"Thousands of horses try the spring outing, and the light rain is like a crisp fall. It can make Jiangdong return to the old guests and stay late. Liquor is silently slippery and laxative. ”

"Splitter planets, shallow and verdant. It's not as cold and gentle as Baiyun Township. This goes to the first state of Huainan. ”

This is Su Dongpo's "Nanxiangzi" written back then, and the first state in Huainan written in the words is Suzhou.

At this time, there are still 100 miles away from Suzhou City, but at this time it is almost the time of March, and the spring mood begins to sway wantonly through the greener and greener leaves, more and more colorful flowers.

Come back to the north of the Huai River.

The old man didn't have any homesickness at all, since he changed his official position with Lu Zai and continued to be his living housekeeper, for most of the past half a month, he has been happy and excited every day, just like just now, he didn't care about the fatigue of coming to the road for days, and he memorized the first word excitedly.

And this is also the hundredth poem he memorized on the hundred-mile journey.

Liu Bang saw this old man who was rejuvenated, and he didn't know how many times he had said it, he was a lot older, but he didn't know how old he was stable, and he followed him, and he didn't even learn half of his calmness, which was very noisy.

Although no one echoed Xin Ciying, his interest remained undiminished, and he continued to say to himself:

"Qin swept Liuhe, Suzhou was divided into Surabaya County, and Surabaya County governed Fengyi, which is where Han Gaozu Qianlong is located...... In the past, he valued the life of Chinese literature and the seedlings of Gaoyang; Fengyi Chung Ling, all compile the Xu of Emperor Yao, there is Longxing here, that is, there is a spiritual platform. ”

Although Guo Yaoshi was born as a military general, he was also a poor man in Liaodong in his early years, and he did not read many books; But after Chang Shengjun was killed, he lived in seclusion in the south, and in his spare time, he also heard a lot of truths and knew a lot of words, and what he admired most in his life was not Guan Yu Yue Fei, but these literati and writers, especially those who had something in their stomachs.

Although he knew that Xin Ciying didn't like him, he couldn't help but pat his ass at this time:

"Mr. Xin is well-informed and talented, and he can quote scriptures and put out local allusions everywhere he goes.

It is said that he will not hit the smiling face person, but this is a traitor after all, Xin Ciying snorted coldly, and finally silenced him, and ignored him.

When Liu Bang saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, these two people were like this all the way, no matter how Xin Ciying put on the score, he couldn't stop Guo Yaoshi from sticking his cold ass with a hot face.

However, he was not accustomed to the great appearance of the old man, and deliberately found him ugly, so he asked:

"Since you kid knows this Suzhou well, then Lao Tzu will ask you a question, can you answer it?"

Not to mention anything else, Xin Ciying has been squeezed out by Qin Hui all the year round, so he can only get some idle positions to do, and there are few things he can do on weekdays except for reading.

The knowledge of these states and counties is even more his favorite, and he doesn't know how many county records have been copied by hand at home...... Even a native of Suzhou doesn't necessarily know this place better than him.

At this time, the emperor asked, he didn't even think about it, and replied directly:

"The official family asks, the minister knows everything."

Liu Bang looked at this somewhat strange but familiar place...... What is strange is that the surrounding buildings, rivers, and roads are all different from those of the past; Familiar are ravines, canals, and boulders, but nothing has changed.

This feeling is a little wonderful, this is his hometown, to be precise, within a radius of hundreds of miles, north to Xuzhou, Xiao County, south to Suzhou, Si County, is the place where he has spent most of his life.

Now that I'm back again, it's already a matter of people, and it's false to say that I don't feel any emotion at all, but I came from Si County, and the initial melancholy has long since disappeared, and it is indeed no longer emotional.

He pointed to a boulder not far in front of him and asked Xin Ciying:

"You're so powerful, do you know what's hidden under that boulder?"

Xin Ciying was only embarrassed by being the emperor, the stone was two people high, I don't know how many years it had stood there, the outside was polished to a very smooth surface, except for moss, there was not even a little else.

What can be underneath? What else could there be but mud and dirt?

Naturally, this kind of thing can't be said to the emperor, but he felt that the Zhao Guanjia would not arrange himself so casually, so he recalled it carefully, but he couldn't think of any book that wrote about the boulder of Suzhou.

had to answer honestly: "I really don't know." ”

"Humph!"

Liu Bang glanced at him proudly: "On weekdays, I told you to read more and read more, but you just didn't listen!" ”

"I don't even have this kind of knowledge, if you dare to show off it in the future, Lao Tzu will reward you with a killing stick!"

Xin Ciying was obviously a little unconvinced: "Then, what is under the boulder, please show it to the official." ”

Liu Bang smiled: "You kid is still not convinced, if Lao Tzu really says it, what should you do?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was so confident, the living room thought carefully for a while, and confirmed that there was no description of this stone in the Suzhou Chronicles...... Books don't lie, but officials do.

