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In the troubled times when the world was divided into three parts by Han and soil in the Central Plains, one part belonged to Senior Brother Zhou, one part belonged to Shu King Liu Jianzhong, and the last part was occupied by Nanliang Li Tianze.This "three-point" situation was really confirmed after the "Fang Ning" battle between Liu Jianzhong and Li Tianze in the seventh year of Xianren.The two sides fought fiercely for four days and three nights at Tianshui near Fangning. Li Tianze's men sneaked across the opposite bank at night and burned Liu Jianzhong's food and grass. Liu Jianzhong's supply line. Once the food and drink of 10 people are not guaranteed, the morale of the army will be shaken, and defeat is inevitable.After Liu Jianzhong's defeat, he retreated from Yinfeng in the middle of the Han Dynasty to Ningxi, two hundred miles away, and rested for half a month. A counselor under his tent offered advice: Ningxi is close to Shu, and the road to Shu has been difficult to reach the blue sky since ancient times. Why not send troops Entering Shu takes up natural dangers to resist the enemy, advances can be attacked, retreated or defended, even if there are changes in the future, it can be arranged calmly.The implication is: the sword has no eyes in the battle on the battlefield, and Liu Jianzhong will kill him with an arrow one day if he fails to keep it. Three sons, the oldest is eight years old and the youngest is two years old. It’s okay if the sons are old. Staying in the central part of the soil is far less safe than in Shu. Shu is full of natural dangers. At least it can guarantee peace for a year.

In Bingshen that year, Liu Jianzhong sent [-] troops to attack Shu, and slaughtered every living person in the city every time he went to the city.Attacked outside the palace where the king of Shu was located, cut off the ears, noses, and right hands of [-] nearby Shu people, pulled them with a rope and dragged them to the palace wall with horses, and announced to the inside and outside: This will be the end of those who do not surrender!Shangzhang, King of Shu, was afraid of death, so he raised a white flag, opened the city gate and all the city surrendered.Who knows that surrender is inevitable, even the king of Shu, his concubines, princes, soldiers, and civilians were all killed.After the massacre, Liu Jianzhong drove the people who originally lived in Yinfeng and Ningxi into Shu to fill the population void caused by the massacre.

Since then, Liu Jianzhong's title of "Living King of Hades" has been confirmed, and the pattern of three parts of the world is also clear-Zhou Xingfeng is in the north, with Qingzhou, Yongzhou, Bianzhou, Weizhou, and Yanghe; Li Tianze is in the southeast, controlling There are Pingzhou, Huzhou, Yanzhou, Chongzhou, and Lianpu; Liu Jianzhong is in the northwest, Yongchuan City, Yanzhou, Ningxi, Guazhou, and Xiazhou. Chushui ruled.Each of these three parts of the world has its own support, and it is not easy for anyone to eat anyone.Brother Zhou has not engaged in any major conflicts since he succeeded to the throne, and sporadic and minor battles have never been broken. They are all small frictions at the junction of the two. Compared with 30 years ago, it can be regarded as a small stability.The refugees who escaped the disaster of war are gradually returning to their hometowns. After all, it is hard to leave their homeland, and the life of wandering with their families is not easy. As long as there is some hope, they want to go home.Fortunately, the bureau set up by Senior Brother Zhou three years ago has begun to bear fruit. Those who annex the land, those who are greedy for money, those who are fat and courageous and think about setting up another mountain from time to time, and those who stretch their arms too long in an attempt to deceive the upper and lower are all given to them. Stretched his muscles and temporarily put his mind to rest, although he was not yet in control of the overall situation, at least he suppressed a bunch of shit-stirring sticks. On the surface, he was basically calm. After the refugees returned to their hometowns, no matter what happened, they could always get a piece of land to grow. .Lu Zuoxiang contributed the most to this. He undoubtedly played the role of "pig" alive, and "eat" the tigers with lingering fear.In this way, the role of the archery target is also a matter of front and rear - the emperor receives four or five copies of his papers every day. Eighteen generations ago, Xiangzu's ancestors still talked about it, and they brought a lot of fun to the emperor after dinner and tea.Sometimes the emperor would deliberately keep Lu Xiang, and pick out particularly bizarre ones to share with him, pounding the table and laughing while reading, without any seriousness that a gentleman should have.At this time, the old hooligans often respond to all changes by keeping the same--close the bird's beak, stand in front of the mirror with bitter hatred, shake his head and tail, turn left and right, and stop when the emperor is tired of laughing.

"What do you have to say?" The emperor tried his best to control his smile, raised his head from the notebook, and asked Lu Xiang if he had anything to say.

The old rascal still looked at himself in the mirror sadly.Finally, the emperor understood his posture: Your Majesty, please look, the domestic pig in front of the mirror will be transformed into a porcupine covered in arrows in a short time!

That's right, according to the courtiers' method of reference, Lu Xiang will sooner or later be pierced through the air leak, and the only plan for now is to set up a few more arrow targets, and divide the open and hidden arrows that are relentless in greeting him.

