Chapter 20 Going to the Battle of Liaodong
The spring breeze is proud and the horse's hooves are fast.
After being named Duting Marquis, Li Su felt that his speed of traveling back was soaring. In just six or seven days, he rushed back to Jixian from Luoyang to report.
Along the way, Li Su was rushing for nothing every day, and was also wary of reflection: in order to make contributions, he became the leader among the scholars of "knowing destiny" in the world, and pushed the influence of the theory of blessings to the extreme. Will such an approach have any adverse effects on history?
However, after thinking about it over the past few days, he found that he was also worried.
He did not invent the theory of blessings in the palace. Later Ming dynasties used it, but the feudal system was still destroyed in the end? So whether the palace is blessings in the palace will not affect the final end of the feudal system.
It will not affect the arrival of prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, fairness and rule of law.
Because true aspiring people will not be frightened by the concerns of "will I die myself, can I see the day when a great cause is successful?" They are warriors who have faith and continue to follow one after another.
Those who want to see victory alive have a weak will and are looking forward to it, that is called a speculator!
History has proved over and over again that speculators are not worthy of a good ending.
Therefore, the blessing of the palace was nothing more than slowing down the frequency of dynasty changes during the feudal system and scaring those who took risks and speculation for their own wealth.
It also reduces the "trial and error" of arrogant and ambitious people who cannot change their dynasties, and reduces the total amount of wars - 90% of the speculative rebels in this world end in failure, but as long as they are moved and are ready to start a war, it will cause countless people to die. These people die in vain, and have dragged so many innocent people down.
Li Su made China less wars in the feudal era after that. Everyone thought more before starting a war. What’s wrong with this?
As for the evolution of the political system, Li Su felt that in his life, he would at most from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which was the limit. It would be a great merit to be able to bypass the wrong path of the nine-grade Zhongzheng system that had been divided for hundreds of years, which was a great merit.
As for the imperial examination, it is definitely impossible to build and improve it in Li Suyou's lifetime. That thing was too much backlash from the aristocratic families. At best, under the guise of "improving the inspection system", it mixed a little bit of sand. On the one hand, it adjusted the inspection subjects, and on the other hand, it adjusted the monitoring methods of inspection, which was the limit.
At the same time, Li Su did not blindly believe that "the late one is progressing." He felt that the system of recommendation has certain advantages compared to the system of imperial examinations, and the advantages should be retained - later imperial examinations pay too much attention to fairness, and sacrificed the efficiency of talent selection, and the subject setting is too unreasonable. As long as the system of recommendation does not enroll filial piety and honest, other subjects are still relatively scientific.
Let’s take one step at a time. It would be great if you can reach the Tang Dynasty in your life. It would be left to the descendants of this dynasty to work slowly until the Song and Ming dynasties.
And it must be a "martial Song and Ming Dynasty" - the reason why Song and Ming Dynasty could not pursue martial arts was that the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms destroyed the authority of destiny. There was no way, the emperor had to have it. Everyone also knew that "the emperor had strong soldiers and strong horses to do it", so they could only respect civil and suppress martial arts. If there was the stability of destiny of the Han Dynasty emperor, would it be necessary to respect civil and suppress martial arts?
Anyway, Li Su will not cause any resistance to prosperity, democracy, harmony, freedom, fairness, and rule of law.
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On the 23rd day of the first lunar month, before Li Su returned to Ji County, he was greeted by Liu Yu himself ten miles away from the city.
Liu Yu also brought most of the confidants in the Youzhou officialdom, and even Gongsun Zan, who had no good relationship with Liu Yu, came, so it was even more impossible for the generals of Liu Bei's camp to be absent.
Li Su saw him from afar, and quickly turned over and dismounted with Zhao Yun in advance, bowing and saying, "I am honored to be treated by the envoy, and I am lucky to be unwilling to be my fate."
Then there was a lot of red tape, and everyone knew their rewards, and they were congratulating each other on their courtesy.
"Congratulations to the envoy for being granted the title of Jihou, 5,000 marquis, which is rare in recent years. The envoy's achievements are really the pillars of the Han Dynasty and the giants in the sunny days."
The civil servants first talked about Liu Yu in a tide.