He straightened his waist and said, "But according to the orders of the official!" ”

"Okay!" Liu Bang slapped his face, "That's what you said." ”

After that, he didn't make his own request first, but directly said what was under the stone:

"There are six words engraved underneath."

The conversation between the two attracted more and more listeners, and for example, Taiwei Zhang, who was very curious about this, rushed ahead of Xin Ciying and asked:

"I don't know what six words it is?"

"Da Chuxing, King Chen Sheng."

……

Everyone was a little speechless, that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising was a matter of the Year of the Monkey and Ma Yue, even if there were really these six words, the official family had never been here when he crossed to the south, how did he know about it?

Besides, judging from the current appearance of the boulder, it has not been touched for at least decades, and since it has not been moved, it should not be known by the emperor.

It seems that His Majesty is really looking for fun.

The matter is related to himself, but the living house people don't think like others, Daze Township also belongs to Pei County, and it is indeed in Suzhou.

The official can say this, but it's not all without purpose, but is there really a text underneath?

Xin Ciying was shaken by one or two points, but there were still eight or nine points of self-confidence, so he said:

"The official family is so knowledgeable, but he can turn the stone upside down, so that the ministers and others can also open their eyes."

Liu Bang has always been a man of integrity, especially in the matter of betting, he beckoned, asked the whole army to stop and rest for a while, and asked Huang Yanjie to find dozens of tall forbidden soldiers and let them move towards the stone.

Although everyone didn't know what game these nobles were playing, this was not something they should care about, although the boulder was big, but there were many people, these people worked together, and used their respective blades to warp and push, only a cup of tea in less time, the stone that I don't know how long it had been standing, and it fell down.

Xin Ciying turned over and got off the horse directly, although his legs were much better than before, he was still a little lame, and his walking was a little obvious, and he ran over with Guo Yaoshi Zhang Jun and others.

After staring at the bottom of the stone for a long time, Xin Ciying directly got into his hands and picked off the mud on it.

Six characters, yes, six big characters engraved in small seals, although many people no longer recognize their appearance, but the erudite Xin Ciying does know it.

Da Chuxing, Chen Shengwang.

More than 1,300 years ago, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up here, creating the first large-scale people's uprising in Chinese history.

King Chuyin has been gone for many years, only the sentence 'princes and generals, rather have a kind of' resounded throughout the universe; since then, there has been no eternal nobles throughout the ages, when the people in this land are cornered, there will be countless Chen Sheng, countless Wu Guanglai,

They may not be able to become Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, but only under the conditions they create can Liu Bang and Xiang Yu appear.

Xin Ciying didn't expect to be really told by the official, but he didn't have the loneliness of losing the bet in his heart, on the contrary, he found out that this thing had never been recorded in all the books, and he was very excited.

"Official, this is the true work left by King Chu Yin back then? When we look at it with the world! ”

Liu Bang beckoned, summoned them back, and instructed Huang Yanjie again:

"Restore the stone to its original state."

Everything else is easy to say, if he is still making the rebellion of the Qin State now, the stone should be exposed to the heavens.

But now he is already an emperor...... The butt decided the head, and did not erase these six words, which was already his greatest respect for Chen and Wu.

"When Liu Ji conquered Wang Yingbu of Huainan, he passed by here and did a battle, thanks to this stone to block many arrows for him."

"Since everyone knows what happened to Chen Shi, they should keep in mind, remember, whether it is Qin or Han, including the later Li Tang, the disaster of chaos and death did not start in Siyi, but from the small people."

"I have been an emperor for so many years, and I dare to do anything, but there is only one thing I dare not do, and that is to favor one over the other...... Thick outsiders are thin near people, thick ancients are thin today, thick sinners are thin people, thick people are thin Han people. ”

"Therefore, I don't ask you to treat the people very well, as long as you can keep your heart and remember who is behind you."

It is rare for the emperor to preach, and everyone says yes, but it can be called yes, and it is still much more difficult to change.

Especially a Confucian student like Xin Ciying, who has always paid attention to face, is strict with himself and lenient with others, which is good, only the people around him know what kind of taste it is.

"Okay, let's continue our journey, we must go to Suzhou before dark."

As soon as the emperor gave the order, the team of 2,000 people began to move again.

He only brought out half of the people from the Imperial City Division this time...... Lin'an, although it is within his plan, but people are not tools, as long as they are people, there are too many uncertainties and uncontrollable, whether it is Lao Wangtou or Ji Wu, including Daoji...... The first few people he came into contact with in his life had been affected one after another, and this was not something he wanted to see.

