Li Zhang

This person was Mu Yan who was said to have been burned to death by Cheng Xuan.

When the fire started, Mu Yan was protected by the soldiers and hid by a well. At first, he kept pumping water to put out the fire. Later, the fire became too intense and the smoke made people feel even more uncomfortable. Mu Yan was about to rush out and try again. After killing enough money, he was pushed into the well by the soldiers, and when he thought about going up, the mouth of the well was sealed by them with stone slabs.

The next day, because there were so many dead people at the scene and their appearances were extremely miserable, Cheng Xuan's people just checked briefly, and left after confirming that there was no one alive, and they didn't even restrain the corpses.The local people ran away because of the war. It was not until more than ten days later that some people came back one after another to find out the tragedy here, and only kind-hearted people paid for them to restrain them one by one.

Mu Yan tried to push the stone slabs in the well many times, but because of the slippery walls of the well, it was difficult to rely on his strength. In addition, he was injured in many places and lost blood, so he was still unable to get out of the predicament by himself.He didn't know how long he had to wait until he heard voices outside again, climbed to the mouth of the well and knocked on the stone slab, and it took a while before he boldly moved forward to remove the stone slab.

After Mu Yan crawled out, he was already exhausted, before he saw the person who rescued him, he passed out on the ground.

Seeing Mu Yan in military uniform, the people who cleared the fire scene handed him over to the yamen for fear of getting involved.The county government also didn't know Mu Yan's origin, and it happened that Ling Yuncong was ordered to inspect the defense of this lost area, so the county magistrate handed Mu Yan over to him.So when Mu Yan regained consciousness, what he saw was Ling Yuncong staring at his pensive face.

Mu Yan suddenly sat up, and then fell back in a twitch.He gritted his teeth to endure the dizziness, and stared at Ling Yuncong.

Ling Yuncong's posture remained unchanged, and a big sneer appeared on Junyi's face: "Lord Mu is in good spirits!"

Mu Yan glanced around and saw that it was a rather comfortable dormitory. He said coldly, "What kind of tricks are you using? If you want to persuade you to surrender, I advise you to spend less time thinking about it!"

Ling Yuncong straightened up lazily, lowered his head and straightened the folds of his clothes, and said casually: "How can Master Mu do such villainous deeds? Ling Yuncong has already understood the heart of a villain. Trapped for many days, I need to rest and recuperate for a while. This is the hinterland of Emperor Ai's territory, Ling Yuncong knows that Master Mu is very skilled in martial arts, but he still advises him not to act rashly until he takes care of his body."

After Ling Yuncong finished speaking, he got up and left the room. After a while, Prime Minister Wu came in, changed Mu Yan's medicine, and instructed again: "My lord's injury is not critical, but it is very poisonous. Don't take it lightly. Take care of yourself in peace." yes."

Mu Yan frowned and asked, "Where is this?"

"Suizhou."

"What does Ling Yuncong want to do?"

Wu Xiang hesitated to speak, and persuaded tactfully: "Master Mu just rest at ease to recover from his injuries. General Ling, it's not easy."

So Mu Yan stayed.Ling Yuncong never reappeared after that, and Wu Xiang took care of everything about Mu Yan.They traveled all over Jingzhou from north to south. Ling Yuncong did not restrict Mu Yan's actions, but only asked him to change into the uniform of the mourning army, and called him General Yan to the outside world.Mu Yan watched Ling Yuncong several times from a distance, he always looked unruly, but he was strict in running the army, the soldiers he led moved like the wind, sat and stood like a clock, and they did not commit any crimes.

Mu Yan wanted to talk to Ling Yuncong several times, but he coldly avoided him. Mu Yan only said that he really had his heart on Sima Yao, and his expression became cold again.Seeing this, Wu Xiang sighed endlessly, apologizing for Ling Yuncong, making Mu Yan uncertain.

He is a straight-hearted person, and he can't tolerate twists and turns if he recognizes the truth, so he can't tolerate Li Zhang's rebellious heart, let alone Ling Yuncong's betrayal.It's just that until now, no matter how he can't turn a corner, he has already figured out that Ling Yuncong deliberately released the water in the Mi Cang corridor, and now, it is even more his intention to save it.

Mu Yan stopped thinking about it, and stayed to recuperate, until Ling Yuncong came to tell him coldly a few days ago that Cheng Xuan had sent a group of Jianghu people to Yuzhou, and Sima Yi was supervising the military preparations in Yuzhou.

Mu Yan stood up immediately, Ling Yuncong had already turned to leave, but he had already prepared horses, weapons and more than ten smart accompanying soldiers for him.Under the escort of these soldiers, Mu Yan traveled all the way across Jingzhou to Yuzhou, just in time to rescue Sima Yi.

Now, Mu Yan, who was holding Sima Yi, was full of pain in his eyes. Seeing him, his voice was a little gentle, and he said coaxingly: "It's me. I'm not dead. Your Majesty, don't move, I'll take you to heal your wounds."

Only then did Sima Yi really believe it, his heart was overjoyed, the zhenqi that he was holding on forcibly receded in an instant, a smile hadn't fully unfolded, and he passed out heavily.