"Okay, okay, Xuande is not in his thirty years old, and Boya will be able to win the championship next year. This is what a young man is afraid of." Liu Yu was a little tired of being photographed, so he casually praised his subordinates to divert everyone's attention.
Others are bound to compliments Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and Li Su.
After Liu Yu and others finished their trouble, they changed their serious expressions: "Since the appointment of the court has arrived, you should not slacken. We will go to Youbeiping and Liaodong to take office tomorrow.
Bogui, when he arrived in Youbeiping, he was very careful about the Xianbei Kebineng. Xuande was going to take on the task of attacking Zhang Chun's remnants. You must bear all the pressures of the Xianbei people in the north. You should not let the Xianbei remnants collude with Zhang Chun."
"Yes, the last general will take the order. I will take the initiative to attack Xianbei and mobilize the Xianbei tribes to come to rescue. I will give Zhang Chun's arm to help me. As long as you don't restrict me from robbing and killing the Xianbei tribes." Gongsun Zan replied in a tough manner, which was considered to be a promise to Liu Yu, and also took care of his brother-in-law relationship with Liu Bei, and also expressed his dissatisfaction with Liu Yu's weakness.
Of course Liu Yu knew what Gongsun Zan meant, but now that the enemy is in front of him, he has to compromise:
"Oh, let's follow the power in an urgent matter. I'll just have one order. If you have the ability, kill. The Wuhuan people have become sinic and attached. You must not provoke conflicts again. Especially Qiu Liju killed Suli's head and let the Wuhuan and Xianbei break completely. I will never allow you to provoke more enemies before the Xianbei is destroyed."
The two sides ended the negotiations unhappily.
After Li Su returned to the city, he went straight to Cai Yong and Cai Yan's place to stay. Anyway, he and Cai Yan had already made a marriage agreement through verbal gentleman agreement, so it was appropriate to walk around more.
Cai Yong has not yet recovered his official position, so it is not easy to go out of the city to welcome him just now, and his seniority is not suitable.
When Cai Yan saw Li Su coming back, he immediately jumped over and took his hands and circled: "Senior Brother! Your Majesty hasn't appointed you as the Beijing official?"
Li Su smiled and touched Cai Yan's melon-shaped face: "Your Majesty wants to be the Taizhong Doctor. When I was advising the court, I said, 'Zhang Chun has not been destroyed, and he has started and ended well', and he has returned from the Liaodong Chief Secretary."
Cai Yan's face turned red and she was very happy, but then a hint of hidden worries flashed: "What if Zhang Chun calmed down?"
Li Su thought about it and attached it to Cai Yan's ear: "I have my own way, but it's a bit unreasonable to say it. The boat will naturally straighten when it reaches the bridge. You will know from now on."
Cai Yan's ears were itchy and her body was a little soft, so she didn't ask any further questions.
Li Su also just rightly changed the topic: "I won't talk about these things anymore. I'm now a marquis. Wouldn't you celebrate?"
Cai Yan's eyes widened in an instant, and he became energetic: "Have you been granted a marquis? Are you a marquis like your father? After all, you wrote "The Palace of the Blessed Relationship" together, so you should have been granted a marquis long ago."
Li Su smiled proudly and held the junior sister to comfort her: "Since you think you should be appointed as the Marquis of Guannei, then of course it's more than that-or else Zhang Ju wouldn't have killed him for nothing? I am the Marquis of Lie and the Marquis of Duting."
"Marquis Duting? I am a Marquis who is not as good as a young man? I really should write a poem to make a grand occasion." Cai Yan was even more excited than Li Su, and grabbed Li Su's arms and trembled slightly.
She is not greedy for glory and wealth, but is simply happy for Li Su, and has a sense of heroism to participate and witness history.
Cai Yan stood up from the cushion, wandering left and right, concentrating on the words, but after thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he returned to Li Su and sat down:
"Senior brother, it's all my fault that I can't think of the grand occasion of sneaking into the enemy camp and lobbying. This squad is not in the tiger's den, so the situation must be different, right? Tell me more, what was the situation when I entered the Wuhuan camp at night? I'd like to write a poem for you."
Li Su boasted lightly: "What's there to say? I was sneaking all the way and had to avoid Zhang Ju's eyes and ears placed beside Qiu Liju, so I killed Qiu Liju's scout team and disguised as a scout and returned to the camp. I couldn't tell anyone about it."