Although he vigorously denied it, the affairs of these people were always related to his arrogance, and he could have arranged it more completely and more securely.

But he can't change it, and if he changes this extreme self-confidence, he won't be him anymore.

A fast horse followed, and Huang Yanjie stopped the comer, and it was a message from Lin'an.

The emperor made a hasty arrangement that day...... As soon as he gave the order, the entire imperial court immediately moved, first, the accompanying personnel, second, the many messes left behind, and third, the planning of the route and the explanation of Zhao Ding and others.

So a lot of things didn't all work out right away.

For example, Zhang Jun, although he did not order punishment, after all, this person is still in an official position in the court, and Zhao Ding does not know how to deal with it; For example, the queen mother's funeral...... Although the official family does not have to keep filial piety for three years, they should wait until they are buried before leaving; For another example, the concubine who is about to give birth to the dragon species, one by one, should tie the emperor to Lin'an.

But he still left, and he didn't give these ministers any room for negotiation...... He knew very well that the war between the two countries should not be delayed, because Western Xia and Goryeo were involved, and before these two countries completely fell to the Jin State, he wanted to let the people of these two countries see clearly,

See clearly who is the more hopeful winner between Song and Jin.

So he just hugged Ji Wu, who had been hanging in front of Yue's Mansion for a long time, and personally shoveled a pit for him on the edge of the West Lake with a shovel and buried him in it.

The person who came to deliver the news today is the one who said that the queen mother's future is over.

Huang Yan beat his horse to catch up with the emperor and told all the news:

"The queen mother is deeply loved by the people of Lin'an, and has been buried under the Feilai Peak, and the people cry day and night, spontaneously wearing filial piety for her for three days."

"The person who recited the scriptures under the Jinying shelf that day was also found, and it was none other than Master Fohai and Master Daoji...... After they finished over, they traveled again, and Lingyin Temple is now presided over by several high-ranking masters, but the name of Master Fohai is still retained. ”

Liu Bang didn't say anything else, but asked:

"How's going on with Jongmyo?"

"Zongzheng Temple is unwilling to accept the spiritual positions of Uncle Wang and Ji Yingying, and only says that it is a place to worship ancestors, and no one else can be put into it......"

"What did Zhao Ding say?"

"What Zhao Xiang means is that if the official family has a heart, they can find a Taoist temple or temple to worship, and it is not necessary to put the two of them in the temple."

"Well," Liu Bang nodded, "Remove all the people from Zongzheng Temple, and then ask Zhao Shi about this great Zongzheng, is it okay." ”

There are mostly people from the Zhao family in Zongzheng Temple, or people who have an in-law relationship with the Zhao family, and the purpose of existence is to find an errand for these imperial relatives and relatives in addition to the things in the clan, so as not to mess around.

Now the official family will remove those people with a word...... Not to mention anything else, there are more than 100 nobles, none of whom are easy to get along with.

It's obvious that the official family did not comply with the rules first...... Huang Yanjie didn't dare to go beyond the rules, and honestly agreed.

"One more thing...... The people from the Imperial City Division said that Yue Shaobao's reply to Mrs. Yao's letter had arrived, saying that it was only one sentence. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Bang suddenly became interested, after all, the road is far away, and there are a lot of battles along the road, Yue Fei's news is a lot slower after all, but he didn't mess up, and he also captured Zhengzhou, which already made Liu Bang a little surprised.

Now that he replied to the letter, his desire to snoop was immediately born, and he hurriedly asked:

"Which one?"

Huang Yanjie did not hesitate at all: "It is 'loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve both, and mothers forgive their children are not filial'." ”

"This man is really stubborn."

threw down such a comment, but after all, his heart was very happy, look at others, don't blame others for winning the battle!

Thinking about the three wastes nesting in Suzhou City, Liu Bang immediately lost his temper, and he couldn't wait to reward them with two slaps.

After being angry for a while, he asked Huang Yanjie again:

"What happened to Yu Yunwen?"

Speaking of this person, it was really a bit of a coincidence that he came with him this time.

The coincidence is terrible.

The news of the siege of Lin'an City had just spread, and this person immediately moved, still taking those monks, Taoists, Taoists and nuns to Qinwang together, but only halfway through, he received the news that the Jin people had already retreated.

In this way, this kid came to Lin'an alone, and heard many things that happened at that time along the way, and this person quickly guessed the emperor's thoughts.

Pretending to be a golden man, killing a brother and killing a mother, this is still a thing that is not a pity to die for ordinary people, let alone what happened to today's emperor!

It is said that 'the king is the minister', the emperor, who is an exemplary person, is not afraid of causing the reversal of heaven and earth and the collapse of order if he does such a thing? !

