The grassland is barren, slightly scorched yellow, the mountains are dyed, the changes of the world, in full swing, Liaodong ten years, drinking snow and frost, from the extreme north, the grassland is also frosty, the snow in the north of the desert, the livestock freeze to death is numerous, the herdsmen wail and cry blood, the people who die on the riverside, the animal skin is wrapped, can not keep out the cold, pray for eternal life, the emperor of the prime king, and even the gods of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, countless, but there is no answer.

At the foot of Yin Mountain, the felt tent stretches, the golden horde of the grassland stands here, Shan Yu commands the most powerful country of the grassland today, the Xianbei Xia Kingdom, the guards outside the golden tent are quite majestic, Xianbei Shan Yu is the strongest leader of the Yan tribe in the dozens of tribes of Xianbei, in addition to the four major tribes with strong power, for the Tuoba Department, the Yuwen Department, the Murong Department, and the Dugu Department.

The reason why the Hu people in Liaodong think that Yan is also a Hu person is that Yan Guo and Xianbei both originated in the Great Xianbei Mountain in Liaodong, and the blood relationship is too close, and there are many customs of robbing women on the grassland, and the blood relationship is complicated, so it has a certain legacy of matrilineal clan. In the Hu tribe, most of the Yan Xianbei and the Yan royal family are confused, and Murong Xianbei is confused with the Murong family of the Yan State, in fact, even the two clans themselves can't tell the bloodline, after all, in the years just after being exiled to the Great Xianbei Mountain, there is no genealogy, and in the end it can only be used to exclude Yi Di and Yi Di will reject it, even though they really used to be relatives, but now Yan Guo is the relatives of the noble Zhuxia, and the Yan Department and the Murong Department are just the humility of Yi Di.

Tuoba He rushed back to the royal court from the west, his body is extremely tall, as the leader of the four major tribes, he is one of the four kings of the Xianbei Xia Kingdom, and is also known as the first warrior of the Xianbei Xia Kingdom, and is very powerful in the Xianbei Xia Kingdom. ”

Tuoba He's words were recognized by the Xianbei nobles in the tent, and the grassland tribes, under the cold and great hunger, had no other way than to plunder the southern country, so they all asked Shan Yu Yanhui to attack the southern country, but what the nobles did not expect was that Yanhui rejected this proposal.

Yan Hui said in a deep voice: "Now Dugu and Yuwen have not surrendered, Wei and Yan are strong, and they are not good for themselves, if they exchange markets with Wei and make friends as good neighbors, Wei is vast and rich, but the country is not quiet, the southern country is fierce, not weaker than the grassland, our clan is reconciled with it, it will be happy, and then the east is the second department, a unified ethnic group, waving the army to the west, annexing the Western Regions, its land is rich, the population is also numerous, there are no mountains and rivers to obstruct each other, the iron horse and the country will be peaceful, it will be a war and success, when our country is prosperous, will be eternal and unprecedented, isn't it beautiful, The king of the west is brave, and the next day he is the vanguard, and this single is in the battle for the king of the west. ”

Yan Hui's words made everyone happy and convinced, it really deserved to be Shan Yu, sure enough, there was wisdom through the sky, Tuoba He came out of the sea of blood, once a hundred warriors were swords, and he was one of the Xianbei God of War, and immediately patted his chest and promised: "Alone in the military flag, Tuoba is coming!" ”

Guanzhong is surrounded by waters, prosperous and lush, Chang'an is also magnificent, the magnates of the Wei State readily agreed to the Xianbei Shan Yu, after the Xianbei envoy left, after a short period of calm, the whole Wei State seemed to come to life, in the court, the Cao Xiahou clan guarded the little emperor, the scholars all sat in the palace, Sima Yi trembled and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the Great Wei according to Yongliang, Heluo, are the great cause of Zhou Qin, the king of the land, the domain is lush, the first of the countries, but the domain is mostly to the boundary of the territory, the mountains and rivers are above, and the danger is in the middle, Under the power of Bing Ge, the country of the four stops in the Guanzhong, according to the solid of Jincheng, the eight passes of Heluo, there is the risk of knocking on the pass.

Fang today, Han Yan intertwined, there is no way to attack me, Xianbei friendship, can also be safe, but first Wu Jinchu, according to Nanyang, coerced Shang Yu, forced Wuguan, is my Great Wei henchmen. If Qin does not base on Bashu, there is no way to attack Chu, there is no source of food, and now I am in Dawei, and the same is true. Seize Bashu, look down on Jingchu, take Hedong, look down on Guandong, and become the trend of Western Qin to unify all countries, and the great cause can be accomplished. ”

The clan relatives are naturally dissatisfied with Sima Yi's voice, but the older generation of clan relatives are dead, the second generation is incompetent, as one of Cao Rui's ministers, Sima Yi's status in Wei is unquestionable, and the attack on Bashu, this is the national policy set by Emperor Xianwu before the collapse, as a result, after Emperor Wen and Emperor Ming, the two emperors did not make the trip, and it has been postponed until now.

