Han Shizu

"Going to the west? Why, it's not enough to criticize someone from the air, but you have to go to Anxi to criticize the war in person?" the old emperor sneered.

Seeing this, Liu Yang showed a little gloominess in his brows, took a deep breath, and said after a while: "Your Majesty, Song Zhu is going to drive the crane to the west."

"Huh?" This really surprised the old emperor. He even turned to look at Liu Yang in surprise: "He's dead!"

Liu Yang reported: "Song Zhun died of illness at home last night. It is said that he became ill from overwork and had been ill for a long time."

In this regard, the old emperor was silent. No matter what, a minister with the status of Luoyang Fuyin was not an ordinary bureaucrat and deserved more attention and attention from the emperor.

After thinking for a moment, the old emperor showed a slightly uninterested expression on his face. He put his hand back under the quilt, just like withdrawing Zhang Wu's claws, and said with emotion: "It's a pity. Song Zhun is only in his early fifties. He has the qualifications to be the top scholar." , elegant demeanor, and the style of high school in those days are still fresh in people’s memories!”

Of course, this is just what the old emperor said, but the person is dead and there is nothing to care about. If he continues to be unforgiving, then he, the emperor, is too stingy.

Similarly, if the prince's report was more complete, Song Zhun might also have what the result would be.For example, Song Zhun was still writing memorials until his death, and left an unfinished political commentary on his desk. What he wrote in the last moment of his life naturally reduced his scruples and made his words more intense, enough to make the old The kind of emperor who has murderous intentions
After pondering for a while, the old emperor said to Liu Yang: "Speaking of which, how do you plan to respond to the Anxi incident? It's not like that, just delay it like this! Liu Min has already made the situation in Anxi extremely urgent, and there is no need to delay. Luoyang is going to court Tang, how long do we need to discuss?”

"The ministers and ministers have different opinions and the debate is huge!" Liu Yang replied: "I sincerely ask your Majesty to issue an edict and decide the matter with one edict!"

The old emperor immediately scolded: "I have to decide everything, so what do you, the prince, do? With your prestige in the court, what else can't you decide? Last year, you could even foresee the floods in advance and plan for them. We have been so resolute and resolute in our efforts to fight floods and preventive preparations, but you are telling me that we can’t conclude this small Anxi matter?”

The old emperor's words were somewhat insinuation. After hearing this, Liu Yang lowered his head for a moment, thought about it a little, and responded: "In my opinion, if the situation in Anxi is as it says, and if the military and political system in Anxi has to be changed, then measures should be taken according to local conditions. It is also a good emergency strategy.

Although Song Zhun and other ministers were loyal and made suggestions for the country, they did not understand the actual situation in Anxi after all, and it was difficult to adopt the same policies for governing the country.

If we follow the script and implement the Han system in Anxi without any modifications, I am afraid it will be counterproductive.

It is not necessarily wrong to stick to the past, but if Anxi suffers from it and fails to live up to the achievements of Anxi's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who have worked hard for more than ten years, then they are the sinners of the history of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Yang said these words calmly, but what he was thinking in his heart was that the system had never changed. As early as in Anton, there were many things that violated the laws of the central government. In Anxi, Liu Yang Min just took bigger steps.

The old emperor was not surprised that Liu Yang could say these words. What he was curious about was why he didn't take a stand before when he clearly had this opinion.

Examining Liu Yang, the old emperor asked in a mocking tone: "Aren't you afraid that the legal system will be destroyed? Aren't you afraid that if things go on like this, the country will be ruined?"

What the old emperor said was the core argument held by Song Zhun and other officials.Liu Yang felt a trace of ridicule, but his expression remained calm and showed no signs of abnormality. He pondered for a moment and said: "Since ancient times, if a small country can disrupt a big country, the problem lies with the big country itself, not the small country."

The old emperor seemed quite satisfied with this answer. He changed his position to lie on his side and said quietly: "Such knowledge is worthy of your years of administration!"

As the old emperor said these words, it meant that the dispute in the past half year was about to come to an end. The Luoyang court would no longer obstruct the Anxi restructuring.At the same time, it also means that the imperial court has further relaxed the military administration of Anxi. From now on, the king of Wei will have the final say on Anxi's affairs. It is not far from Anxi's feudal state.
After discussing the matters involving the two princes, Liu Yang continued his report and said: "Sanyang came to report that brother Khitan Yue Yeluxiu died of illness. It is said that it was because he was a stray arrow in the war against the Naiman tribe last year. The wound was not healed, and this spring the wound burst and he died."

