Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 712 like a duck in water
Lu Qing sat on the chariot, angrily heading towards Pingle Road.

This is the largest gathering place of the Di tribe in the Han Dynasty. There are different opinions on the origin of the Di people, but they are different from other Hu tribes. Roads are set up in places where people gather. This road is at the same level as the county. Generally, the temple appoints the leader of the local Hu people to serve as the head of the road. Of course, the configuration is not much different from that of the county. Many other official positions are appointed by the temple. Taxi will be in charge.

Daoist Zhang of Pingledao was sitting beside Lu Qing at the moment, his face full of grievances.

"The sheriff wants to make the decision for me."

"Over the past month or so, I really haven't had a single day of peace, and there have been troubles from time to time."

"It's good now, those prisoners are so bold that they openly rebelled!"

"They banded together to beat the officials, and even forced those officials to serve them in corvée. They are extremely domineering. I have never seen such a domineering prisoner!"

"I took the soldiers to suppress it, but they also arrested the county government soldiers, and now I don't know how they were destroyed."

Listening to the weeping narration of the priest, Lu Qing became even more furious, "Under my rule, there are people who dare to kill officials and rebel and occupy a county. Prepare to be executed!!"

Hearing this sentence, the Taoist priest broke down and cried.

"I'm wronged. They were all good before. For some reason, they became more and more conflicted. They even openly joined forces and refused to listen to discipline."

Lu Qing gritted her teeth, "Treason, do you know who is under your rule? If something happens to that person, my entire clan's life is not enough to pay for it!! This time, you have committed a serious crime!!"

Lu Qing's scalp was really numb at this moment. He was inspecting the sowing situation in the local area, but the Taoist priest of Pingle Tao suddenly found him and told him that the prisoners serving corvee in the Tao had rebelled, imprisoned the officials, occupied the county seat, and arrested him. The Taoist priest was expelled. Hearing this, Lu Qing was furious. In today's prosperous world, there are still people who dare to rebel? ?Still under his own rule, he was about to kill the Taoist leader immediately, but when he thought about it again, he was so frightened that he almost fainted.

Because King Xia is in that Tao at the moment, if the prisoners over there rebel, wouldn't something big happen to King Xia? ?
He immediately mobilized his troops, ordered [-] knights and more than [-] armored soldiers, and rushed to Pingle Road at high speed.

Lu Qing had military exploits. Although he hadn't fought for a long time, he didn't have the slightest fear of this kind of prisoner. When he led the people all the way to this small county, he looked suspicious.

This doesn't look like a rebellious county town, does it?
Looking around, Lu Qing saw that the county town in the distance was the same as before, with merchants still entering and leaving freely, and soldiers standing at the gate of the city. The scene of burning, killing, and looting as imagined, and the scene of billowing smoke in the entire city did not appear. Qing suddenly looked at the Taoist priest beside him.

"Lying about military information??"

Daoist Zhang himself was a little dazed, he faltered and looked into the distance.

"Bold and crazy thief! How dare you lie to me?! Is there a rebellion?!"

"Yes! Indeed! They even tied up the soldiers. Why didn't they rebel? They wanted to rush to the county government. I retreated under the protection of the soldiers."

With a dark face, Lu Qing continued to drive towards the city, and just arrived at the gate.

The soldiers in front of the gate had already noticed this mighty army, saw the flag clearly, and hurried forward to salute. Lu Qing looked at the soldiers in front of him, it didn't look like a thief in disguise, and there was no scar on his body. Qing asked them to get up, stood beside her, and asked about the situation.

"I heard that someone in the city rebelled. Is there such a situation?"

The soldier was a little hesitant, "It's not considered treason, it's just that those prisoners who served corvée seemed to have clashed with the officials who supervised them, tied up those officials, and subdued the county lieutenant who was going to govern. But they did not escape. , and did not plunder the Quartet, and the county magistrate is still at the side of the canal and is giving orders in the county government right now. We don’t know the situation, so we’ll stay here.”

Lu Qing frowned and thought for a while, then waved his hand and led the soldiers into the city.

They entered the city mightily, but frightened the people in the city. They ran away one after another, and those who walked on the road also hurriedly fled towards home. Lu Qing rushed all the way to the Xinqu Engineering Office in the northern suburbs of the city. It is the latest small project to be done here, mainly to improve irrigation here and create a piece of fertile soil suitable for farming.When they came here, many people were digging the canal hard, but there were no officials patrolling on both sides, and some people in official uniforms were even seen digging the canal with hoes.

The soldiers led by Lu Qing quickly surrounded the place, and those prisoners all picked up tools at this moment and looked at them vigilantly.

When the officials who were digging saw these soldiers, tears filled their eyes with excitement. They suddenly dropped the tools in their hands and rushed to the soldiers, only then did they regain the long-lost security. Some people were crying, and some even rushed towards Lu Qing, "Governor, be careful, these thieves are rebelling! Rebelling!"

Lu Qing looked at the people who stopped the project, and glanced around, "What's going on here? Who is the leader?"

"These traitors are not human beings, and the leader is Naigong! Chang'an Liu Laosan! What do you want?!"

