Chapter 118 Shandong Confucianism, Liu is respected

Su Dingfang certainly wanted to make contributions, but behind today's chaos in Hebei and the rebels in Hebei, there are hidden figures of the powerful and powerful families in Hebei. The Su family is just a local tyrant and vulnerable to the powerful families. Therefore, for Su Dingfang, if you want to make contributions, you may not be able to make contributions, and if you make contributions, it may not be beneficial to the Su family. This merit cannot be made casually, just like people cannot be killed casually. If you are not careful, it will bring a catastrophe to the Su family.

This is Hebei. The Su family is just a powerful man in Hebei. Whether they can survive in Hebei and survive better depends entirely on whether the Su family can fully integrate into the privileged "circle" of Hebei's aristocratic families. The so-called complete integration means being able to be accepted by the powerful and wealthy families of aristocratic families, and their own interests can be closely tied to the interests of the powerful and wealthy families of aristocratic families. Remember that the interests of the powerful and wealthy families of aristocratic families are always higher than their own interests, even higher than Hebei's interests and higher than the interests of the empire.

The Hebei rebellion is actually a division of the Hebei family and powerful groups. Different powerful families have different interests. The first and second-rate families and third-rate counties have different interests. The interests of the poor and powerful families are different. Because they cannot compromise with each other in terms of interests, the contradictions escalate, and finally caused conflicts, and the rebellion broke out. Hebei rebels broke out and the situation took a sharp turn, which was a situation of both losses. If Hebei becomes a ruin, then the Hebei family and powerful groups, whether they are first-rate families or inconsistent, will be wiped out with the general public.

Xiangguo County, where the You family in Ren County is located, is close to Xindu County where the Su family of Wuyi is located. The famous families in Xindu County include the Liu family in Jicheng, the Kong family in Hengshui and the Bai family in Nangong. They are both second-rate families in Hebei, just like the You family, because the main halls of each family are close to each other, and their relationships are always harmonious. The Su family survived by climbing to the Liu family in Jixian. This time, Youyuan inspected Yongji Canal and wrote letters to various families in Hebei for help. The Liu family in Jicheng was initially hesitant, and it was not until a few days later that he wrote to Su Yong, asking him to bring some people to "cope" to avoid damaging the friendship between Liu and You family. Wuyi is less than two hundred miles away, and Su Yong and his son rushed all the way with the brave village group and finally arrived in time.

Although Su Dingfang was young, impulsive and had a sense of justice, the levels he came into contact with and the information he knew were far higher than those of the general public.

In the eyes of the general public, rebellion originated from the ruthlessness of natural disasters and the cruelty of the government. There is no way to survive. Anyway, they will die, so of course they have to rebel. But local tyrants like Su Dingfang saw more things behind the rebellion, such as the interests between the great families and local tyrants, such as the interests between the government and the people, such as the interests between the people of Hebei and the people of Guanlong. In short, whether it is the hungry people in Hebei or the rebellion of Hebei, it is not caused by natural disasters and inaction by the government, nor is it because of the empire's economic difficulties or the national policy of the empire, but because of complex interests. Politics and national politics are ultimately for the coordination of interests. In fact, it is how to distribute the power and wealth of the empire. Once the distribution result subverts the most basic rules of fairness and justice, it is not far from the day when the empire collapses.

Local tyrants like Su Dingfang cannot understand the deep contradictions of the empire so deeply, but hundreds of years of historical experience tells them that at this moment, they are following the powerful families and following the wealthy families. Even if they cannot escape the impact of the troubled times, survival will not be a problem.

Now, for the Su family, it is natural that they follow the Liu family in Jicheng, and follow You Yuan, the contemporary head of the You family in Renxian County, instead of getting close to the Guanlong people, and working hard for a group of strange northwest barbarians. Taking a step back, even if this group of northwest barbarians sincerely wanted to join forces with the Su family, they were lucky enough to defeat the Hebei rebels who attacked Pingyuan County and made contributions, but the Su family helped a group of northwest people to fight against Hebei people, helped the Guanlong people massacre their own villagers, became the target of public criticism, and became the "traitor" of the Hebei people. How can they survive in Hebei in the future? Do you still want to live?

Su Yong realized that Galan had ulterior motives. No matter what his purpose was, it was not good for the Su family, because the two sides were completely opposed. Especially now, in Hebei, the conflict between the Guanlong people and the Shandong people has become increasingly fierce with the continuous growth of the Hebei rebels, and the storm is constantly increasing. With the weakness of the Su family, once it is swept into it, the bones will definitely remain.

Su Yong stood up, politely, bowed to say goodbye. Su Dingfang stood up immediately and couldn't wait to leave. He had already realized that he had said too much, and had said it, causing unnecessary trouble.

Jialan was stunned and was puzzled by the Su family's father and son's refusal to refuse his kindness without any mercy, and felt even more angry. This was really a hot face and he was making it boring to put on his cold butt.

