On a trail from Luoyang to Zhongmou, the horse galloped very fast. Under the whip of its owner, the horse simply exploded to its full speed. It drove quickly on the trail, kicking up the billowing dust. There were two weirdos in total.
The knights are rushing towards Zhongmu crazily. They say they are weird because of their age. One of them is an old man.
He was riding a big red-maned horse, holding the reins tightly with both hands and lowering his body. The horse was galloping, and the strong wind was hitting him. He could only squint his eyes to prevent the wind and sand from getting into his eyes. The long sword hanging on his waist would also flash from time to time.
It collided with the saddle, making crisp sounds, and beside him, there was another young child.
The child looked to be in his early ten years. He was a fat boy with a tiger-like head and a big head. The horse he was riding was also a foal. It was not full-grown, but the foal looked like it was covered in blood and red. It had tall bones and an energetic look.
Feiyang looks like a high-quality BMW at first glance. The horse is not very old, but it can run at full speed and can still catch up with the old man's adult horse without falling behind.
These two people are naturally Cui Yan and Xiao Hu'er. Cui Yan's current idea is to dispel Hu'er's desire for military affairs and make him understand how miserable fighting is. He will conquer other countries in the future.
, Cui Yan won't care about it, but he has to lead the troops himself, so forget it. Even adults may not be able to bear such a rapid dash between places, just a naughty boy like you, haha.
Cui Yan thought to himself, turning his head from time to time to look at Hu'er on the side, for fear that he would fall behind. However, Hu'er seemed a little unable to open his eyes, but he still had no intention of giving up, and held on tightly.
The reins also followed Cui Yan's example, lowering their heads, and the two of them ran wildly for more than half an hour.
It was the "merchants" and "rangers" behind them who were suffering. Those merchants and rangers had to work very hard to keep up with the two of them. Some of the rangers even had no regard for dignity and walked on foot.
After running wildly, there was no way to follow them. Now, most of the people following the two of them were merchants on horseback or in cars.
Without passing through a pavilion, you can see several "farmers" popping up here, looking at the two of them from a distance, and taking care of safety on this stretch of road.
Looking at these passers-by who were constantly coming and going, Cui Yan could only lament that the emperor loved his eldest son too much. In addition, this boy Yuan Shang was fighting to turn the Embroidered Clothes Envoy into a pervasive and ubiquitous behemoth.
In fact, this is not a good thing for the officials in the temple. The power of the embroidered messengers has become more and more powerful, replacing the eunuchs of the past and becoming the new opponents of many scholars.
However, unlike those weak eunuchs in the past, this time the scholars faced an opponent they could not defeat at all. The enemy was very powerful. At present, they could only curse in secret, or even memorialize the emperor's capital in front of them.
They couldn't do it. They knew that as long as they had the idea of reporting to the emperor to impeach Xiu Yi, their memorial would probably appear in front of Yuan Shang before it was handed over to the emperor.
After driving like this for more than half an hour, Cui Yan was already a little exhausted. His legs were sore and riding was not comfortable. His thighs were sore from being rubbed. His whole body was also dizzy due to the long-term shaking. Moreover, Cui Yan was already old.
, he gradually found it difficult to hold on, but he could not give up just like that. He wanted to set an example for Hu'er, and of course, he also wanted to let Hu'er understand the horror of a forced march.
I don't know how long they drove, but Cui Yan felt as if his internal organs were about to be shattered. The two of them arrived at the boundary of Zhongmu. Cui Yan couldn't help but slow down, and Hu'er also followed suit. The two rode horses and walked slowly.
On the road, Cui Yan looked pale, suppressing the nausea in his heart, and looked at Hu'er beside him, "Hu'er, how does it feel like to march in such a hurry?"
"Okay!! Great!!" Hu'er raised his head energetically, clenched his right hand into a fist, and shouted happily.
Cui Yan was stunned. He looked at the prince in front of him. He didn't look tired at all. He looked extremely excited and excited. Cui Yan's eyes widened in confusion, but Hu'er shouted again: "Master? Are we going to do it again?"
How about riding back to Luoyang?! Hurry up!"
Cui Yan took a breath of air-conditioning, no, if he rode back to Luoyang like this again, Hu'er would not feel tired. He didn't know, but he knew that he would definitely die of exhaustion on the way. He shook his head and turned over.
He dismounted the horse and said displeasedly: "Get off the horse!" Hu'er quickly obeyed and dismounted. The two held the reins and walked slowly on the road.
Old Man Cui decided to find another way to educate the eldest son of the emperor.
"Look around you...what do you see?"
Hu'er followed Cui Yan and looked around. On this road, there were farmers carrying burdens. Most of them lowered their heads, panted, and walked quickly towards the county town. Most of these people were walking quickly towards the county town.
It's the people nearby. It's not the farming season yet. Most of these people make some gadgets at home and sell them in the county in exchange for some money to buy winter clothes.
There are also many merchants driving carriages and yawning. Most of these people come from far away to do business in Sili. After traveling for several days in a row, they all look very tired and have no energy at all.
Of course, there are also scholars who are in a hurry to go out, and there are few idle men. Hu'er looked at everything around him and then said: "I saw a lot of people."
"Do you know what Master saw?"
"I don't know."
"I saw the big man."
"Big man?"
"Yes, this is the big man."
"These farmers, merchants, scholars, and even this road, every plant and tree on the road, are all big men. As the emperor, you have to be responsible for all of this... Do you know? You want to make the burden on those farmers
Less, you want to make the merchants less tired, you want the scholars to be less anxious, you want to make more avenues like this..."