Suddenly, someone shouted and jumped aside from the aisle. It was a half-grown child with a disheveled face and a face full of resentment. There was still a sword snatched from somewhere around his waist, and he glared at Lu Qing angrily.

This child was so rude, the county lieutenant beside Lu Qing was stunned, and suddenly pulled out his sword, "Ruelous! If you don't die at the age of fifteen, can you avoid corporal punishment?"

Lu Qing glanced at him and whispered something in his ear.

The county lieutenant put away his sword abruptly, stroked his beard, and said approvingly: "You don't back away from the sword when you see it, you really are a hero!"

Liu Laosan was very angry and did not calm down because of their courtesy. He pointed to the man hiding behind the sheriff and shouted: "Naigong has never seen such a bully in his life! Those who serve in corvee are not human." Is this guy blatantly asking for bribes from us, the others are his accomplices, they can be idle if they give the money, and those who have no money have to work for those people, dare to deduct daily food and meals, even digging tools They are all defective products, take some old ones and pretend they are new, where did the money go?!"

"Someone just expressed doubts, and he joined forces with that goddamn county captain to bury him alive, it's unbearable!!"

Those people standing in the channel, hearing Liu Laosan's words, were all furious, and once again clenched the tools in their hands.

Liu Laosan patted his chest, "The county captain has been chopped off by me, and if I save these people's lives, even if they also suffer, they will have to take some backs when the big man dies. Today, if you judge impartially, Execute these traitors, I have nothing to say, I will go to death calmly, if you dare to hide these people and act like them, I will lead my brothers to fight you to the death, I have three thousand brothers here, that is If ten of them are exchanged for one of you, it will make you uneasy!!!”

"Here~~~~~"

The prisoners shouted loudly, they became agitated, they picked up tools one after another, the soldiers raised their crossbows, and the two sides confronted each other directly.

Seeing that the opponent had already raised his crossbow, Liu Laosan didn't have the slightest fear, and shouted: "Brothers!! The temple is unfair!! This old thief seems to want to cover up those traitors!! Let me go against this temple"

"Wait a minute!!!"

Lu Qing yelled, although this man was getting old, his voice was still very loud, and it immediately overwhelmed that youngest Liu.

Lu Qing looked at those people who were not afraid of death in the distance, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, "It's good that I didn't inherit it, but the ability to rebel was completely inherited."

"I swear by this world that I will definitely investigate this matter. If there are traitors who extort bribes, embezzle and kill servicemen, I will definitely not forgive them!"

"However, you have made a big mistake, you are not allowed to confront the soldiers again! Only by throwing down your weapons can you survive!!"

Liu Laosan looked at those crossbows, and the blood in his heart gradually disappeared. He glanced at the people behind him, and then dropped the swords in his hands. Those people also dropped their hoes, and the soldiers easily subdued them. They, and the officials including the Taoist chief, were trembling, especially the official who just came to him, his face was pale at the moment, looking at them, Lu Qing knew that what Liu Laosan was probably telling was the truth up.

Liu Laosan's real identity is kept secret, and these people don't know it.

Sitting in the tent, Lu Qing asked the people under his command to find out the situation here, checked the ledgers and records, and sure enough, they soon discovered a large shortfall.

And when the soldiers pushed Liu Laosan into the camp, Liu Laosan still raised his head proudly, as if he was not afraid of anything.

Lu Qing looked at Liu Laosan who was pushed forward by being bound by five flowers, and slowly drew out his sword.

Liu Laosan immediately panicked and shouted: "Naigong is the king of Xia! My father is the emperor of Han! There are 20 cavalry under his command!! Who dares to kill me?!"

Seeing his flustered appearance, Lu Qing laughed, "Your Majesty was so brave just now, why is he afraid of death now?"

"It was just outside, there were many people."

"Grand Lu, I am here to eliminate thieves for the country. Just now there were many people outside, and I called you a few old thieves. Don't mind."

Liu Ci grinned, looking at his appearance, Lu Qing really couldn't get angry with him, Lu Qing cut the rope on his body, Liu Ci complained: "Just untie it, why waste it so much?" Where's the rope?"

Lu Qing acted as if she hadn't heard anything, and asked Liu Ci to sit aside.

"Your Majesty made it very difficult for the old officials. He led the prisoners to rebel and openly killed the county magistrate, imprisoned the county officials, beat them, and stormed the county government. These things are enough to punish the clan."

"Punish the clan?? Okay, you go to kill, remember to kill the biggest one first."

Looking at this fearless little guy, Lu Qing also had a headache, my Longxi is not a garbage dump, why does everyone throw it at me?
"Okay, I will solve this matter by myself, please go back and wait for the result with those people!"

In this way, Liu Ci was driven out and thrown into those prisoners. Not all of them were prisoners. All around Ci exchanged pleasantries, looking excited, Liu Ci spoke to them loudly, Xia Houci and Dong Zhongshu knew that he would be fine for a long time, staying in the crowd, one was very excited and the other was very helpless.

Since Liu Ci was thrown here, life has been like a fish in water.

He was too fit to be a prisoner.