Galan's confusion and anger were not placed on her face, but she still smiled and stood up and walked to see her off.

Su Yong asked Galan to stop while walking, but Galan was very stubborn and insisted on sending it to the river bank.

"Someone came from the Western Land. A few months ago, some of them were fighting fiercely in Loulan, fighting bloody battles with Tiel people in the Longcheng area."

Su Yong and Su Dingfang believed Jia Lan's words and all looked admirable. The significance and difficulty of fighting with the rebels in Hebei and fighting with the barbarians in the Western Land and the barbarians were incomparable. Although these Northwest people were vulgar, they sacrificed their lives to guard the empire's borders, and they sacrificed their lives and sacrificed their lives. This loyalty, this friendship, this merit, and this unrepentant dedication are incomparable to the Middle-earth people. Even the powerful and powerful families had to admit this and had to give the respect the soldiers in the Northwest.

"When I was conquering the desert, my brothers and I often sat around the bonfire, listened to the whistling of the wind and sand in the desert, looked up at the bright moon hanging in the starry sky, and sighed that if you wake up from your sleep every day and see the red sun, that is the greatest happiness in your life."

Su Yong and Su Dingfang and his son read the sadness and loneliness of a border guard from the cold face, the melancholy eyes, and the hoarse and low voices filled with a strong vicissitudes of life. They seemed to see the lonely beacon tower bathed in the moonlight, as if they heard the shrill crying from the whistling wind and sand of the desert. For a moment, they were mixed with emotions. The conscience imprisoned deep in the heart seemed to be shot by a sharp arrow that penetrated the darkness, shattered, and then ripples spread out, impacting the heart, and even faintly felt a little bit of hidden pain.

"Many people...many people will not see the sun tomorrow."

Jialan's steps were heavy, and his voice became hoarse, "We have dreams and extravagant hopes. Someone once guarded the Tulun River beacon tower that was farthest from Middle Earth. There was a Qiemo River in Tulun River. There were many garrison soldiers like some on both sides of it. Like some, they all dreamed that in their lifetime, they would have the opportunity to go to the Central Plains to see the magnificence of Chang'an and the glory of Middle Earth."

"Suddenly, the Tuyuhun people killed out of the desert. Qiemo Shui fell and Qiemo City fell. Many brothers fell down. They and Yingyanglang General from Qiemo Yingyang Mansion buried the yellow sand from then on."

This was the first time Su Yong and Su Dingfang heard of Tulunchuan, the first time they knew about Qiemoshui, and the first time they heard that a city in the westernmost part of the empire was called Qiemoshu, and it had fallen into an enemy.

"I took a group of brothers out of Tulunchuan and thought I would be able to return to Qiemoshui soon, but suddenly, we received an order and rushed to Youyan and Linshuo Palace in Zhuojun. We thought we would follow the emperor to fight in the Liaodong battlefield, but only two days later, we received another order to go south to Liyang."

Jialan stopped and turned to look at Su Yong and his son, "We are in Hebei and are about to enter the Central Plains. The dream comes true..." His smile was bitter and sad, "But for some and some brothers, dreams are still dreams, and the Central Plains are not our home. Our greatest wish is to see the sun tomorrow."

Su Yong understood, and Su Dingfang also understood. Jialan and his brothers in the northwest were just a "knife", a knife drawn from the northwest desert by the emperor and the powerful families. Although this knife was sharp, it was ultimately a knife and a weapon to kill people. The superiors didn't care about their life and death at all, and they wanted to live, go home, and see the sun tomorrow.

Jialan's approach to show goodwill to the Su family and his son was rejected, and he immediately changed his approach and tried to impress the Su family and his son.

Su Yong was not moved. Jialan and his Northwest brothers were in a desperate situation and deserved sympathy, but the question is, if he helps, who will sympathize with him? Who will help Su again?

Su Dingfang was moved. He was a passionate young man with a passion for serving the country. He wanted to do a great cause, fight on the battlefield and make great achievements. Even if he could not be famous in history, he would at least keep peace. Jialan and his Northwest brothers were warriors who fought on the battlefield, the hero in Su Dingfang's mind, and the path he had always wanted to walk but had not been able to set foot.

After climbing the river bank, Su Yong bowed and bowed again, thanking Jia Lan for his kindness, and then said, "The Su family is in Hebei, and the reason why the Su family crossed the river was to survive."

Jialan smiled and nodded, understanding Su Yong's difficulties. Since Su Yong was able to say this and give Jialan a helpless reply, it means that Jialan has impressed him, but the Su family's strength is limited and powerless.

Jialan didn't want to make things difficult for the Su family and son, so he bowed slightly and turned around and left.

The Su family and his son stood on the river bank and watched Jialan's back slowly disappear into the darkness, speechless for a long time.

"Sir, can he go to Liyang alive?"

"It shouldn't be possible."

