"I didn't expect that the leader of the Sichuan Army, Liu Zhang, as a member of the royal family, could be so personally involved...
It is normal for a king to care about military affairs, diplomacy, and political affairs, but someone like Liu Zhang, who cares so much about farming and really does so much to benefit the people, is the one who truly loves the people like a son.
Nowadays, even those who have a little bit of status, asking them to go to the farmland is like killing them, let alone those who are from noble royal family and the leader of a party.
Huang Yueying and Liu Zhang, an eclectic strategist and a king who is aggressive externally and tolerant internally and close to the people, are truly a perfect combination."
There was some envy and melancholy in Qiao Wushuang's eyes. She thought of her husband Sun Ce. The combination of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu was not a perfect match, but it was a pity.
Sun Shangxiang looked at Liu Zhang who was discussing with the peasants, and felt touched. He felt as if he had never known Liu Zhang before.
During the massacre in Xuchang, the king who watched hundreds of thousands of people being pushed into mass graves was really incompatible with the king in front of him. What kind of person was he?
Can a cold-blooded person overlap with a person who loves the people?
Because of the Xuchang massacre, although later because of his hatred of the family, Sun Shangxiang no longer felt that Liu Zhang was at fault for killing the family, but for a cold-blooded person, for a person who killed hundreds of thousands of people, he did not blink an eye.
It's hard to have a good impression of Sun Shangxiang.
But at this time, Sun Shangxiang felt that maybe he had been wrong all along.
When the news of Liu Zhang's death was announced, the cause of the disease was also announced, but only some simple people believed it. No one with any sense believed that Liu Zhang's illness was caused because he did not want to kill but had to kill. In the eyes of sensible people,
This is simply to beautify the dead Liu Zhang. It can be fabricated.
At that time, Sun Shangxiang was also a smart person, but at this time, Sun Shangxiang felt deeply that those who were simple and without scheming believed in what was right. How could a king who cared so much about farming and put his actions into practice could be a murderous king.
Sun Shangxiang thought about the current aristocratic family again. The Sun family was also a aristocratic family. As a member of the aristocratic family, Sun Shangxiang never felt that there was anything wrong with the aristocratic family. On the contrary, the aristocratic family had many advantages.
They advocate loyalty and support the Han Dynasty. They are all highly qualified, knowledgeable and talented people.
On the other hand, the lower class people. Most of them are lower class people who have low quality and corrupt morals. Most of them are lower class people who are unreasonable and arrogant. Most of them are lower class people who are dirty and don't care about cleanliness.
It was not until later when he heard from Qiao Wushuang that the four major families killed his brother that Sun Shangxiang began to reflect on his hatred and realized that the evil of the family was only hidden deeper than that of the lower class.
The bad qualities of the lower class are easily revealed. The bad qualities of the family are deeply embedded in the system and social ethos. Hidden under the sanctimony are arrogance, exploitation, exclusion of the lower class, and unscrupulous behavior for the benefit of their family.
thinking.
And these are far worse than those lower class people grabbing the land with their heads.
After Sun Shangxiang began to look at the Shizu from another side, he felt more and more abominable to the Shizu, so the bad impression of Liu Zhang's massacre in Xuchang slowly faded away in his mind.
But now seeing Liu Zhang's back in the field, Sun Shangxiang felt that he understood a little deeper. If it weren't for such a large-scale killing, with the selfishness of the family and the powerful force of counterattack, would the Sichuan Army be where it is today? His eldest brother and second brother
That’s the best example, right?
Sun Shangxiang fully understood why Liu Zhang killed people like that, and fully believed that Liu Zhang was not bloodthirsty, but it was just determined by the characteristics of the family. If they were not cruel enough, they would bite back and use the family interests like shit on the political power.
Facing the aristocratic clans, unless they cater to them, killing is the only option, and there should be no mercy at all. Sun Shangxiang understood Liu Zhang's killing, and similarly, what Liu Zhang did for the people now seems even more valuable.
"He is making the world new."
"Madam, miss, it's raining heavily, let's go." A maid shouted. It was the first heavy rain before summer, and raindrops as big as little fingers fell down.
"Go back, Xiang'er." Qiao Wushuang patted Sun Shangxiang on the shoulder.
"Why doesn't he go back?" Sun Shangxiang looked at Liu Zhang and said.
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"Lord, it's raining heavily, go back." Wang Xu shouted.
"Okay...wait a minute." Liu Zhang was about to turn around, glanced at the sky, then glanced at the field ridge, and said to the farmers: "It will rain heavily soon. If the water is not released, these young shoots will be drowned."
"Oh, your highness is right." The farmer shouted. After raising seedlings or transplanting rice seedlings, if they encounter a heavy rain, they will open the fields and release water in the rain. Otherwise, the seedlings will be flooded and may all die.
