Chapter nine hundred and ninetieth comer is not good
After Caizhen's trouble, Zhang Kun and Luo You also woke up. Zhang Kun said angrily in front of Liu Xiu: "This cheap servant is really audacious. Your Majesty, you should kill her with a stick as a warning to others!"
Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Kun, waved his hand and said, "Just expel Caizhen from the palace, there is no need to hurt her life." Liu Xiu is a person who attaches great importance to rules and etiquette. The palace maid took the initiative to seduce the emperor. This was Liu Xiu's responsibility no matter what.
It's intolerable, but not to the point of beating or killing.
Zhang Kun bowed and said, "Your Majesty is still kind."
Liu Xiu said seriously: "From now on, when Weiyang Palace recruits people, they must be scrutinized strictly and people with good conduct must be selected."
"Yes! Your Majesty."
Liu Xiu yawned and asked Zhang Kun to take a few bamboo slips and go back to Chengming Hall to rest. When Liu Xiu was reading before going to bed, Luo You burst out laughing. Liu Xiu put down the slips and looked at Luo You,
Asked: "Why are you laughing?"
Luo You smiled and said: "My maid feels that the maids in Weiyang Palace are bolder. No maid in Luoyang is so bold."
Liu Xiu thought for a while and smiled.
Indeed, in the Luoyang Palace, even though some palace maids with evil intentions would flirt in front of him, they did not dare to go too far. No palace maid had ever been as bold as Caizhen, who took off her clothes and crawled onto his bed.
The next day, Liu Xiu had nothing to do, so he took Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others with him and went out of the palace incognito for inspection. Speaking of which, Liu Xiu had never been to Chang'an for a long time. Taking advantage of his free time today, he also wanted to see Chang'an.
How is the public sentiment now?
Compared with the Chang'an in its heyday, the current Chang'an is quite different.
First of all, Chang'an is no longer the capital, which undoubtedly greatly affects the prosperity of Chang'an. Secondly, the biggest impact on the prosperity of Chang'an was the rebellion of the Red Eyebrow Army in Chang'an.
During the period when the Red Eyebrow Army occupied Chang'an, nothing good was ever done. The Red Eyebrow Army was most passionate about looting. If there was no food, they would rob in the city. If there was no money, they would rob in the city. If there were no women, they would still rob in the city.
During the reign of Wang Mang, the people of Chang'an had already suffered a lot. After the Green Forest Army replaced them, the people of Chang'an were in dire straits. After the Red Eyebrow Army replaced them, the people of Chang'an had no way to survive.
In order to survive, the people had no choice but to flee.
When the Red Eyebrow Army withdrew from Chang'an and Deng Yu led the Western Expeditionary Army to occupy Chang'an, it turned into an empty city. After these years of recuperation, Chang'an finally recovered some of its vitality, and its population was also increasing year by year.
Compared with Luoyang, prices in Chang'an are still higher. Production in the Sanfu area has not yet fully recovered, and materials are still scarce. Many necessities are shipped from other places, which naturally results in high prices.
Liu Xiu took Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others around the market. After understanding the prices in Chang'an, Liu Xiu shook his head helplessly and said: "As long as Gongsun Shu and Wei Xiao are still there, Sanfu
It will be difficult for our businesses to recover, and it is impossible for prices in Sanfu to come down!"
Over the years, the Sanfu area has been on the front line, and the Shu army has attacked from time to time. How can the industry recover when wars continue?
Long Yuan said: "As long as Wei Xiao is pacified and Gongsun Shu loses his only foreign aid, Gongsun Shu will not be able to survive for long."
Liu Xiu nodded and saw a wine house nearby, so he took Luo You and others into the wine house for dinner.
The winery is not big, and the facilities and decoration inside are a bit old, but there are many customers. The main reason is that the price of this winery is relatively reasonable and very civilian.
After everyone sat down, Liu Xiu ordered two bottles of wine and several plates of food.
There were many guests in the wine house, and many people were chatting. A middle-aged man in his forties said: "This time, His Majesty led an army of 100,000 people to Chang'an. He said he wanted to attack Gongsun Shu, but in fact, he came to attack Wei.
Loud!"
The guests in the tavern nodded one after another, and Liu Xiu also sat upright and listened.
Another drinker seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, and his face was red. He shook his head and said: "I really don't understand why the imperial court started fighting with General Xizhou!"
The people in Chang'an and even Sanfu had a good impression of Kai Xiao.
Gongsun Shu sent troops to invade Sanfu many times. Whenever there was a crisis, Wei Xiao would send out his elite soldiers and generals to help the defenders of Sanfu to drive away the Shu army. This undoubtedly greatly won the favor of the people of Sanfu.
"After all, isn't this a fight for power and profit? General Xizhou controls nine counties in Liangzhou, and he is the king of Xiliang. But he is not from the Liu family, but from a foreign surname. Naturally, the court cannot tolerate him!"
"But General Xizhou has done meritorious service to the imperial court!"
"In the face of fame and fortune, no matter how great your achievements are, it is useless. Whoever the emperor wants to die, whether justified or not, it is all a matter of a word from the emperor!"
Listening to the discussion among the drinkers, the faces of Luo You, Long Yuan, Xu Ying and others became more and more ugly. Long Yuan put his hands on the table and was about to stand up. Liu Xiu pulled his sleeves and said to Long
Yuan smiled slightly, indicating that he did not need to be angry.
Places like wine houses are where most opinions are concentrated, and the opinions of the drinkers can basically represent the opinions of the general public. Liu Xiu happened to want to hear the opinions of the people of Chang'an on this battle.