"Khitan!" After hearing this news, the old emperor was obviously stunned for a moment, and his eyes were in a trance: "It's been a long time since I heard news about the Khitan! Brother Yeluxiu, that is the most capable commander of the Mobei Khitan, right? In the past twenty years, the Khitan has been able to survive in Mobei. This man has made great contributions! Once he dies, who can the Khitan rely on?"

The world line has changed, and only the Khitans living in Mobei are left. The situation is naturally very different from history. The number of talents is no longer as abundant as it was in history. As the veterans left by Yelv Xian are getting old or dead, Or escape, and after the liquidation of the Han officials that year, now the Khitan King Yelu Longxu's men can rely on only three or two big cats and two small cats.

Due to his achievements over the past twenty years, Brother Yelvxiu is a banner-like figure in the Mobei Khitan and has huge influence. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the Optimus Prime Stone. His death is like a bolt from the blue to the Khitan, and the loss is almost It is irreversible.

Hearing the old emperor's emotion, Liu Yang answered: "There are two people who will succeed Brother Yelvxiu, Yelu Yuanning and Xiao Taolin. They are in charge of military affairs."

"Xiao Talin!" He had no impression of the old Emperor Yelu Yuanning, but Xiao Talin caught his attention. He looked at Liu Yang and said playfully: "This seems to be Xiao Siwen's nephew!"

At this moment, it was somewhat difficult to understand the old emperor's mentality, but Liu Yang remained calm and nodded calmly and naturally: "Exactly! Back then, this man had accompanied Xiao Siwen in Liaodong and resisted the Northern Expedition of the King's Division. !”

Liu Yang was so calm, but the old emperor couldn't make a fuss about this relationship anymore. After thinking about it, he asked Youyou: "Then Brother Yelvxiu was considered a hero for a lifetime, but he died at the hands of the Naiman. This is just a Naiman." , actually has such strength?”

Mentioning this, Liu Yang also felt a little emotional. Due to the old emperor's laziness, it was his turn as the prince to pay attention to the changes in the situation in Mobei over the years. The more attention he paid, the deeper his understanding would be.

Looking at the old emperor, Liu Yang explained: "The Mobei Khitan has been in a situation of two enemies in recent years. The Wei people outside the mountains in the east have been harassing the west after many encounters with Andong. As for the Naiman in the west , also in the past ten years, continued to move eastward, occupying large areas of pasture and land that originally belonged to the northwest of Khitan, and its strength continued to grow.

Especially their respected Sun Khan Liu Jin, after he grew up, he gathered his tribe and invaded eastward repeatedly, fighting the Khitan with the intention of competing for the hegemony of Mobei.

Brother Yeluxiu led his army to the westward expedition last year. It was just an ordinary battle between the two sides in recent years. It was really an accident that the coach was injured on the battlefield. "

After listening to his description, the old emperor suddenly asked with great interest: "The forces on the grassland always come and go like this, the old and the new. If the Khitan fails, the next one to rise will be either Shiwei or Naiman.

Judging from the current situation, the Naiman tribe is more likely and more impressive, and the court should pay more attention to it. "

"The name of their Taiyang Khan is Liu Jin?" The old emperor was slightly confused.

When asked, Liu Yang also had a strange look on his face and responded: "There were rumors back then that this son was the heir left behind by the sixth brother when he was in Mobei. Because he had the blood of my royal family, he was established as a coroner by the Naiman tribes back then. host.

However, the sixth brother denied it and the court never acknowledged it, but the Naiman people believed it.The Naiman people who conducted border trade with the Han people also publicized this matter and were proud of it."

"It seems that there is such a thing!" The old emperor nodded and smiled: "No matter whether it is true or false, although these Naiman people belong to Rongdi, they are also smart and know how to embrace the big man.

However, after all, children are young and energetic, and they don’t know the importance of severity. They have to hit what needs to be hit, and it doesn’t hurt to be ruthless!

The tacit understanding that the Khitan has formed with the Han over the past ten years should not be broken! "

"I understand!" Liu Yang naturally understood the meaning of the old emperor's words and responded calmly.

While coping, looking at the old emperor's old face that looked like a lone star in heaven, Liu Yang also didn't know how to evaluate him.If you say he is wise, he does not look like a human being if he is arrogant and jealous. If you say he is dim, his judgment on many matters can still be accurate.