In order to provide the most fertile land for these red potato pumpkins, I used old fields that had sufficient nutrition in the past and kept them dry during the winter. At this time, I planted red potato pumpkins, but I didn’t think about it for a while.
And in the past, even when vegetables sprouted, it was not so urgent.
But these farmers now know that Liu Zhang attaches great importance to these red potato pumpkins, and they have to eliminate even the slightest danger. A group of farmers immediately went to get hoes and started to drain the water.
"This rain is coming so fast. Even if the people dig up the fields now, there will still be seedlings and seeds that will be flooded." Liu Zhang said worriedly, knowing that he was a little too nervous to do this. Ordinary crops can die so easily.
However, the relationship between pumpkin and sweet potato was so important that Liu Zhang did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
"I will immediately mobilize the army to open the fields." Wang Xu said.
"What tune should I adjust? It's a rainy day, and the heavy rain is coming. Let's do it. If the farmers have as many hoes as they can, use them. If not, use weapons." Liu Zhang said urgently. He had been in the upper position for a long time.
The thought of doing some farm work makes me a little excited.
"This..." Wang Xu looked at Liu Zhang pulling up his sleeves. Wang Xu was a little embarrassed.
He was very dissatisfied and said: "This, this, this, this, it's up to me."
He strode to the front of a field ridge, grabbed the inside of the field ridge, and used all his strength to push out. The entire field ridge was dug open with his bare hands, revealing a one-meter-wide gap. The farmers were shocked.
"All you need to do to drain the water is to dig a one-foot gap. If you open such a big hole, how will others fill it in the future? Fill it up for me." Liu Zhang said to Hao Shui dissatisfied.
I was so depressed that I filled back the soil I had torn apart.
There were more than fifty fields growing red potatoes and pumpkins, and more than a thousand soldiers were mobilized. Although the weapons were not as useful as hoes, they were still much faster than a dozen farmers.
Liu Zhang took a hoe and dug a hole himself, just like a city-dweller doing farm work for the first time. He did not feel tired, but felt relaxed physically and mentally.
It was just that his body was completely wet from the heavy rain. Seeing that the rain in the field was getting heavier and heavier, and water was flowing out of the holes made so fiercely, Liu Zhang also hurriedly dug. If others had dug well, he was still not recovered, even if he was the king of Shu.
, that’s embarrassing enough.
"My lord, Mrs. Sun is here." A soldier on guard outside came over and shouted. Liu Zhang heard it after several calls in the heavy rain.
Liu Zhang looked back. Sun Shangxiang stood in the rain with an umbrella. Liu Zhang frowned and dug out the last bit of soil. The water in the field flowed out along the opening. The places where the seedlings were raised were relatively dry, and the young shoots were not soaked.
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Liu Zhang nodded with satisfaction. When he came out, a soldier hurriedly stepped forward to hold an umbrella. Liu Zhang walked up to Sun Shangxiang and wiped the water from his face. He said to Sun Shangxiang, "Do you have anything to do with me?"
Sun Shangxiang looked Liu Zhang up and down, his hair and clothes were wet from the rain.
"Well, here you go." Sun Shangxiang handed over a dry hand towel. Liu Zhang glanced at Sun Shangxiang. He took it and wiped his hands and face. The hand towel suddenly turned into an unwashed rag.
"Give it back to you." Liu Zhang handed the handkerchief back.
"I don't want it anymore." Sun Shangxiang looked at the dirty handkerchief and rolled his eyes at Liu Zhang.
As soon as the soldiers dispersed, dozens of fields were quickly opened, and they all followed Liu Zhang, who walked towards Chang'an City.
"What are you doing? Do you have to dig the ground yourself?" Sun Shangxiang said next to Liu Zhang.
"What's the point of doing it yourself?" Liu Zhang smiled: "Actually, I felt very good after digging the ground just now. I haven't felt so happy for a long time. After the world is unified, I will open a small vegetable garden to plant."
"When you have been farming for a long time, you will know the hard work of farming." Sun Shangxiang said.
"I didn't say I relied on that vegetable garden for food."
When they arrived at the place where the horses were placed, the soldiers got on the horses. Liu Zhang got on the carriage and brought Sun Shangxiang in. When the group passed the city gate, Liu Zhang saw a man standing under an awning with a sword in his hand from the curtain of the carriage. It was exactly
Wang Yue.
"He's still here." Liu Zhang said. For more than half a month, Wang Yue built an awning outside the eaves of a house and lived by helping other people nearby every day.
"Who?" Sun Shangxiang also looked outside, saw Wang Yue, and immediately showed an angry expression: "It's him again."
"What's wrong?" Liu Zhang looked at Sun Shangxiang's expression and asked strangely.