Here, he seems to have returned to his own home, chatting and laughing with those people, everyone didn't care about this little doll at first, but this little doll can always get some meat, clothes, and even herbs, which are enough for them He cares about them, regards them as his friends, often gives them all kinds of help, and dares to help them when the officials deliberately embarrass them, which makes Liu Ci quickly become their friends. When he wanted to bury the prisoner, Liu Ci jumped up and knocked him down with a hoe, beating him to the brink of death. They are all bundled.

Liu Ci almost proclaimed himself king and led these people to rebel, but thinking about it, he seemed to be the king in the first place, so he didn't proclaim himself king.

His strong affinity is the biggest advantage here. Everyone knows that he is a big man from Chang'an, because he is always protected by someone, and there are two followers who are comfortable with food and clothing, and they are willing to follow him. Liu Laosan also often talked about his ambition to go to Xia Guo in the future to make contributions, and he always told them that he wanted to give them a chance to redeem their crimes by taking them to Xia Guo.

Many people were really looking forward to it. It would be a good thing if they could go to the Kingdom of Xia and use their military exploits to atone for their crimes. It would be better than serving corvee here to death.

In the county office, the county lieutenant also had some headaches.

"Although the officials are guilty, these prisoners can't just forgive them. If they are released, I'm afraid they will be even more arrogant and the king. What should I do?"

Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Why don't you send them out?"

"send out??"

"Yes, send them to Xia Guo. Keep Your Majesty here, and send those people to Xia Guo, so as to prevent them from continuing to make trouble here. As long as your majesty is not the leader, you won't be afraid of them causing any trouble again, my lord." If you can’t send it out, then you can only send it to those people.”

"Well, that's the only way to do it. I'll send another group of people here, find some honest people, so as not to be instigated by the king again. Cough cough, lead."

"Letting the king serve corvee in Longxi, this is not training the king, it is training us!! Look at the king, you let him go back to Chang'an, he may not be willing, he really likes here. However, the king also He is capable, without revealing his identity, he was able to lead a group of prisoners to overthrow a county. If he goes to the Xia Kingdom in the future, he is not afraid that he will not be able to suppress those barbarians, maybe he can still lead those barbarians. Kill the Quartet"

Lu Qing spoke highly of the king.

The county lieutenant shook his head, "Now the temple has great opinions on Fu Xiang's actions, thinking that he is funding his enemies, providing those barbarians with various technologies to make them strong, and they are worried that he will make something An enemy ten times more terrifying than the Xiongnu, raising tigers for trouble. There are disagreements, and some ministers wrote to me, asking about the situation of the Hu people here, and asking whether it has any influence. Most of the Hu people here are farmers. I am not a nomad, how would I know, but these ministers in the temple, they don’t know, and they don’t bother to know. I can’t answer, so I accuse me of not being able to do things.”

Lu Qing nodded, "Governance is still up to people. Let's say that Longxi is a place where people live together. For so many years, it is true. In fact, it is no different from a county. The same is true for Hexi and other places. When I govern the place, the biggest If the chief officials don’t treat different people in the territory as adults, then it is impossible to obtain the loyalty of these people. Whether to forge a sharp sword or raise a tiger for trouble depends entirely on what the leader is like People. I think that King Xia is enough to suppress them, and so is Fu Qing. The officials in the temple have never been to the frontier, do they know the situation of the frontier better than Fu Qing?"

"With King Xia's temperament, going beyond the Great Wall, I'm afraid he will feel like a fish in water. I'm very happy."

"Well, in the future, some Hu people will be transferred here, so that King Xia can learn how to get along with Hu people in advance."

"only!!!"

And in the school grounds, Liu Ci sat among the crowd and told about the many grand occasions he had seen in Chang'an. The crowd listened very seriously and looked forward to it.

He chatted with everyone for a long time before he felt a little tired and was about to rest, but Dong Zhongshu and Xia Houci surrounded him.

"The old thief didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Xia Houci asked.

"Embarrass me? He has to have the guts, who am I, the majestic King of Great Xia, with 20 cavalry under his command, who dares to provoke me?"

Dong Zhongshu shook his head, "Although I dare not embarrass you, I will embarrass these people. I am afraid that these people will not stay here anymore, and they will probably be sent to other places."

Liu Ci said seriously: "When my corvee is over, I will ask my father to let them follow me to Xiaguo and make contributions!"

Several people were talking, and Liu Ci suddenly asked, "Is there any news from Chang'an?"

Dong Zhongshu is currently in charge of contacting Chang'an, he said hastily: "I heard that Dai Wang has gone on a study trip, and after the study tour, he will go to the country."

"Second brother? Why is he going to study while I'm in corvée?"

"It's really unfair!!"

Dong Zhongshu smiled, "It is said that the queen mother even gave him a sword, and everyone praised his bravery."

Xia Houci was a little puzzled, "Didn't you go on a study tour? Why did you send the sword? Shouldn't you give the book?"

Liu Ci said triumphantly: "You don't understand this, my Liu family cannot be humiliated. The eldest mother gave the sword to the second brother just to say that if you are besieged by thieves, you can draw your sword and kill yourself. Lost face."

(End of this chapter)