Luo You glanced at Liu Xiu, turned to the eloquent drinkers and said, "You guys are really stupid!"
When several drinkers heard this, they turned their heads and headed towards Luo You.
Seeing that the speaker was a handsome young man of fifteen or six years old who looked like a white jade doll, they all showed contempt. Some people raised their fingers and pointed at Luo You and asked: "Boy, who are you calling a fool?
"
"I'm just scolding you!"
"Boy, do you want a beating?"
"Aren't you confused? Gongsun Shu repeatedly sent troops to invade Sanfu, burning, killing and looting in Sanfu. He committed all kinds of evil. Haven't you suffered greatly from it? Now that Weixiao has taken refuge with Gongsun Shu, you are still talking to him. You are neither a fool nor a fool.
What?"
"Who said that General Xizhou defected to Gongsun Shu?"
"Kuixiao has been named King Shuoning by Gongsun Shu. Hearing that your Majesty is leading a large army to use his Long Road to reach Shu, he sent troops and horses to destroy the Long Road and prevent His Majesty from leading his army south. You still say that he has not surrendered?
Gongsun Shu?"
Those drinkers were made red-faced by Luo You's words, and the other drinkers were also talking about it. One of the drinkers said unconvinced: "Who knows whether what you said is true or false! Gongsun Shu appointed the general of Xizhou as Shuoning.
King, that was just Gongsun Shu’s one-sided statement, and the General of Xizhou did not accept it. As for the destruction of Long Road, it was just a rumor. Who has personally seen it?"
At that time, the transmission of news was very blocked and slow, and it was far less informed than in modern society. Even in a modern society with such well-informed information, a rumor could cause an uproar. At that time, rumors were more powerful and difficult to prove true.
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Luo You asked angrily: "Have you ever been to Long Dao? Have you ever seen that Long Dao is intact?"
The drinker said with a strong attitude: "I just came from Longdao! Longdao is intact now, you are spreading rumors!"
Luo You curled his lips, chuckled, and said: "You are either stupid, knowing nothing and yet you are willing to be deceived by Wei Xiao! Either you are a loser, you are Gongsun Shu, the spy sent to Chang'an by Wei Xiao
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"Who do you think is a spy?" The drinker stood up and walked straight towards Luo You.
When Luo You came near, he stretched out his hand to grab Luo You's collar. However, his hand only reached halfway and could not be stretched out anymore. Liu Xiu, who was sitting next to Luo You, had already grasped his wrist.
pinch.
Liu Xiu only used two fingers to pinch the drinker's veins. The drinker felt that half of his body became numb and numb, and he couldn't help but scream out.
Seeing this, several of the drinker's companions stood up one after another and glared at Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu raised his arms outward, and the bartender took three steps back, then couldn't stand enough and sat down on the ground. Liu Xiu said calmly: "A gentleman talks but doesn't do anything. Your Excellency is arguing with a half-year-old child."
, it would be too disgraceful.”
"That's right! Let's chat in the tavern and discuss the matter, why do we need to do anything!"
"You are so embarrassed for being so young!"
The guests in the tavern accused those few drinkers of their faults. The drinkers sitting on the ground stood up and looked around. They saw that several of their own people had become the target of public criticism, knowing that they could not get any benefits in the tavern.
He raised his hand and pointed fiercely at Liu Xiu and Luo You, then turned and walked out. Several of his companions followed him and quickly walked out of the wine house. After a short time, the group of people disappeared.
Seeing a few of them running away, Luo You showed a proud look and smiled at Liu Xiu: "Young Master, I performed well, didn't I?"
Liu Xiu looked up and smiled, raised his hand and pinched Luo You's cheek lovingly, and said, "Yeah! You're doing well. I'll give you an extra chicken drumstick for this meal!"
Long Yuan whispered: "Young Master, I don't think those guys are kind-hearted." Maybe Luo You was right. They were Gongsun Shu and the spy sent by Kai Xiao to Chang'an. Their purpose was to spread rumors about our own side.
Unfavorable remarks.
Liu Xiu shrugged disapprovingly, even if it was a subtle attack, it was normal. The war was imminent, and both sides were engaging in a public opinion war, sending out spies to the other side and spreading unfavorable remarks about the other side.
"Eat! Once you're full, we'll go to the north of the city for a walk in the afternoon."
There are more markets in the north of the city than in the south. The big markets include Dongshi, Xishi and Xiaoli. In addition, Fufeng Mansion and Feng Yi Mansion are also in the north of the city. Liu Xiu also wants to know about Fufeng and Feng Yier.
County situation.
The only county offices that can be set up in the capital are You Fufeng and Zuo Fengyi. It is precisely because these two counties have their offices in the capital that they, together with Chang'an, can be called Sanfu.
After dinner, Liu Xiu and others left the tavern and rode towards the north of the city. On the way to the north of the city, Long Yuan urged his horse to Liu Xiu's side and whispered: "Master, someone has been here.
follow us!"
Liu Xiu did not look back and asked calmly: "Do you know who the other party is?"
"Looks like a local gangster from Chang'an." Long Yuan said.
"Don't worry about it, as long as they don't cause trouble for us."
Luo You reminded: "Master, we don't dress like wealthy businessmen."
They are all dressed in ordinary clothes. Even Liu Xiu is wearing a linen robe, just like ordinary people. Since they don't look like rich people, it is very strange for the ruffians to follow them secretly, fearing that they are coming with bad intentions.
