right and who was wrong between him and Yu Wenshu, and quarreled from morning to afternoon, leaving him as a party to the side.

After that, His Majesty the Emperor no longer gave anyone a chance to be detained. The early dynasty became a fictitious, and the emperor found all kinds of excuses to avoid attending. Even if something big happens, the officials need to hand over the fold to Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others, and the two ministers who are close to His Majesty the Emperor are responsible for dividing it into four categories: light, heavy, slow, and urgent, according to the content of the fold, and transfer it to the emperor in turn.

In this case, even if Xuzi writes a fold and hands it over, he must first go through the hands of Yu Shiji, Pei Yun and others. And this kind of unorthodox play is destined to be beaten back, and there is no chance for His Majesty the Emperor to see it. Xuzi privately visited several civil officials, hoping that they would ask for the people's lives. But the civil officials, who were very zealous in upholding justice for him, seemed indifferent to the famine among the people, and allowed the local officials who came to meet him to boast of the prosperity of the country and the people under the rule of the sage. When the car arrived at Boling, finally, Taishi Ling Yu Zhen couldn't see it, went in to meet him, and asked Yang Guang to issue an order for disaster relief. Yang Guang was shocked, and gathered the officials of various ministries and ministers with cronies to discuss for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that "because of the rampant rebellion, the armament granaries in various places should not be moved lightly," and ordered the local officials to find their own way.

"Except for people like Yang Xuangan, who is still a traitor if there is food to eat at home?" Li Xu was very dissatisfied with the content of the holy decree, but there was nothing he could do. Such a court was far from the ideal court that he had been indoctrinated in when he was a student. In Mr.'s mouth, the ideal court should be the emperor who is diligent and loves the people, and the courtiers are dedicated and loyal. And the facts before his eyes were far from that. Asahiko was disappointed and couldn't find any way to vent. Fortunately, after several years of hard work, he has learned to hide his feelings, so he didn't cause any trouble.

He is a lone wolf who has just stepped into the pack and must learn to adapt before he can share his share of food. There are red eyes all around, and if he really shows a flaw, the owner of those eyes will not hesitate to rush up and give him a mouthful.

Boling is the settlement of the Cui family, which had six prime ministers and fourteen marquis in the Northern Wei Dynasty, so it has many magnificent mansions. Knowing that the royal car had passed, the Cui family vacated the best few mansions for the emperor to stay, and offered two pairs of 100 walls and 200,000 yuan to show their loyalty. Yang Guang was very happy that the Cui family could be so understanding, so before he left Boling County, the Cui family had another third-class marquis, a third-rank general and a county guard.

"It's a quick promotion like this!" Asahiko once again saw the power of the family. He is already one of the fastest promoted martial artists, and he has fought for more than two years, and he has more than a dozen injuries before he is replaced by a vacant position as a martial arts general. And the people of the Cui family "bought" a higher position at a price of 200,000 yuan.

Insightful things like this can be seen everywhere. Xu Zi increased his understanding of the Great Sui officialdom almost every day. In the past, there was a crystal wall between him and these upper-class figures, and he could only look up, but he could not step into the circle of the other party. Now that he has one foot in it, in order not to be kicked out again, he should no longer be ignorant of the intertwined relationships behind the officials.

After paying attention, Xuzi made a great discovery.

During the lifetime of the first emperor, a total of 16 people held positions such as servant shooting or nayan, of which seven were born into families, and nine were famous in the army, known as the nobles in the army. Among the twelve people who have been and are exercising the power of servant shooting in this dynasty, there are as many as ten people from families.

The first emperor established the system of opening the imperial examination, but during the reign of the first emperor, no one from the imperial examination could achieve a high-ranking official of the third rank or above. Today's saints like to read people, but now the court has both power and talent, Yu Shiji and Pei Yun, two adults, who are also Jiangnan scholars. No one has ever taken the scientific examination.

From the court to the locality, and even in the counties, even the low-level officials such as the household groove and the military groove were rarely born in the imperial examination and the army. There is an unwritten rule in this dynasty that anyone who is an official needs to have a clean family background and be sponsored by a local gentry. And the talent sponsored by those local gentlemen will definitely not be a grass man without any background!

