I, Han Gaozu, actually traveled through Song Gaozong?

Chapter 167 The Journey Again
"Thousands of riders tried spring outings, and the light rain fell like a crisp. It can make Jiangdong return to the old customers and stay late. Baijiu silent slippery oil."

"Flying fire and chaotic planets, Qiandai swaying waves and emerald green streams. It's not as cold as Baiyun Township, but gentle. Now go to the first state of Huainan."

This is "Nanxiangzi" written by Su Dongpo back then. The first state in Huainan mentioned in the words is Suzhou.

At this time, there is still a hundred miles away from Suzhou City, but it is almost March, and the spring is beginning to sway wantonly through the greener leaves and brighter flowers. Since Jianyan After going south, this is the first time Xin Ciying has come back in more than ten years.
Come back to the north of the Huaihe River.

The old man didn't say anything about being close to home. Since he changed his official position with Lu Zai and continued to be his living roommate, for the past half month, he has been very happy and excited every day, just like It was just like this, he recited the first words excitedly, regardless of the exhaustion from the long journey.

And this is also the first poem he memorized on the journey of a hundred miles.

When Liu Bang saw this old man who was rejuvenated, he didn't know how many times he had said about him. He was a lot older, but he didn't know that he was mature and stable. He followed him, and he didn't even learn half of his own composure. He was very noisy. .

Although no one agreed with Xin Ciying, his interest remained undiminished, and he continued to say to himself:
"When the Qin Dynasty swept Liuhe, Suzhou was divided into Sishui County, and Sishui County also governed Fengyi, which is the place where Han Gaozu Qianlong lived... In the past, the Chinese culture was emphasized, and the seedlings of Gaoyang were placed; Chongling, Fengyi, was compiled by the emperor Yao Zhixu, if there is Longxing here, it means there is a Lingtai."

Although Guo Yaoshi was born as a military general, he was a poor man in Liaodong in the early years, and he didn't read many books; but after Chang Shengjun was murdered, he lived in seclusion in the south, and he also heard a lot of truths in his spare time, and learned a lot. What I admire most in my life is not Guan Yu Yuefei, but these literati, especially those who have a lot of stuff in their stomachs.

Although he knew that Xin Ciying didn't like him, he still couldn't help flattering him and said:
"Mr. Xin is well-informed and talented. He can quote classics and present local allusions wherever he goes. He really has a great knowledge. The little old man admires him very much."

They say they don't reach out to hit smiling faces, but this is a traitor after all, Xin Ciying snorted coldly, and finally went silent, ignoring him.

When Liu Bang saw this scene, he couldn't help feeling a little funny. The two of them were like this all the way. No matter how Xin Ciying tried to put on a show, he couldn't stop Guo Yaoshi from sticking his face to his cold ass.

But he couldn't get used to the old man's amazing appearance, and deliberately made him look bad, so he asked:
"Since you know Suzhou well, I'll ask you a question, can you answer it?"

Among other things, Xin Ciying has been squeezed out by Qin Hui all year round, so he can only find some leisurely jobs to do. Apart from reading, there are few things he can do on weekdays.

The knowledge of these prefectures, counties and counties is his favorite, and the family has copied countless county annals by hand... Even if he is a native of Suzhou, he may not know this place better than him.

At this time the emperor asked a question, he didn't even think about it, and replied directly:
"If the official asks, the minister knows everything."

Liu Bang looked at this unfamiliar but familiar place... what was unfamiliar was the surrounding buildings, rivers, and roads, which were all different from those in the past; what was familiar were the ravines, canals and stubborn rocks, which remained unchanged.

This feeling is a bit strange. This is his hometown. To be precise, within hundreds of miles, Xuzhou and Xiaoxian in the north, Suzhou and Sixian in the south are the places where he has spent most of his life.

Now that I come back again, things are different, and it is a lie to say that I have no emotion at all, but I just came from Sixian, the initial melancholy has long since disappeared, and it is true that I no longer feel emotion.

Pointing to a huge boulder not far ahead, he asked Xin Ciyin:

"You are very powerful, but do you know what is hidden under that boulder?"

Xin Ciying just pretended to be the emperor to embarrass himself. The stone was as tall as two people, and it had been standing there for an unknown number of years.

What can be down there?What else but mud and dirt?
Naturally, this kind of thing cannot be said to the emperor, but he also felt that the Zhao family would not arrange themselves in such a random way, so he recalled it carefully, but he couldn't think of any book about this Suzhou city. boulder.