The battle of attacking Shu, Cao Wei has been preparing for too long, the granary of Hanzhong is enough for the needs of the army, from Guanzhong Chang'an to ride 50,000 into Hanzhong, the momentum is huge, the Central Plains has not seen it for many years, the governor of Yizhou saw that Wei was menacing, and immediately guarded the gate and then sent a fast boat down the river to Jiangling, the capital of Chu State, to inform the emperor of the military situation.

The first emperor of Chu was Chu Xiong, the head of the Chu family who asked for credit for Lu Xun in the past, but he died of illness after only three years of ascending to the top, and the current emperor of Chu is Chu Yun, the son of Chu Xiong.

The palace of Chu State, the regulation is magnificent, the gold and jade are inlaid on it, the Jiangdong woman is as soft as water, the world knows, the natural beauty in the palace is like a cloud, above the palace, Chu Yun is admiring the dancing Ji Rongzi, drinking wine, I didn't expect to receive the military information, and the wine bottle immediately rolled down, the Chu State took Jiangling as the capital, it is precisely because of the possession of Bashu, if Bashu is lost, the Wei army will break through Yiling again, and one day will be able to go to Jiangling City, how can he not be in a hurry, and immediately said: "Quickly summon the ministers into the palace and discuss countermeasures." ”

The military situation is urgent, the ministers in Jiangling City have rushed to the palace by car, the blocked palace gate is impassable, and the emperor can be called at this time are naturally the important ministers of the court, Luo Xi is also in this column, Chu Xiong said that after the emperor built Chu, the Duke of Yuzhang County was renamed the Duke of Gusu County, ranked on par with the kings, and it is still extremely noble, and this ending is not unrelated to the political situation of Chu State.

The founding of the Chu clan was really a fluke, there were nine great clans in the first Wu country, Jiangdong people called the merry crown, Luoqiao Ershi was automatically out, Zhou Lu Ershi was forced out, Lu was boycotted, Zhang Han Ershi accompanied the last seat, only Xiao Chu Er, one is the prestige of the five surname clans, the other is the Jiangdong surname, and finally Chu Xiong killed the competition with a "Clan Chronicle".

The so-called "Clan Chronicles", listed in the dozens of counties in the four states of Wu State, 39 surnames, 120 families, according to prestige and official quality, sorted by columns, to show that there is a difference between the top and bottom, each has a noble, Chu is the emperor, not listed among them, the remaining eight families are listed as the first class of wealthy surnames, the rest of the second class, the third class, until the end of the ninth class, the Chu State will choose officials in the future on this basis, from the families to select the ability and good character of the children as officials.

This trick is something that even Luo Xi has never thought of, it is too ruthless, although this is not Shiqing Shilu, after all, there are still requirements for the talents and conduct of the children, which is essentially similar to the inspection system, but he instinctively feels wrong, he wants to object, but even the Qiao clan secretly sent words, persuading him not to object, Luo Xi instantly knew that this was inevitable, Chu Xiongyan said that he shared the world with all the families, so as to obtain the support of almost most of the scholars in the Wu State, and was elected to the throne as the emperor, opening a country with a book, and winning the country, for thousands of years, I have never seen it, but the power is small, and the foundation is shallow, and I have never seen it.

The ministers of Chu State were listed in the palace according to the order, although Chu Yun was the emperor of Chu State, but he did not dare to have any rude actions in front of this group of ministers, and after the ministers sat down, Chu Yun asked urgently: "Zhongqing, the Wei State is menacing, and the spies have come to report that Chang'an has sent 50,000 elite soldiers to gather in Hanzhong, how should I stop it." ”

Luo Xi didn't say a word and watched the ministers talk and discuss for a long time, and finally only came to one result, quickly summoned the capital governor Lu Xun to come to Jiangling, led the army to meet the Wei State, and when everyone dispersed, Luo Xi walked out of the palace, recalled the things in the palace, and couldn't help but shake his head, it was really a tiger father and a dog, Lanling County Gong Xiao walked to Luo Xi's side, and suddenly asked: "Luo Gong thinks that Wei and our army are fighting this battle, how is the victory or defeat?" ”

Luo hoped for Xiao Cheng and then said lightly: "The commander of the capital is unparalleled, when the governor can win the capital governor today, I have never seen it, if the capital governor leads the army to go, the Wei State cannot enter Bashu for half a step." ”

In today's era of heavenly arrogance, Lu Xun is almost the first in the world in terms of commandery, and Xiao Cheng said noncommittally to what Luo Xi said: "It's a pity that the governor is old and sick, and he may not be able to come to Jiangling this time, and he may not be able to lead our Chu army to fight." ”

Luo Xi looked Xiao Cheng up and down seriously for a moment, smiled, and then left the palace without saying a word, Xiao Cheng walked in the palace with his hands behind his back, and said softly: "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, it is really picturesque." ”

Lu Xun really couldn't come to Jiangling, and reported that the Han army had moved, to guard Xuzhou, and couldn't obey the king's order, the atmosphere in Jiangling City instantly froze, Lu Xun deliberately didn't come, or really couldn't come, this is no longer important, the key emperor thought that Lu Xun was deliberately not coming, and said angrily in the palace: "The king is on the minister, the king's order is under the order, how can the courtiers disobey, arrogant and arrogant, it is really not a minister!" ”

As soon as the emperor said this, the hall was suddenly as quiet as a needle dropping, and almost everyone looked at Chu Yun in disbelief, shocked that the emperor dared to evaluate a meritorious founding father like this, that was the top magnate who had already made the festival when he was in the first Wu State, and was the governor of the capital, when the first emperor was in power, he still wanted to be the prince of Guangling County to appease his grievances, you are a second-generation emperor with no merits, who gave you the courage to speak to Lu Boyan like this?