Comparing the facts in front of him, and then thinking about the unrealistic dreams he had when he was studying hard in the county school, Xuzi couldn't help but want to look up to the sky and sigh. He better understood why Xu Dayan's desire back then was to establish his own family. This court was simply set up for the sake of the big families, and people from commoner backgrounds were usually only qualified to worship, and they had no chance to say what they wanted to say.

Xuzi doesn't know if he is a poor family or a scholar now. He has the official position and title of the scholar clan, but he still maintains a pair of cold eyes. This kind of identity is not embarrassing and embarrassing, which makes him extremely lonely, and the more he tries to integrate into his surroundings, the deeper he realizes loneliness.

Among the generals of the Imperial Forest Army, there are many teenagers about the same age as Asahiko, and they are full of ambition and look forward to the day when they will be able to make a difference. Therefore, everyone is very fascinated by Li Xu's experience over the years. When they met Xu Zi intentionally or unintentionally at a banquet, they all liked to make a noise and asked Li Xu to tell the story of Liaodong and Liyang City.

Whenever Xuzi finished telling those blood-stained stories, what he saw in the eyes of most people was not admiration or respect. "If I had led the troops at that time, I would have climbed to the top of the valley and was condescending!" When it comes to the battle of Nameless Valley, some people wave their arms and fight hard. "In a place dozens of feet high, throwing a random stone will weigh more than a thousand pounds. That Goguryeo general was so stupid that he couldn't even think of this! ”

This man was foaming at the mouth of the star, and he didn't even think about how to climb such a steep mountain. Even if you climb up, where do you find so many stones?

"Yuan Wuben doesn't know how to use soldiers at all, there are so many people, at least a gossip array must be placed. Life, death, shock, redemption...... The war horse rushed in, the clouds filled the fog, and immediately lost its way! "For the first battle of Liyang, some people's views are even more unique. The guy who spoke was a fan of I Ching gossip, with a pale face and dark blue lips. Asahiko learned from other mouths that only people who regularly took Goshisan would have such an illusory complexion. Every time their faces turned white, they were one step closer to the realm of the unity of heaven and man.

"When General Li was defending the city, why didn't he pile up firewood near the city walls and streets. Let the enemy soldiers in first, and then burn the firewood...... "Someone fantasized about the flames in the air, and his eyes were full of stars. As for whether the grain in Liyang City would be ignited because of this, it was not in his scope of consideration at all.

The generals of the Imperial Forest Army are all of noble backgrounds, and they have been famous almost from their mother's womb. Their strong family background and privileged life make them accustomed to looking down on those who are inferior to themselves, and Xuzi has not learned how to look up and pretend to be a flattering smile. For these people's fingers, he can be perfunctory, but he can't be perfunctory, so he simply pretends not to hear. When the teenagers saw that their "high views" were not accepted, they were furious. But they didn't have the courage to learn martial arts with Li Xu in person, "That newcomer Li Hou's eyes are so cold and terrifying, competing with this madman, he loses three points first!" ”。

"I knew that this was the taste of escorting, but it was better to ....... at that time" Li Xu regretted more than once that he had easily given up the Xiongwu Battalion. What if Xiang Yuwen was soft at that time, and then Yang Feng Yin disobeyed? He didn't know how likely he would be to keep the Xiongwu Battalion if he did so. But he knew that he was really lonely during the time he was away from the barracks.

The wind on the southbound road was cold, and the young man's heart slowly became cold, as black as the snow on both sides of the official road. Whenever the team found the houses vacated by large families to camp, he always remembered the years he had gone through the battle. Whether it is in the grain protection army or in the Xiongwu camp, Xuzi has never been so lonely. Although in the end, he had to leave the two teams, and was estranged from two friends because of their different choices. But he misses the days when he fought side by side and bled before the mystery was revealed. Looking back at the past in the dark night, it's like a wild beast watching a bonfire.

"I must find a way to go back to the army, that's where I should be!" In front of the charcoal basin, hugging his knees, Xuzi thought stunned.

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