Hu'er frowned, looking at what was in front of him, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"Hu'er, as a king, it is important to know the war, but civil affairs are equally important... Tens of millions of people make up today's Han Dynasty. They are all the king's subjects. Every generation of kings, external
Fighting is definitely not to satisfy your own vanity, nor is it to show off your illustrious martial arts. In fact, it is all for these people..."
"Xiaowu attacked the Xiongnu... because the Xiongnu had been invading the people of the Han Dynasty for a long time... slaughtering the emperor's people... Xiaokang conquered Xianbei, because Xianbei wanted to attack Youliang and killed my ministers... Xiaoxian conquered the three Koreas, because
The people of Youzhou were often harassed by the Three Koreans, and Xiaoxian conquered Guishang... Because the people of Xizhou were poor and had difficulty living, they needed foreign trade. The Han Dynasty needed foreign trade to enrich the treasury and feed these people, but the Kushan people
But it cut off our trade route..."
"What about the Japanese country?" Hu'er asked in confusion.
"Because the Japanese country has a large number of people and produces gold and silver... Do you think that with these, the lives of the Han people will be better?"
Hu'er frowned and asked, "War for the people?"
"War is for the country, and the country is for the people."
Looking at Hu'er who had been silent for a long time, Cui Yan sighed helplessly. He was probably the most failed Gongyang Emperor. The first two had tried their best to cultivate the bravery in the emperor. As for himself,
It was to dilute the aura of the prince, but Hu'er probably still listened to his words. Along the way, as Cui Yan explained, he looked thoughtful.
"Hu'er, you can't just rely on force to govern the country... As a king, you need to be wise. You need to be able to understand what kind of people can do what kind of things. After a while, I am going to let you go
"Li Mansion, reward the officials of the Li Mansion, and by the way, you can also learn how the Li Mansion selects talents. In this aspect, the boys from the Sun family are better than me..." Cui Yan said.
If he is an ordinary prince, of course he cannot make friends with ministers without permission, but Hu'er is different. He is an only child. He is the only child today. As the eldest son and the only son, Hu'er is an iron-clad prince. Therefore, Cui
Yan was not that worried, and Liu Xi didn't care either. He never cared about such nonsense.
Compared to Emperor Xiaoxian, Liu Xi was more tolerant in this regard.
Hu'er nodded, a rare agreement.
The two were walking towards the county town when a caravan came towards them. The leader of the caravan was riding a horse. Obviously, this man was a horse dealer. Behind him were many horses and mules, but the quality was poor.
Not very good. During this period, as carriages and horses became more and more popular, many people could own carriages and horses. Of course, the horse business was also good.
The leader looked at the shouting and looked at the old man and the young man in front of him. He didn't care at all. However, after seeing Hu'er's BMW, he was stunned and suddenly turned over and dismounted. He was about to approach Hu'er.
As for my son, he was stopped by Cui Yan.
The man looked at Cui Yan awkwardly, smiled, bowed, and said, "I'm sorry, I was just fascinated by this BMW. I didn't mean to be rude..." He said and looked at Hu'er again.
The more he looked at the BMW beside him, the more he fell in love with it. He couldn't help but ask: "Who owns this horse?"
"It's mine, how do you treat it?" Hu'er shouted loudly.
The merchant smiled sarcastically, looked at Cui Yan aside, and asked, "Your Excellency, is this your grandson?"
"Exactly."
"Then what is your official position?"
"A white body."
"Bai Shen? Don't be ridiculous, old man. How can Bai Shen have such a BMW?"
"This is what I raised at home."
"Oh?" The merchant slowly raised his head, with a bit of arrogance on his face, and he said playfully: "I may not know that because of the increase in horses, the temple has already relaxed restrictions on horse trade. However, war horses
Except, war horses are not allowed to be sold and raised among the people. This is stipulated by the law, unless you have an official status... I am afraid it is inappropriate for me to raise war horses privately."
"Oh? What do you want?" Cui Yan looked at the merchant in front of him with disdain. When facing the merchant, even a great sage like him looked down on him in his heart and his face was full of disdain.
"Give me this horse, I'll give my father-in-law a hundred thousand yuan, and I won't sue the official. What do you think?" The merchant said, Cui Yan and Hu'er came galloping all the way, they were dusty and looked like nothing.
They are an ordinary wealthy family, but this has caused trouble for Cui Yan. Just as Hu'er was about to speak, Cui Yan said disdainfully: "Selling war horses seems to be a serious crime, right?"
"Old man, why don't you propose a toast without eating..." the merchant was furious and just spoke.
"Dare you insult my teacher??!!"
At that moment, hearing a loud roar, Hu'er suddenly jumped forward, reached out and pulled out the long sword from Cui Yan's waist, and stabbed towards the merchant!!!
"Push!!", the long sword suddenly penetrated the merchant's heart. Hu'er pulled out the long sword and blood spattered. The merchant covered his heart and looked at the child in front of him in horror. Blood continued to overflow from the corners of his mouth and he faced backwards.
Then he fell down.
"Killing people!!!"
The surrounding people suddenly screamed, and the soldiers from the distant city gate rushed towards here quickly. At this moment, some farmers around dropped their poles, and the merchants rushed out of the carriage. In an instant, various
Nearly fifty people of various kinds gathered around Hu'er and Cui Yan. The two city gate soldiers who rushed over were stunned on the spot and did not dare to step forward.
One of the rangers with a big beard came forward and looked at them coldly, "The embroidered messenger is here, go and call your county magistrate!"
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