For example, the Anxi reform, the Mobei dispute, and especially the attitude towards the Khitan surprised Liu Yang even more.You must know that the Han Dynasty and the Khitan were feuding, and the old emperor wanted to kill them all. In the ten years after Kaibao's Northern Expedition, he also continued to attack them.

Now that he has become stubborn and paranoid in his old age, at critical moments and on key matters, he can still occupy a position that is more conducive to the big man and make relatively rational judgments. This is really rare for the current old emperor.
Liu Yang thought about it. The old emperor seemed to be tired again. He closed his eyes. The atmosphere between the emperor and his father and his son gradually became awkward again. After a while, the old emperor spoke again: "What else can I do?"

It can be heard that the old emperor is chasing people away.Liu Yang woke up, calmed down his thoughts, and said again: "Lianghe and Lianghuai Roads are coming one after another to report that the aftermath of last year's flood has entered the final stage, and the people in the affected states and counties have also returned to their homes. Officials in various places have Under the arrangements for reconstruction, spring plowing has begun one after another. The imperial court decided to allocate a batch of funds, agricultural tools, and seeds as support, and at the same time, provide certain tax exemptions and exemptions for states and counties that were severely affected by the disaster."

In the summer and autumn of last year, another flood broke out in the Huanghuai River Basin. Along both sides of the river, dozens of prefectures and counties were affected by the rain. Countless houses and fields were damaged, and millions of people were displaced.That is to say, the central government had foreseen and prepared in advance, strengthened patrol inspections along the river embankments, mobilized troops and recruited civilians to guard important embankments, and took several risks before the Yellow River boiled, but failed to breach the embankments and expand losses.

Otherwise, the Central Plains may be seriously damaged again.Compared with those along the Yellow River, the officials and people in the Huaihe River Basin were not so lucky. There were only three breaches, so that the Huainan area was completely destroyed.
When the floods recede and the rain stops, what is left behind is naturally devastation and mouths crying for food.Therefore, in the second half of last year, the focus of affairs throughout the Central Plains was on remediation, peace of mind, and post-disaster reconstruction.

In this regard, it stands to reason that the imperial court has accumulated enough experience. After all, disasters occur in such a huge empire almost every year and every month, and there are many major disasters that affect Daozhou.

The difference with this flood is that the scale was not the largest since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the losses were not the most serious. However, the number of casualties was the highest. According to official data, more than 1 people died.

It is conceivable that if we do not exclude local hidden reports, false reports, and uncounted statistics, the actual number of casualties is even greater, and it is not impossible to quadruple the number.This was in the "Golden Age of Kaibao". Compared with the casualties and losses caused by previous major disasters, the contrast was too obvious. There was only one explanation for this, and that was that under natural disasters, there must be man-made disasters, and the impact of the latter was even greater.

Therefore, when Liu Yang mentioned the "pleasant" reports from the Lianghuai Daozhou, the old emperor's attitude was obviously a little sarcastic: "Why do you need to report to me step by step? Besides, as the prince, you have nothing to do with the Daozhou below. Shouldn’t we pay attention to what was reported to the public and see if there was any whitewashing in it? So many people died due to floods last year, how could the impact be eliminated so quickly?”

Faced with the old emperor's reprimand, Liu Yang remained calm and responded humbly: "Your Majesty has taught you a lesson. I was happy to hear the news, but I was negligent. I will continue to send envoys to inspect the affected counties and counties."

Hearing this, the old emperor pulled the quilt over his body, pointed to the Guanfeng Hall behind him, and ordered: "There are several piles of memorials on the desk of the side hall, the second pile from the left, take it and take a look!"

"Yes! I retire!" Liu Yang said respectfully.

After leaving Shangyang Palace, Liu Yang did not go to Guangzheng Palace, but returned to Hongde Palace in the East Palace.After taking a short rest, I started to look through the memorials brought back from Shangyang Palace. They were all secret memorials from the Imperial City, the Wude Second Division, and some local officials. They were all about some illegal and disorderly officials from various places during the flood disaster in the Central Plains last year. Discipline, seeking personal gain and harming the people.

However, Liu Yang seemed very calm about these shocking contents, which seemed not surprising.Also, how can this big man, the Crown Prince, be so easily deceived? He does not govern the country by just relying on memorials. He is also very knowledgeable about many things. He basically knows who is loyal and who is traitorous, who is good and who is evil. …