Cai Yan had never heard of these details, so she couldn't help but be fascinated by the palms that grabbed Li Su's arm and sweated: "Is it dark? Did it snow? Isn't it very difficult?"
Li Su: "Of course it's not easy. I went to the camp overnight with Xuexi. The divine flag was frozen and the horse was silent. It was roughly like that. I heard that Hu Chief was slapped, and I realized that the fake emperor had been sentenced."
Cai Yan: “…”
Li Su: "What's wrong? Isn't the description clear enough?"
Cai Yan: "I asked you to describe it, but you did it yourself! I said, have you thought about it these days? I have been proud of my life, no wonder I have been secretly doing it every day."
Li Su: "I just describe the situation at that time casually, you can do it again."
Cai Yan bit her lip and thought for a while: "Forget it, I'm not as good as you. Why do you know everything? I've been with you for so long and I always have unexpected surprises. I copied this poem and maybe I'll have the chance to show it to others in the future."
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After resting for a night, Li Su followed Liu Bei and others to take office early the next morning.
Most of Liu Bei's troops were stationed in western Liaoning. They just returned to Jixian County to report their duties at the end of the year, and accepted the imperial edict from the court. So they went back quickly. Each of them was a few horses and whipped them up, and they could return to the front line in three days.
Liu Bei rode on the horse and still praised: "My brother, I heard that you wrote a good poem last night, even Mr. Cai praised you, saying that you can actually create the first seven-character rhythm. How many literary strategies do you have in you are unknown."
Li Su: "It spread so quickly?"
Liu Bei: "This is a good thing, what are you afraid of? When I bid farewell to Mr. Cai, he told me that what I waited for was really appropriate. I wanted to do it, but if I can't do it, I'd better kill the enemy and serve the country."
Liu Bei is pretty good, but Zhang Fei is the most fan along the way.
Zhang Fei actually likes art and elegance, but apart from his writing is relatively straight, he has no creative talent. After hearing that Li Su copied this poem several times, leaving behind a look that he thought was the most straight and domineering one.
Li Su felt a little embarrassed: I would have thought about the words before I knew it, but now I can't even collect them.
Li Su hurriedly said: "Stop talking about this, let's talk about front-line military affairs. I went to Luoyang and didn't know what the situation was in Liaodong in western and western Liaoning. Where is Zhang Chun stationing troops now?"
Liu Bei: "Zhang Chun defended the Liaodong County and governed Xiangping, and sent the Wuhuan Nanqiao King to guard the Changli and Tuhe River along the waters of big and small Yu. The rest of the places should not be very important and the troops were not large. However, Changli blocked the throat gateway of Liaodong and western Liaoning. Our army left Linyu and went to Tuhe River, and there was no river on land for transporting grain.
Last year, Liaodong and western Liaoning were famined again. We used the strategy of cutting off food to force Qiu Liju to surrender. Now Zhang Chun is coming to the steadi walls and clear the fields again. Our army's rations have almost started to transport from no end. The water route is 400 miles and the land route is 400 miles. I am afraid that it will be difficult to siege Changli for a long time, and I will have to get a quick battle and a quick decision."
Li Su is now quite familiar with local place names, so he converted Liu Bei's words in his mind. Generally speaking, from the Qinhuangdao-Shanhaiguan area in later generations, we have to travel by land to transport grain from Changli-Tuhe, which is Jinzhou in later generations.
Jinzhou has always been the throat of the western Liaoning Corridor. Going a little further inland is Yanshan. If you don’t want to turn over Yanshan, you can only go to Changli (Jinzhou).
The ancient Lulong road route to Xuetianchou attack Wuhuan is detoured?
This is Li Su's first reaction. After all, it is a war example written in history books and Romance. This must have been the first to think of this.
But Li Su immediately discovered something wrong, because in history, Cao Cao defeated Tad, as a nomadic people, Tadun was north of Yanshan Mountain and mainly defended Liucheng. Therefore, he had to go from Lu Long and Feiru to the upper reaches of Yushui (Liaoling River) and to the Bailang and Liucheng along the Daling River.
Now Liu Bei does not need to deal with Liucheng where the Wuhuan Prince's Court is located. Even if he goes down the Yu River from Liucheng, he can still reach Changli, but there is no need.
Chapter completed!