I had no choice but to answer honestly: "I really don't know."

"Humph!"

Liu Bang glanced at him very proudly: "You are told to read more and more books on weekdays, but you just don't listen!"

"You don't even have this kind of knowledge. If you dare to show off in the future, I will reward you with a killing stick!"

Xin Ciying was obviously dissatisfied: "Then, what's under the boulder, please let the officials show you."

Liu Bang smiled and said: "You are still not convinced, if I really say it, what should you do?"

Seeing that the emperor was so confident, the people in the living room thought about it for a while, confirmed and confirmed, there is no description of this stone in Suzhou Chronicles... Books will not lie, but officials will.

He straightened his back and said, "But follow the orders of the officials!"

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

After all, he didn't make his own request first, but directly said what was under the stone:
"There are six characters engraved below."

The conversation between the two attracted more and more audiences. Take Zhang Taiwei as an example. He was very curious about this, so he rushed ahead of Xin Ciying and asked:

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

"Da Chuxing, King Chen Sheng."

……

Everyone was a little speechless. The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising happened in the Year of the Monkey. Even if there were these six words, the official family never came here when they were traveling south. How did he know about it?

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

It seems that His Majesty is really looking for some fun.

The matter has something to do with me, but people in my daily life don't think like others. Daze Township also belongs to Pei County, so it is indeed in Suzhou.

It's not all aimless for the officials to say this, but, is there really text underneath?

Xin Ciying was shaken a little or two, but he still had eighty-nine percent confidence, so he said:

"The officials are so profound, but they can turn the stone upside down, so that the officials and others can also open their eyes."

Liu Bang has always been a man of integrity, especially when it comes to betting, he beckoned the whole army to stop for a while to rest, and asked Huang Yanjie to find dozens of tall forbidden soldiers, and let them face The stone hands.

Although everyone doesn't know what game these nobles are playing, this is not something they should care about. Although the boulder is huge, there are so many people. , In less than a cup of tea, the stone that had been standing for an unknown amount of time suddenly fell down.

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

After staring at the stone bottom for a long time, Xin Ciying immediately started to dig the mud off the top.

Six characters, yes, the six big characters carved in small seal script. Although many people no longer recognize their appearance, the learned Xin Ciying does recognize them.

Great Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng.

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

King Chu Yin has long passed away for many years, only the phrase "princes and generals, Ning Youzhong" resounded throughout the world; since then, there have been no eternal nobles throughout the ages. When the people on this land have nowhere to go, 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 created can Liu Bang and Xiang Yu appear.

Xin Ciying didn't expect that he was really hit by the official, but he didn't feel the loneliness of losing the bet at all. On the contrary, he found this thing that had never been recorded in any books, and he was very excited.

"Officials, is this the authentic work left by King Chu Yin back then? Let's take a look together with the people of the world!"

Liu Bang beckoned them back, and ordered to Huang Yanjie:

"Restore the stone to its original state."

Everything else is easy to say, if he is still rebelling against Qin, then the stone should be exposed to heaven and man.

But now he is the emperor... The ass decides the head, and the fact that these six words have not been erased is already the greatest respect he has for Chen and Wu.

"When Liu Jizheng was conquering Huainan Wang Yingbu, he passed by here and fought a battle. Thanks to this stone, he blocked many arrows."

"Since everyone knows what happened to Chen She, you should keep in mind, remember, whether Qin or Han, including the later Li Tang, the disaster of chaos and death did not originate from the barbarians, but from the Little people."

"I have been an emperor for so many years, and I dare to do anything, but there is only one thing that I dare not do, and that is to treat the outsider with respect to the near one, the ancients with the present, the sinner with the meritorious Barbarians are inferior to Han people."

"Therefore, I don't ask you to treat people with preferential treatment, as long as you can keep your heart and keep in mind who is behind your back."

It is rare for the emperor to preach, and everyone agrees, and it can be said that it is said to be true. It is still much more difficult to change.

Especially Confucian scholars like Xin Ciying, who always pay attention to face, be strict with themselves and treat others leniently, it is good to say that only those around them know what it is like.

"Okay, let's continue our journey, we must arrive in Suzhou before dark."

At the emperor's order, the 2000-man team began to move again.

He only brought half of the people from the Imperial City Division out this time... Although the matter of Lin'an was within his plan, people are not tools. As long as they are people, there are too many uncertainties and uncontrollability. Well, Ji Wu is also good, including Daoji... The first few people he came into contact with in this life suffered disasters one after another. This is not what he wants to see.

