【046】A handsome young man

The so-called mourning edict is nominally a self-crime issued by the emperor due to frequent disasters, the people's lives are in vain, and internal and external difficulties. In fact, in history, in most cases, emperors wrote such edicts, which means that the country was in trouble and were forced to lower their attitude and ask for help.

The mourning edict can be understood as the emperor's sorrow and crying and issuing an edict, calling on the people of the world to raise troops to support the king.

Since Emperor Luzong succeeded to the throne for a hundred years, the Celestial Empire immediately fell into dire straits. Emperor Luzong was the number one foolish monarch of the dynasty, and the absurd things he had done were numerous. At that time, the border wars continued, the people were full of horses, and the national strength was extremely declining. About thirty-five years ago, the two countries of Loulan and South Korea colluded and raised troops to attack the Celestial Empire and occupied many cities.

After Lu Zong passed away, Emperor Dezong, who had just succeeded to the throne, was panicked. Although there were troops in the capital, he did not dare to send him out to fight the enemy, otherwise a group of loud horses could capture the capital. In desperation, Emperor Dezong issued a mourning edict, calling on the people of the Celestial Empire to fight against foreign enemies.

It was the heroes that came from troubled times, and this made the two people successful.

One of them was Wu'anbang, who was originally a Liaodong general in charge of thousands of troops. This man was a general who was good at boosting morale. He recruited many officers and soldiers and village warriors from various prefectures, prefectures and counties in Liaodong, formed 50,000 miscellaneous troops, and even fought back 100,000 South Korean troops, which can be said to have created a miracle.

Wu'anbang is the current general of Zhenbei, and he was awarded the title of Divine Marquis!

The other person is Emperor Dezong's younger brother, King Duan.

The reduction of vassals was the thing that wise monarchs in history loved to do the most. When Emperor Taizong was Emperor Taizong, they had successfully reduced the vassals. There was no strong vassal king in this dynasty for more than 200 years.

King Duan was originally an idle prince, good at riding and shooting, and was good at making friends with heroes from all walks of life. When the country was in trouble, he volunteered. The so-called brothers who fought against tigers were no longer available to Emperor Dezong at that time, so he immediately appointed King Duan as the Marshal of the West.

At that time, there were 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers from the Celestial Kingdom in the west, and stubbornly resisting, but the generals and generals were all in charge of their own affairs, and no one obeyed each other. As soon as King Duan arrived, he calmed down the scene... The reason was difficult to understand. The original rule set by Emperor Taizong was that the private soldiers of the vassal kings should not exceed 5,000. However, King Duan brought a total of 30,000 elite soldiers from somewhere. There were many people and strong forces, and there was an imperial edict in his hand. Generals from all walks of life were shocked and had to obey King Duan's orders.

No one expected that King Duan was more talented than Wu'anbang. He gathered 110,000 troops and fought hard with the 200,000 troops of the Loulan Kingdom for two years, recovered the lost territories and led the Loulan army out of the border of the Celestial Dynasty.

Since then, King Duan has settled in the western borders, like a local emperor. The imperial court has no choice but to take King Duan. Unless he can defeat the Loulan Kingdom, no one dares to mention the matter of reducing the vassals. Even if King Duan agrees to reduce the vassals and return to Beijing to continue to be a idle prince, the Loulan army will probably immediately enter Xiguan.

Nowadays, King Duan has 180,000 soldiers, entrenched in the west and shocked Loulan. No matter what the person had in mind, the effect of the Celestial Empire was indelible. At least, the Celestial Empire had not married the princess to marry in Loulan for more than 30 years, and the people on the border were no longer burned, killed, looted by the Loulan cavalry.

Ironically, after the war quelled, Emperor Dezong lived a peaceful life, favoring the treacherous and slanderous, which led to Qin Hui's power. If there was no enemy country eyeing him, perhaps Duan and Shenyong Hou both raised troops to "clear the king's side". However, Loulan and South Korea have been recuperating for thirty years, becoming more and more powerful, and they are eyeing him with great force, which makes Duan and Shenyong Hou dare not act without action. Moreover, Duan and Shenyong Hou are afraid of each other, and it is easy to say and difficult to do... Today's Heavenly Dynasty has formed an extremely strange and chaotic situation that has never been seen in history.

People nowadays raised a mourning edict, and had a sarcastic impression of the two warlords, King Duan and Marquis of Shen Yong. The second prince did not get angry, pretended not to know, followed Liu Shuai's words and changed the topic: "What the gentleman said is reasonable, and the treacherous ministers are in power and corrupt the court's principles. If there were no treacherous ministers like Qin Hui in the court, the people would be trapped in water and fire, and the number of bandits among the people increased sharply. Since the expulsion of the Tartars more than thirty years ago, our Celestial Empire could have been revived and a peaceful and prosperous era will be revived!"

Liu Shuai smiled but said nothing, yes, if there were no treacherous ministers in the court, no bandits among the people, the people lived and worked in peace, and there were large troops guarding the border, the Celestial Empire could really be revived and became a powerful country. But these issues are easy to say, but in fact, wise monarchs of all dynasties could not have been completely handled in an orderly manner.

Seeing that Liu Shuai's smile was meaningful, the second prince felt that Mr. Pinhua was unfathomable and said immediately: "I have a chat with you today, but I still have not finished it. Why not move your husband to the Xiaowang Mansion and let me drink happily again?"

Hehe, I want to clean my foundation at once? Liu Shuai smiled secretly, knowing that the Second Prince is trying to win over him now, and there is no need to be a respect, let alone trust. He now shows kindness while refusing: "The mountain man is unstable and tired, and he really wants to live a stable life, and he wishes he could be a diner in the little prince's mansion... However, the mountain man still has all kinds of chores, and he will visit him in a while."

"In this way, Xiao Wang swept the bed and waited for the gentleman to come to the door."

The second prince was a little disappointed and couldn't help but feel even more curious.

Several people ate and drank for a while, and said reluctantly.

Shortly after everyone left, the two young men climbed to the third floor of the Zuixian Tower. The young man in the head was as handsome as snow, and was so handsome that he might even feel ashamed of him when he saw him.

"This Zuixian Tower is indeed well-known..." The young man in white admired the poems of various literati engraved in the building, and sighed repeatedly. He thought he was also a gentleman. Suddenly his eyes fell on the newly engraved poems and murmured: "The rain in Weicheng is light and dust, and the green willows in the guest house are fresh. I advise you to have a glass of wine and go west to Yangguan without any friends... Good poems, good words, good artistic conception!"

"Pinhua Jushi?" Seeing the signature, the young man in white was stunned. After looking closely, his eyes flashed slightly, and he thought to himself: "How come this handwriting is quite as sharp as the land of Liu Erlang in Hedong? It's strange, but the essence is similar, and after careful identification, there are some differences. This person's calligraphy is still above Liu Erlang!"

Two years ago, Liu Erlang had mentioned the famous quatrain "Young Chronicles" on the railing of the famous scenic spot "Gentleman Pavilion" in Hedong. Many poets and poets went to observe it. Anyone with a little knowledge can identify Liu Erlang's handwriting.

"Looking at this mark, there must be no more than one incense stick. Oh, I missed such a genius!" The young master in white felt very sorry, calmed down, and said to the servant in the green square hat: "You go and call the waiter, I have to ask clearly who this type of layman Hua is. I didn't expect that there was such a talented man in Xiguan. Haha, it was really not in vain."

The servant seemed not the kind of servant who obeyed his master's advice. He frowned and said, "Mr. Pinhua? Young Master... Young Master, this person must be the kind of self-proclaimed romantic person, not a good guy!"
Chapter completed!