Mu Yan gritted his teeth fiercely, quickly tapped a few big acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, carefully placed Sima Yi on the ground, took out Jinchuang medicine to bandage him.

On one side, the people in Tsing Yi had been routed into an army, and those who had been killed by the guards knelt in twos and threes. Only the leader in Tsing Yi and two masters were left to persist. The three of them made more than ten guards do nothing.Mu Yan looked at it for a while, then walked over with a sullen face, swaying his body and approaching the man in Tsing Yi.The leader in Tsing Yi focused his eyes on Mu Yan's sword, and the other two went straight to Mu Yan knowingly, but they suddenly separated when they were close to him, entangled Mu Yan's sides and behind him from left to right, leaving the front for Mu Yan to follow closely. And the leader in Tsing Yi greeted Mu Yan with three swords at the same time, and the people on both sides blocked Mu Yan's movement direction.

The guards all exclaimed.I saw Mu Yan's figure froze, with two sword tips stuck to his back.Just when the man in Tsing Yi thought he had succeeded, Mu Yan's back slid away from the tip of the sword like a slippery fish's back, and then he bowed and straightened his palms, and the two men in Tsing Yi flew away with a muffled groan. At the same time, he tilted his head and was biting the sword edge of Tsing Yi's leader. Before he could withdraw his sword and change his move, the palms that had just spit out forcefully and wounded people were already pressing on his chest.

"Are you disciples of Mangshan Qingsou?"

Mu Yansong opened his mouth, looking at the leader in Tsing Yi who was pinned down by him, frowning and asking.

The man in Tsing Yi glared at Mu Yan and gritted his teeth without answering.

Mu Yan snorted coldly: "You're still so stubborn, you're willing to commit yourself to being Cheng Xuan's running dog!"

"You are not allowed to insult Master!"

"As a guard, but he was bought by others, such an unfaithful and unrighteous person, the apprentices he taught are also so indiscriminate!"

The face of the man in Tsing Yi was flushed, and he suddenly sneered and said: "Your Excellency is both loyal and righteous, and the apprentices you teach are even better at sex!"

Mu Yan's complexion changed drastically, he slapped the man in Tsing Yi to the back of his head, and made everyone set off immediately with a dark face.

After Sima Yi was seriously injured and brought back to the capital by Mu Yan, the palace suddenly became a mess.Although the Zhou family was angry and annoyed, seeing Sima Yi covered in blood was still very sad. Even the concubine Rong Mi, who had been locked up in the palace, couldn't help coming to visit, and the empress even brought the little prince to cry. Distraught.

Jin Bai and his attendant Wei Pingxuan were summoned by the Empress Dowager to scold him severely, and Mr. Zheng was invited into the palace again to take care of Sima Yi's injuries with Jin Bai.

Two of Sima Yi's wounds were quite serious, and he bled a lot. He looked very frightening, and he himself became very weak. He lay down for nearly ten days before he woke up.As soon as he woke up, he summoned Wei Pingxuan and Zhou Mao, and urged Zhou Mao to implement the land equalization system in Yuzhou as soon as possible, and also include the land equalization system in other Central Plains counties in the agenda, so that other swaying families should not be lucky.

Wei Pingxuan was still a little worried about Cheng Xuan and Rouran, Sima Yi said coldly: "What Gu wants to do is to pull out the roots buried in Cheng Xuan! Su Qingyang tried his best to block Rouran, and dispatched the state and county garrison troops to enter Tongguan reinforcements, anyone who dares to delay will be held accountable to the governor, and the captain will be replaced! The Dingnan Army in Pingdu will not move, and will be dispatched by Mu Yan."

Zhou Mao and Wei Pingxuan led the order to go, vigorously and vigorously rolling out the land equalization system in an all-round way.

Seeing Sima Yi being so ruthless and decisive, Zhou and Rong Mi each expressed emotion, but at the same time, they both felt that he was no longer a frizzy prince who made people worry about it. The ups and downs of the past year had allowed him to prop up the country of the Great Wei Dynasty. .

After returning home, Mrs. Zhou sat silently for a long time, asked someone to bring Li Zhang, and watched him knelt on the ground silently.

For the first time, she looked at Li Zhang carefully without any prejudice. Li Zhang let her look at him without fear, and his dark eyes looked at her calmly, so deep that no emotion could be seen.

The delicate facial features are so clean that there is a bit of harshness, against the thin and disjointed appearance, there is also a wonderful harmony of softness and rigidity, once caught in the eyes, it can no longer be ignored.

Looking at Li Zhang and thinking about Sima Yi, Mrs. Zhou suddenly felt that she was really old and no longer had the energy to wrestle with young people.

She waved Li Zhang back and ordered Eunuch Pan to allocate rations according to the normal harem rank.

Eunuch Pan was in a dilemma, and continued to ask for instructions in a rare way: "Your maidservant is confused, I don't know, what grade should be taken."

Mrs. Zhou pondered for a long time, then said in an unclear manner: "The emperor wants to take him in, so let's wait as the last concubine. Then assign all the servants to him that day."