Chu Yun still didn't feel wrong and wanted to vent again, but the ministers in the palace couldn't bear his stupidity, directly interrupted his words, and said sharply: "Your Majesty is cautious, the first emperor once said, the emperor and the scholars share the world, Chu is not the world of His Majesty alone, but the world of all families, Guangling County has a strong reputation, and he has made great contributions to my Chu State, he is sick and can not go to Jiangling, His Majesty should send an envoy to express condolences instead of being humiliated by His Majesty, Your Majesty will apologize to the Guangling County Duke at the moment, this wind must not be promoted, otherwise our dynasty will not be a country, and the fall will be overnight!" ”

Chu Yun was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it: "What are you talking nonsense, the emperor apologizes to his courtiers, and he has never heard of it for eternity, isn't this a catastrophe of disorder and reversal of yin and yang?" ”

A somewhat gloomy voice sounded in the hall, "Killing the king, bloodbathing the court is the real chaos of disorder and reversal of yin and yang, the sage said: Knowing mistakes can be changed, good is great, only the emperor of the Legalist family will not make mistakes, is Your Majesty the emperor of the Legalist family?" ”

As soon as he heard the word Legalist, the emperor was stunned, and the atmosphere in the hall was instantly different, coupled with the words "kill the king, wash the court with blood", everyone calmed down all of a sudden, and they didn't come to that point. Lu Xun didn't come, but the battle still had to be fought, but most people had a shadow on their hearts, but Luo Xi didn't, because in his opinion, this was already a war that was bound to be lost. With such a chaotic internal affairs of Chu, how could such a wasteful emperor win the Wei State, although the Wei State was gradually declining compared to the previous three generations of emperors, at least the authority of the imperial court was still very heavy.

Chu gathered 30,000 foot soldiers to go to support Yizhou by boat, so that the governor of Yizhou tried to drive Wei out of Hanzhong, but the result was not as Luo Xi expected, three battles and three defeats, the first battle of Dingjun Mountain, the 30,000 foot soldiers of Chu were wiped out, and the Wei army chased and broke into Chengdu, indicating the fall of the entire Shu land. The war report reached the Chu State, Jiangling was terrified, and the ministers gathered in the palace again, and some ministers said loudly in the palace: "Yizhou has fallen and the only one who is now threatened, the Yangtze River Jiancheng, should send the elite to defend the cities of Yiling, otherwise the Wei army will go downstream, Jiangling will be in danger, and the Chu State will be in danger!" ”

When Chu Yun heard that Chengdu had fallen and had already frightened the six gods, he asked Luo Xi about the government, Luo Xi didn't want to pay attention to him at all, but finally said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be anxious, the Yangtze River is connected with iron cables, and there are Yiling Jiancheng guards, it is impossible for Wei to go down the river to attack the city, but the king does not stand in danger, and the minister thinks that he is still building a business, which should be the best choice." ”

For a mediocre monarch like Chu Yun, Luo Xi didn't think that he could lead the Chu State to recapture Yizhou, since this was the case, then hiding far away and not being captured by the enemy country might be the greatest contribution he could make.

Chu Yun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and among the opinions given by the ministers in the palace, Luo Xi was the most in line with his heart, and immediately said: "What the Duke of Gusu County said is extremely true, I think that the top priority at this moment is to return to the capital to build a business, and the Duke of Gusu County will walk with me, and I will be rewarded." ”

Luo Xi rubbed his temples that were a little painful, and then saw Xiao Cheng smiling faintly, and when he saw Luo Hope coming over, he laughed softly: "If it is this duke, he should make the county prince guard Jingzhou and lead the affairs of Jingzhou, instead of taking it with him, the emperor is really, stupid." ”

Xiao Cheng no longer had the slightest respect for the emperor, and it was even all mockery, Luo Xi didn't know how many people in this hall were like Xiao Cheng, after all, even he who had always been respectful to others was a little disgusted with Chu Yun.

Jiangdong, which was once famous for its talent and style, Yuzhang County Gongluochu, and Zhou Gongjin, the metropolitan governor known as Mei Zhoulang, when will he be able to return to that glorious era?

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Emperor Fu succeeded to the throne for a long time, but he was flawed and incompetent, narrow-minded and small, he was in a hurry, he did not think about it, he enjoyed the country for a long time, the society did not fall, he did not abuse the people, and there was no saint in the world. - "Southern History: Chu Benji"

Chapter 2 at 3 p.m

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