With incomprehension and anger, thinking that he was serving such a tyrant with no virtue and no character, Yu Yunwen may feel that something is beginning to collapse, and the whole person has become a little bad.

So, before the emperor left Lin'an, he dared to block the way of the Son of Heaven.

This should have been beaten to death with a stick, or taken down and thrown to Dali Temple, but this one performed well when Zhao Shicheng rebelled before, and Liu Bang gave him a chance.

An opportunity to ask yourself, after all, you can think of bringing someone to King Qin, this is loyalty, and you can guess what you do, which can be regarded as clever.

A clever and faithful person deserves a chance to live.

So no matter how offended Yu Yunwen and how he debunked it, Liu Bang ignored him, arranged for Lu Zai's son to go to Mingzhou as the prefect, and brought this upright Yu Yunwen to his side.

You don't need to explain it to him, some people only listen to what you say, and some people care more about what you do.

Just let him look at what is right and what is wrong, what is white and what is black, and this person will understand.

Huang Yanjie bowed his head and said: "It's still the same, you have to be poured with people to eat and drink, and your soul doesn't seem to have come back yet." ”

"Did you send someone to Suzhou today?"

"I went, according to the orders of the officials, I have been one a day for these days, and I have never dared to lack it."

Liu Bang nodded, he didn't have any other problems, slapped the sword scabbard on the horse's buttocks, and galloped towards Suzhou City.

On the other end, Suzhou City.

This city is not big, Tang Taihe was abandoned in three years, although it was relocated later, but its reputation has not been obvious, although Su Shi said that this is 'the first state to go to Huainan', but the name of this 'first' is exaggerated after all.

However, although it is small, this place does have its unique heritage here, there are both the Huangzangyu where Liu Bang evaded the pursuit of the Qin soldiers, and there is also the Tianmen Temple built here by Liu Yilong, the son of Liu Yu, it is said that the seventy-two sages of Confucius, the ten philosophers of Confucius, and one of the twenty-four filial pieties of Min Zi are buried here, plus Liu Ling, Ji Kang and other famous people in the bamboo forest......

The small size of Suzhou is the small size of its city, and the size of Suzhou is big in its temperament.

Although they have suffered from war for many years, the people here are much calmer, and when the Jin people come, they are not like lost dogs in other places, nor do they show too much excitement and joy when the Song people come.

Suzhou is more like a bystander, although it is also in this chessboard, but it looks coldly at the chess players on these two sides, no matter who enters the Central Plains, it seems that it can't let it easily feel sad and happy.

Zhao Mi took his infantry and military division to be stationed at the south city gate, and Yang Yizhong took the forbidden army of the palace division to stay at the north city gate, Wang De did not bring troops, he was good, originally he had the lowest official position among the three, but he occupied the position of the government in the city.

At this time, I estimated the time, and knew that it was the most uncomfortable time of the day, and the eunuch who entered the city first saw Zhao Du's envoy, and before he had time to say hello, Zhao Mi looked at this person's dress, and turned his back directly:

"The envoy, please speak up, and leave as soon as you finish, don't stay here longer."

The eunuch probably could understand Zhao Du's mood, so he omitted the greetings and said directly:

"Zhao Mi, this is the thirtieth time to persuade you, let's go back to Lin'an, anyway, it's a waste of rice for you to stay here, since it's all a waste, why not waste Lin'an?"

"The grain and grass in this army are not easy to come by, look at the appearance of your kid, you know that your food is not small, Lao Tzu asked Huang Yanjie to come, he is thin after all, and he has less fat than you, no matter how bad it is, he also eats less than you, right?"

"Now Lao Tzu is about to arrive, if you change your mind, you will reply to Lao Tzu, leave the soldiers here, just pack up your things and go back directly, no need to say hello to Lao Tzu again."

It's already the thirtieth person...... Zhao Du's back couldn't stop trembling, he still couldn't get used to it, he couldn't get used to being ridiculed by the official family like this.

After taking a deep breath, Zhao Mi turned around:

"Don't leave, wait for Your Majesty here."

said so, but he always felt that the one who came to talk today seemed to be missing something.

It's just that for a while, Zhao Duji couldn't think of anything.

The eunuch bowed slightly, he still had to inform the other two generals of the news, and he didn't dare to stay longer.

Just one foot out of the door, and then he turned around again, with an apologetic look:

"Don't blame Zhao Du, don't say a word......"

Zhao Mi looked sad, and quickly turned around again, he had stopped crying since the eighth time, but he was afraid, afraid that the official family would add some other new words, he couldn't bear it, and leaked his underwear in front of outsiders.

Seeing this, the eunuch did not hesitate for a moment, and added the emperor's last sentence.

"Zhao Mi, seriously, you are waste."

Zhao Duzhi finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to cry loudly.

(End of chapter)