Lu Kang had already knelt down to accept the reward, crying bitterly. He lay there motionless with gratitude. After listening to the instructions, he got up respectfully, with his head still lowered, stretched out his hands and raised it above his head to receive the gift.
A gift.
He handed the Linluo silk satin to the entourage and gently opened the yellow satin hijab. As expected, there was a golden toilet wrapped inside. Lu Kang had no surprising reaction, but the officials below were whispering among each other.
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Lu Kang glanced at them, wiped his nose and tears, laughed and said: "Everyone, the emperor is wise and gave me a golden toilet. I hope I can make a difference every day. This is because the emperor hopes that I can contribute to the great Han Dynasty."
Make another great contribution!"
The officials listened blankly to Lu Kang's explanation, and suddenly felt a little relieved. Lu Kang was still focused on the golden toilet with the five-clawed golden dragon carved on it. He looked like his ambition was unfulfilled, and he talked eloquently: "The emperor is covered in dust."
, are still under the surveillance of traitorous officials, so we can only use this method to hint that we are actively quelling the chaos and making great achievements every day. The emperor does not know everything in Chang'an, at least he knows that we, a group of loyal and righteous people, are working for us.
He defends the territory. From today on, we and I will work diligently to quell the chaos and kill the enemy and govern the country in order to repay the emperor's love."
"Yes Yes!"
"So that's what the emperor meant, no wonder..."
"Only Prefect Lu can interpret the holy will!"
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All the officials were chatting away, feeling relieved and suddenly enlightened, or taking the opportunity to flatter themselves.
Cao Zhi also lamented that Lu Kang was worthy of being a noble man, cultured and insightful. He actually said such a profound meaning to a golden toilet that Cao Zhi took from Dong Zhuo's Yinwu Palace.
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I admire you!
Cao Zhi originally just thought it was fun, but Lu Kang kept a straight face and looked down on people all day long. Cao Zhi wanted to take the opportunity to punish Lu Kang. Now, not only did he not succeed, he even treated Lu Kang as an "emperor's favor"
The publicity ambassador of "The Great Power".
It is estimated that Lu Kang will enshrine this thing as a family heirloom, but it is made of gold, and it is indeed a treasure, but it is smaller than the ordinary toilet. But no matter how big it is, it is enough to squat on a person's buttocks.
Lu Kang wouldn't use it to poop. If someone wanted to use it for worship, he would probably have to put it on the incense table in the middle of the hall.
When Cao Zhi discovered this gold toilet in Yiwu, he thought that Dong Zhuo was sick. What was the use of spending so much gold to build such a toilet? Even the emperor would not be so luxurious as to use a real gold toilet to defecate. Most emperors only used it symbolically.
If you put a yellow cloth in the toilet, it will be called a golden bucket. Now the value of this golden toilet will be fully reflected in Lu Kang's mansion, and will last for several generations of Lu family descendants.
Next, Lu Kang softened his attitude towards Cao Zhi and asked about some things about Chang'an. They didn't know the news about Dong Zhuo's life and death. Cao Zhi changed the story of Dong Zhuo's murder in Yiwu into the political law of Chang'an, and added to the jealousy.
It was relayed as if it were news, of course omitting the part where he participated. Lu Kang and others immediately exclaimed and laughed, and some people even clapped their hands and cheered.
The continuous good news meant that Lu Kang felt that the country had hope, and a rare smile repeatedly appeared on Lu Kang's cold face. Maybe there was too much good news, and the joy went to Lu Kang's head, and Cao Cao actually
Lu Kang, who was known for his shrewdness, even forgot to ask Cao Zhi to return to Wendie.
Cao Zhi then told the truth honestly and politely. He caught up with the rebellion at the right time and was not sent by Chen Wen. He had not reported to Liyang before he returned from Chang'an.
Originally, I wanted to return to Liyang after delivering the gifts from the emperor.
Lu Kang said it didn't matter, he was short of manpower now, and asked Cao Zhi not to rush back to Liyang, but to help him deal with the barbarian rebellion first, and then he would write a letter to Chen Wen explaining the situation.
Before Cao Zhi arrived, Jiangxia barbarians had captured four counties in Lujiang. Lu Kang, who was in Wancheng, could no longer sit still and led an army of 5,000 to rush for reinforcements. In fact, the geographical location of Anfeng is also
It is very important. If the barbarian army captures this county, it will solve the food and grass problem of the barbarian army. Later, the barbarian army can also open the door to Jiujiang County.
Lu Kang was worthy of being a prefect with military talent and a very responsible prefect. He resolutely prevented any rebellion in his own county from spreading to neighboring counties. Of course, Jiujiang
Qiao Xuan, the prefect of the county, was one of the few friends Lu Kang had in his life.
After this battle, the barbarian army suffered a heavy blow. Afterwards, Lu Kang organized several surprise attacks and won consecutive battles. The barbarian army had to give up the siege of the county and retreated to the junction of Jiangxia and Lujiang.
The main purpose of the barbarians' rebellion was food. From March to July this year, floods occurred one after another in the Wutiao River area where the barbarians lived. In previous years, when the river water rose, some grain fields would be flooded. This year, it was even worse, with a large number of fertile fields flooded.
, some tribes even refused to collect grains. As a result, there was a famine, and some barbarians left their hometowns and wandered to beg.
There is a proverb: "The wheat is ripe as soon as it rings." In the golden autumn, the wheat looked green yesterday, but a dry wind blew by, and suddenly everything turned yellow, and there was no time to cut it.
At this time, the autumn harvest in other places was already in progress, but as the barbarian population continued to grow, the land they were squeezed on the Jiangxia border was too small and was not enough for them to eat. Coupled with this year's floods, the barbarians were even more
There is no way to survive.
As for Huang Zu of Jiangxia, this guy is not a responsible guy. He only knows how to put pressure on these barbarians and push them forward, wishing to drive them all out of his Jiangxia County. Huang Zu has even placed heavy troops where these barbarians live.
Macheng, Luotian, Xishui and other five rivers to prevent these barbarians from causing trouble in his territory. If it were not because the imperial court had always ordered these barbarians to be placed in Jiangxia, it would have been possible for him to kill them all long ago.
These barbarians are actually quite pitiful. They are discriminated against and have no livelihood. People will start thinking when they don’t have enough to eat. Since Jiangxia cannot stay, these barbarians can only cross the border to Lujiang to seek a way to survive. But
How could Lujiang allow these barbarians to own land in their territory?
In order for one side to survive and the other side to defend the integrity of the land, war broke out.
The barbarians broke into Lujiang at this time to grab food. There were no major disasters in Lujiang this year, and the harvest was good. No wonder when Cao Zhi entered the battlefield, he saw that some of the barbarians were carrying baskets and sickles behind them, and some even
The sickle was directly used as a weapon. When fighting in the wilderness, some barbarian women were still desperate to harvest and harvest. In order to avoid famine in the barbarian army, the wives and concubines of the soldiers also followed the army across the border.
Of course, Lu Kang did not allow the "Jiang Xia Man" to snatch food from his bowl, so Lu Kang also ordered him to fight with the Jiang Xia Man and harvest all the grain crops in the bare fields before the first frost hit. He would not give it to the Jiang Xia Man.