The emperor had finished laughing, had seen enough, and turned around to discuss business matters with Lu Xiang.The business is what to do next.Lu Xiang mentioned a three-step chess game. The first step is to weaken the financial and military power of the frontier tycoons; Part of the excerpts of spitting stars and scolding extinction.The tyrannical arrogance and power are under control, and only those who can be used can be selected. Only then can the third move be taken - the imperial court will pay a large price to buy farm tools and cattle, and distribute them according to the account. For the collection, the name was reported to the prefectural and county governments, and after verification, the loan was used to finance the agriculture.With the land, plowing the land, and planting the seeds, there are countless things waiting for it, such as repairing the river, repairing dams and embankments, it would be even better if the wasteland can also be opened up and planted, and the newly plowed land is finished. The grain produced is several percent higher than that obtained through repeated farming.Farming is the foundation of the world, and the people will be stable if they have food and drink; if there is enough rice, the army will not have to worry about fighting on the front line.After so many years of chaos, it's time to gather the scattered hearts.

In the winter of the fourth year of Longyou, the emperor issued a decree to ask all states and counties to open courses to recruit scholars, regardless of their aristocrats, only based on their talents and learning.With a decree, the court was fried again, and the civil and military people used the "wheel tactics" to quote scriptures and classics one by one in front of the emperor, admonishing that this move was unreasonable and might cause unrest in the country.As he talked, he abducted onto Lu Xiang for some reason. When he was talking about the emperor, he didn't dare to let go of it and act wildly. When he came to Lu Xiang, he could say whatever he wanted. When the fire broke out, led by Xu Wentai, the Duke of Jingguo, and Zheng Qing, the Duke of Wu, a group of old courtiers came up tremblingly.The unlucky Lu Xiang vomited out a mouthful of old blood—why? !Today I haven't uttered a word since the last court, who provoked me? !

He didn't provoke anyone, and he didn't provoke anyone. This was venting his anger, and it was the fire at the city gate that caused the fish in the pond.The courtiers didn't dare to do anything to the emperor, so they could only cast evil fire on the old hooligan who had no roots or roots.The veterans come from a family. The emperor Laozi Zhou Rong served as a courtier to the previous emperor before he usurped the throne. He is a "fried dough stick" who has stood in this court for three or four generations. The job is to feed yourself, the fists and feet are not strong enough, and maybe the head is hit, and you hit your own people, plus those who fight, and take advantage of the crowd, what a mess!

The emperor sat quietly and calmly, watching the old hooligan being beaten.Without him having to speak, An Guogong Chu Jiye yelled: "Presumptuous! Who will allow you to make such a fuss in front of His Majesty above the court?!".He is also a veteran, and a veteran with great military exploits. Shen Feibai and Liang Yanbang who are fighting on the front line are all brought out by him.The old commander Yu Wei is still there, with such a roar, the whole court is shocked, fists and feet are stopped, and the hall is so quiet that the sound of a needle dropping can be heard for a moment.

Then the emperor slowly opened his mouth: "Fight, why don't you fight? Let's fight openly, so as not to go back and get sick."

Having said that, whoever dared to make a move would obediently slip back and stand listening to the training while holding their breath.After more than three years, the emperor knew all about the bad temper of the people under his command, so he didn't even bother to talk.

"Don't fight anymore? Well, then there is no objection, let's go down and follow through." That's it!

The old hooligan was taken back and given medicine, and was lying on the bed moaning, when the emperor came.Struggling to salute, the emperor stopped him, saying that he would be excused if he said that he would be excused. You are being beaten for the sake of the country, and you should lie down and rest for a few days.The old hooligan didn't dare to say anything, and scolded his father severely in his heart. After he was done, he was still thinking about the next thing, and his mouth was swollen from hard work, and he talked and gestured repeatedly.The emperor relied on guesswork and the tacit understanding he had cultivated for more than three years, and he understood what he wanted to say on the surface: the decree is only the beginning. It is to stuff my uncles, second uncles, seven aunts and eight aunts up, and then send money to beauties to bribe the chief examiner, so as to ensure that I get a real vacancy, of course, it is best to be fat.The emperor said don't worry, I'm waiting here.

The emperor waited on the tree and waited for the rabbit. As you can imagine, the seven aunts and the eight aunts hadn't even left the house, and his uncle and the second uncle had been called back before they left the state and county.Killed the chief examiners of three states in a row, and replaced the deputy chief examiners of eight counties. The chief examiners and deputy chief examiners of each state and county couldn't eat and sleep, and secretly returned the money and beauties they had collected. He sealed his mouth with his hands and feet, and refused to eat, drink, take or take anything. This completely eliminated the idea of ​​the aristocratic family's being in Kekaoli.Don't you want to become an official? Well, show your real skills and compete with the poor, don't keep using your privileges.The scientific examination in the winter of the fourth year of Longyou really brought out a lot of available people for Senior Brother Zhou. Later, Zhang Yanran and Yao Shu, who were listed with Lu Weizheng as the top three in early Zhou, were both from that list.