"Wang Yue, it's him who killed five of my sisters. I heard that he came to seek refuge with you. You can't take him in. It's best to kill him."
"You said you won't take him in if I don't take him in? I took him in." Liu Zhang pretended to get out of the car, but Sun Shangxiang grabbed him and said angrily: "You are already the king of Shu, why are you still so angry like a child? You are so
If you haven't confiscated it for a long time, why would you accept it?"
Sun Shangxiang did not want Liu Zhang to take over Wang Yue, and even wanted to kill Wang Yue to avenge his maid, but he had no choice but to give up because a hundred Sun Shangxiang could not defeat Wang Yue.
If Liu Zhang stopped because of his angry words, Sun Shangxiang would blame himself to death.
Seeing Liu Zhang stop getting out of the car, Sun Shangxiang felt relieved and asked curiously: "Hey, that King of Shu, tell me, will you accept this Wang Yue?"
"So what if I accept it? What if I don't accept it?" Liu Zhang looked at Sun Shangxiang and said.
"What can I do?" Sun Shangxiang lowered his head, fluttering his eyelashes, and said angrily, "If you accept it, I will hate you, hate you to death."
"Then I won't accept it," Liu Zhang said generously.
"Ah?" Sun Shangxiang didn't expect Liu Zhang to be so straightforward. When Sun Shangxiang thought about it, Wang Yue's martial arts was so strong. As long as he was a king, who wouldn't use it as a treasure? Liu Zhang would definitely accept Wang Yue. Now he leaves Wang Yue behind.
There, just to dampen his spirit.
But he never expected that as soon as he opened his mouth, Liu Zhang refused to accept it and asked hesitantly: "Really?"
"Are you annoyed?" Liu Zhang glanced at Sun Shangxiang impatiently and shouted: "Stop the car." Wang Xudao was summoned: "Turn back and send an order to send someone to detain Wang Yue for leading the alien invasion of Chang'an and put him in prison."
"yes."
Sun Shangxiang looked at Liu Zhang in surprise, and Liu Zhang said again: "If Wang Yue resists, he will not be arrested and will be driven out of Chang'an."
"yes."
After Wang Xu left, Sun Shangxiang looked at Liu Zhang and was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time. He murmured: "King Shu, are you really... doing it for me?"
"no."
"Duplicity." Sun Shangxiang pouted, but a blush appeared on his face.
The carriage was driving quickly and passed in front of Sun Shangxiang's courtyard. Sun Shangxiang had to get out of the car. Sun Shangxiang opened and lowered the curtain, took a deep breath, turned to Liu Zhang and said: "Husband, I married from Jiangdong, if you don't marry me
, how do you ask me to meet people in the future?"
After saying this, Sun Shangxiang got out of the carriage. The maidservant didn't have time to hold an umbrella, so she ran into the other courtyard. When she entered the house, her chest heaved nervously.
Outside the farmland, Sun Shangxiang's impression of Liu Zhang completely changed. In addition, because of his words, Liu Zhang not only stopped using Wang Yue, but even ordered his detention. Sun Shangxiang suddenly felt warm in his heart.
Thinking that she had married from Jiangdong and that her relationship with Liu Zhang was fixed and could not be changed. Now that she no longer had any bad feelings towards Liu Zhang, Sun Shangxiang just wanted to give herself a result.
Because Sun Shangxiang knew that if he didn't speak up, he would have to live in this other courtyard for the rest of his life.
Seeing Sun Shangxiang running in with a red face, both Qiao Wushuang and Sun Shao looked at her strangely. Sun Shangxiang smiled awkwardly and sat over. After a long time, he finally told Qiao Wushuang what had just happened.
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At the end, he added: "Sister-in-law, do you think I am a disaster because of my beauty? Because of me, my husband lost a general." Sun Shangxiang's tone was uneasy.
"Husband?" Qiao Wushuang smiled thoughtfully.
"Oh, sister-in-law." Sun Shangxiang realized that she had made a mistake, her face turned redder, and she hit Qiao Wushuang.
Qiao Wushuang straightened his expression and said: "If the King of Shu really loses a general because of your words, then you are really a beauty, but I don't think Liu Zhang is the same as King Zhou You."
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"Lord, I heard that you ordered Wang Yue to be detained?"
Liu Zhang returned to the mansion, took a hot bath, changed his clothes, and saw Huang Yueying when he came out, and said casually: "Yeah, what's the matter? If my guess is right, Yueying, you are not very enthusiastic about accepting Wang Yue."
This person."
Huang Yueying said: "My lord is right, I really don't care much about Wang Yue. For today's Sichuan army, one more king is not more, one less king is not more, it doesn't matter whether we accept it or not."
I just wonder why the lord suddenly gave the order and detained him."