Although he tried his best to deny it, the affairs of these people were always related to his arrogance. He could obviously arrange it more completely and safely, but he didn't.

But he couldn't change it. If he changed his extreme self-confidence, he would no longer be him.

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

That day the emperor made urgent arrangements... As soon as he gave an order, the entire imperial court immediately started to move, firstly, the accompanying personnel, secondly, the many messes left behind, and thirdly, the planning of the route and the treatment of Zhao Ding and others. human interpretation.

So many things, not all resolved immediately.

For example, Zhang Jun, although he did not order punishment, but he is still an official in the court after all, and Zhao Ding does not know how to deal with it; for example, the funeral of the Empress Dowager... Although the official family does not have to observe filial piety for three years, But it should wait until after her burial before leaving; for another example, the imperial concubine Zhong who is about to give birth to a dragon species should tie the emperor to Lin'an.

But he left anyway, without giving any room for discussion to these ministers of his own... He knew very well that the war between the two countries should not be delayed, because Xixia and Goryeo were mixed in, and the two countries completely fell to the Kingdom of Jin Before, he wanted to let the people of these two countries see clearly,

See clearly between Song and Jin, who is the one who is more likely to win.

So he just hugged Ji Wu who had been hanging in front of the Yue Mansion for a long time, and personally used a shovel to dig a hole for him by the West Lake, and buried him in it.

The one who came to pass the news today is the one who said that the empress dowager's funeral is over.

Huang Yan beat the horse to catch up with the emperor, and told all the news:
"The empress dowager is deeply loved by the people of Lin'an, and she has been buried under Feilai Peak. The people howled day and night, and spontaneously mourned her for three days."

"The person who was chanting sutras under the shelf of Jinying that day was also found. It was none other than Master Fohai and Master Daoji... After they finished their salvation, they wandered away again. Lingyin Temple is now run by several people. Senior masters are in charge of affairs, but the title of master Fohai is still reserved."

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

"How about the temple?"

"Zongzheng Temple is unwilling to accept the spiritual seats of Uncle Wang and Hero Ji, and only says that it is a place to worship ancestors, and no one else can be allowed in..."

"What did Zhao Ding say?"

"What Zhao Xiang means is that if the official family has the heart, they can find a Taoist temple or a temple to enshrine. It is not necessary to put the two in the Taimiao."

"Well," Liu Bang nodded, "Let's remove all the people from Zongzheng Temple, and then ask Zhao Shi, the great Zongzheng, if it's okay."

In Zongzheng Temple, there are mostly Zhao family members, or people who are related to the Zhao family by marriage. The purpose of existence is not only the affairs of the clan, but also to find errands for these royal relatives and relatives, and settle them down so that they will not mess around. .

Now if the officials say a word, they will remove those people... If nothing else, among the more than 100 nobles, none of them are easy to get along with.

Obviously, the officials did not follow the rules first... Huang Yanjie didn't dare to go beyond the rules, so he honestly agreed.

"One more thing... The people from the Imperial City Department said that Yue Shaobao's letter to Mrs. Yao Tai has arrived, and they said there was only one sentence."

"Oh?"

Liu Bang immediately became interested. After all, the journey was far away, and there were many battles along the way. After all, Yue Fei's news was delayed a lot, but he did not mess up his position, and even captured Zhengzhou, which already surprised Liu Bang a little.

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

"Which sentence is it?"

Huang Yanjie didn't hesitate at all: "It's 'loyalty and filial piety are difficult to have both, mother forgives children for being unfilial'."

"This man is really stubborn."

Throwing down such a comment, but after all, he was very happy in his heart. Look at him, it's no wonder he was able to win the battle!

Thinking about those three trash nestling in the city of Suzhou, Liu Bang lost his temper immediately, wishing that one person would give them two slaps.

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

"Then what happened to Yu Yunwen?"

Speaking of this person, it was really a coincidence that he followed this time.

What a coincidence.

The news of the siege of Lin'an City had just spread, and this man immediately moved, still bringing those monks, priests, nuns, and nuns to serve the king, but only halfway there, he received the news that the Jinren had already retreated.

In this way, this kid came to Lin'an alone, and heard about many things that happened at that time along the way. Once this person summed up, he quickly guessed what the emperor was thinking.

Pretending to be a golden person, killing brothers and mothers, this is something that is not worth dying for ordinary people, let alone what happened to the current emperor!