So Eunuch Pan personally went to the abandoned courtyard to ask Li Zhang to move. Li Zhang remained silent, packed up his few simple clothes, and left the abandoned courtyard with him.

The imperial guards followed outside the palace gate of the Fourteenth Hall, saw the excitement inside, and left with mixed feelings.

Li Zhang stopped outside the palace gate, the indifference in his eyes slowly cracked, and sharp pain burst out. There was someone in his heart desperately trying to pull him away, but he could only keep walking.

Amidst Eunuch Pan's urging voice, he strode across the threshold as if he was suffocated, and followed Eunuch Pan into his own palace, with his fingers hidden in his sleeves deeply clenched into his palms.

When the palace door was closed, he watched his heart sink completely into darkness.

After the identity of the man in Tsing Yi was exposed, the crimes of Chen and Liu's family traitors who intended to kill the king were also revealed. Imprisoned, property confiscated.Sima Yi took advantage of the situation to promote the land equalization system with all his strength, and the surrounding aristocratic families who had lost their leaders were all trembling and accepted Sima Yi's concessions one by one. The land equalization system was quickly and smoothly implemented in Yuzhou and other states and counties.

It has been more than a month since Shi Chengxuan attacked Tongguan. The guards suffered heavy casualties, but their morale increased instead of diminished. The defenders who were reinforced by states and counties were even more brave.Gein, the families of these soldiers have all been benefited by the land equalization system, and they all want to protect their homes behind them, and do their best.

Cheng Xuan was unable to get off the tiger, what he thought was a quick battle was dragged into a protracted battle, Rouran's army was blocked by the small Dingbei Army outside Loufan Pass, and it was also unable to attack for a long time.Seeing that Sima Yi fully implemented the land equalization system in spite of the difficult situation, Cheng Xuan thought it was a rare opportunity, ignored Gao Yuan's dissuasion, and sent all his troops to Tongguan.

At the same time, Loufan Pass once again had spies switch off the enemy.Su Qingyang had been prepared for a long time, and he used his plan. After putting in a part of the enemy's army, he blocked the enemy with a sudden and dense rain of arrows, and closed the door to beat the dog.In a hurry, Commander Rouran burned and killed the nearby villages, and took the people to serve as shields in front of the battle.Su Qingyang couldn't bear it, and wanted to go out to face the battle, but was stopped by his deputy Zhang Yu.Zhang Yu recruited Wu Zijun and Zhong Hui, disguised himself to leave the customs at night, and mixed in with the common people. When attacking the city on the second day, he used a strange combination of bows, crossbows and chain shields to block Rouran's army from the suspension bridge, and successfully released the common people. Entering the city, the three of Zhang Yu also retreated completely!

Su Qingyang was amazed when he saw this, and since then he has known Jiufanzhen and a name called Li Zhang.

Pressing down on Rouran's army continued to be blocked outside Loufan Pass, Sima Yi gathered his troops to the capital after the fall of Tongguan, ready to defend to the death.When the Ai army approached the capital with two days left, the Miao people from Pingdu united with the Ning and Yi borders attacked the defensive Yizhou from the rear, but Ling Yuncong, who was supposed to guard the imperial capital, led his troops to block Jingzhou's reinforcements in Berkshire.The captain of Jingzhou was terrified, and then, under Mu Yan's lobbying, he rebelled and returned to Jiangling.

Ling Yuncong then turned back to Luo County, and after assisting Pingdu in capturing the city defenses, he broke into the palace alone and captured Sima Yao alive.

Seeing the sudden turn of events, Cheng Xuan refused to give up and continued to besiege the capital.Ignoring Jin Bai's objection, Sima Yi went up to the city wall to supervise the battle with his wounds.

After recapturing Yizhou, Pingdu and Ling Yuncong sent troops to support Kyoto, and Cheng Xuan retreated to Liangzhou under balance.Seeing that the situation had changed, Rouran's army no longer wanted to fight, and the whole army retreated to Jiuyuan.

Later, the rebellious army attacked Liangzhou with all its strength.Cheng Xuan persisted for less than half a month, but he had to abandon Liangzhou due to the lack of food and grass and the morale of the army. He entered Jiuyuan from Zhongwei and took refuge in Rouran.Along the way, the mourning army left behind and deserted in various ways, and when they reached Jiuyuan, less than half of them remained.Cheng Xuan gritted his teeth bleeding with hatred, and Broken Arrow swore that he would return to the Central Plains again!

At the end of the first year of Jianping, the battle between the two kings that lasted for nearly a year came to an end.

When Sima Yi quelled the civil strife, he also completed the full implementation of the land equalization system.Not only was the barren land allocated for reclamation, but some of the good land was also transferred to the imperial court. Therefore, although the land tax was generally reduced, the real tax revenue of the imperial court increased.

In the court hall, the humble scholars have truly grasped the military and political power, and the powerful families have been hit hard. Those who do not think about making progress sink and disappear, and those who have tried their best will reopen the Qingming and righteousness.The Great Wei Dynasty officially started the Jianping New Deal.