It is said that 'the emperor guides the ministers', isn't the emperor afraid of causing the world to reverse and the order to collapse if he does such a thing? !
Feeling puzzled and angry, thinking that he was serving such a tyrant with no morals and character, Yu Yunwen might feel that something was beginning to collapse, and his whole person became a little bad.

Therefore, he dared to block the way of the emperor before the emperor left Lin'an.

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

A chance to ask yourself, after all, if you can think of bringing someone to King Qin, this is loyalty, and if you can guess what you are doing, it can be regarded as clever.

A shrewd and faithful man deserves a chance at life.

So no matter how offensive Yu Yunwen was or how he exposed it, Liu Bang ignored him and arranged for Lu Zai's son to go to Mingzhou as the magistrate, and brought the upright Yu Yunwen with him.

There is no need to explain to him, some people only listen to what you say, and some people care more about what you do.

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

Huang Yanjie nodded and said: "It's still the same, people have to pour water for food and water, and it seems that the soul hasn't come back yet."

"Did you send anyone to Suzhou today?"

"Go, according to the official's order, these days, one every day, never dare to be short."

Liu Bang nodded. He had no other questions. He slapped the horse's butt with his scabbard and galloped towards Suzhou City.

On the other end, Suzhou City.

This city is not big at all. It was abandoned in the third year of Taihe Tang Dynasty. One's name was exaggerated after all.

Although it is small, this place does have its unique heritage. There are Huangzangyu, where Liu Bang escaped from the pursuit of Qin soldiers, and Tianmen Temple built here by Liu Yilong, the son of Liu Yu. It is said that the 72 sages of Confucius, Confucius Min Zi, one of the ten philosophers of the family and one of the 24 filial piety, is buried here, plus Liu Ling, Ji Kang and other famous scholars in the bamboo forest...

The smallness of Suzhou lies in the smallness of its city, and the largeness of Suzhou lies in its temperament.

Although suffered from wars for years, the people here are much calmer. When the Jin people came, they were neither like bereaved dogs like other places, nor did they show too much excitement and joy when the Song people came.

Suzhou is more like a bystander. Although it is also on the chessboard, it looks at the chess players of the two sides with cold eyes. No matter who enters the Central Plains, it seems that it cannot easily let it feel sad or happy.

Zhao Mi was stationed at the south gate with his troops from the Infantry Division, while Yang Yizhong was at the North Gate with the imperial guards from the Dianqian Division. His official position is the lowest, but he occupies a position in a government office in the city.

Estimating the time at this time, he knew that it was the most uncomfortable time of the day. The eunuch who entered the city saw Zhao Dushi first, but before he had time to say hello, Zhao Mi saw the man's attire, and immediately recited it body go:
"The envoy, please speak bluntly, and leave as soon as you finish speaking, and don't want to stay here any longer."

The eunuch probably understood Zhao Dushi's mood, so he omitted the greetings and said directly:

"Zhao Mi, this is the 30th time I have advised you, you should go back to Lin'an. Anyway, you are wasting rice by staying here. Since it is all a waste, why not waste Lin'an?"

"The food and grass in the army are hard to come by. Looking at your appearance, you can tell that you have a lot of food. I asked Huang Yanjie to come. After all, he is thin and weak, and he has less fat than you. No matter how poor he is, he can eat more than you." Are you young?"

"Now I'm coming soon. If you change your mind, you can call me back and leave the soldiers here. Just pack up your things and go back directly. You don't need to say hello to me anymore."

There are already No. 30 people... Zhao Dushi's back trembled uncontrollably, he still couldn't get used to being ridiculed by officials like this.

After taking a deep breath, Zhao Mi turned around:

"Keep secret, wait for His Majesty here."

That's what he said, but he always felt that the one who came to deliver the message today seemed to be missing something.

Just for a while, Zhao Dushi couldn't remember anything.

The eunuch nodded slightly, he still had to tell the other two generals the news, so he didn't dare to stay any longer.

He just stepped out the door with one foot, then turned around again with an apologetic look on his face:

"Don't blame Zhao Dushi, I missed a word..."

Zhao Mi looked sad, and quickly turned around again. He had stopped crying since the eighth time, but he was also afraid, afraid that the officials would add some new words, and he couldn't bear it. , Leaving her panties out in front of outsiders.

Seeing this, the eunuch added the emperor's last words without any hesitation.

"Zhao Mi, to be honest, the three of you are trash."

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

(End of this chapter)