"The people in the northwest have been through the battlefield for a long time and are brave and good at fighting."

"Out of the few."

"What if he broke out of the siege?" Su Dingfang asked, "He is a native of the Northwest and the most elite guardian of the Northwest. He and his brothers are both fierce generals in battle. On the battlefield, the horse army is the most respectable. Such an elite horse army is enough to defeat an Yingyang Mansion army. Its strength is far from the thugs who besieged Ande City."

Su Yong frowned and said nothing.

"Since Wang Bo raised the flag in Changbai Mountain, the reason why the bandit army has been rampant and repeatedly suppressed unfair is that all the Yingyang Prefecture troops from north to south of the Great Henan have all gone to the Liaodong battlefield, and the bandits have not been attacked by powerful prefecture troops from beginning to end." Su Dingfang curled his lips disdainfully, "Sir, if hundreds of thousands of prefecture troops on the Liaodong battlefield all went south to suppress the rebellion, how long do you think these thieves can last?"

Su Yong sighed secretly, knowing that Su Dingfang had been moved by Jia Lan's words and was determined to help Jia Lan.

In fact, my son's words make sense. Although there are rumors that the first Eastern Expedition was defeated, hundreds of thousands of prefectures fought on the battlefield in Liaodong. Even if they were defeated, they were a minor defeat on the local battlefield. The second Eastern Expedition began in early spring, which is enough to prove that the expeditionary army missed the best attack time last year because of the unfavorable attack, and had to retreat and fight again in the spring of the next year. This time, there will be no defeat again. Hundreds of thousands of prefectures killed them, and the small country of Goguryeo was instantly submerged. Once Goguryeo was destroyed, the emperor returned to the court. The Shandong rebels were the rebels, and the local counties behind the Shandong rebels would definitely become the targets of killing. It is feasible to prepare for the future and provide some help to the people of the northwest within their ability.

"Sir, after midnight, I want to come again."

Su Yong reached out to pat his son on the back, and the father and son met each other and smiled.

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Jialan stopped and turned to look at the river bank. The shadows of the Su family and son and a team of personal guards could be seen vaguely showing the shadows of the shady figures of the Su family and the team of personal guards.

Jialan needs the help of Hebei people, and the people in the northwest are blinded here. Not to mention completing the mission entrusted by the emperor and Pei Shiju, even survival is very difficult. However, You Yuan would sacrifice the Longwei Tong at any time. Cui Xun would not publicly support Jialan without the permission of the Cui family heavyweight figure, at most he would do his best. As for Fu Duanyi, his family's power cannot reach the plains and the Qinghe area, and he cannot help at present, so Jialan can only turn his attention to the local area and see if he can find someone who can be smooth and flexible and dare to be profitable in the danger to seek temporary cooperation.

Su Dingfang was famous in history. In the early stage, he fought for the Central Plains under Dou Jiande and Liu Heita's tents, in the middle stage, under Li Jing and Cheng Zhijie's tents, in the later stage, he was the commander of the army and led his army to the east to rush to the west of Baiji and Ping Paoling. He was said to have outstanding achievements. It is not easy for Su Ding, a hero who started his rebellion, could survive in the Central Plains' savage battle. Moreover, after living in seclusion for several years, he still served in Li Tang due to the situation. It can be seen that this man is very scheming and good at adapting. Before and after the battle for hegemony, heroes with less strategy, less scheming, and more straightforward personality were either killed by the enemy or killed by their own people. Some people even lost their heads and didn't know who they died, and they could be said to be dying with their eyes closed.

Jialan knew that Su Dingfang was an amazing person. He knew that he had risen from Li Tang, so he had some speculation about his character. At this moment, he just needed to find a collaborator, so he naturally spoke up to test it. But he encountered a wall. Thinking about it, he was also rash. The hatred between the Guanlong people and the Shandong people has been long, and it can be traced back to the division of Tuoba Wei Kingdom and to the era of Yuwen Tai and Gao Huan. During the nearly fifty years of East-West split, the two sides fought year after year, and countless people died on the battlefield. The deep hatred can be imagined.

Know. Although the two places have been unified for more than 30 years and the older generation has almost died, this hatred will not disappear quickly because of the death of the older generation. It takes a long time to fade until it is completely forgotten, and this time takes at least several generations. In fact, in the early Li Tang Dynasty, the Guanlong people and Shandong people in the court still fought each other, but because their strength was basically exhausted when the empire collapsed, the intensity of the fight was no longer enough to affect the imperial power and the stability of the dynasty.

The refusal of Su's father and son to cooperate was expected by Galan, but the decisive and firm rejection of Su's father and son made Galan very depressed. He knew that he could not find a partner in Hebei at all. In other words, when the Hebei rebels had already formed a climate, the empire's second Eastern Expedition strategy was completely wrong. Of course, this was related to the emperor and the central minister's mistaken judgment of the situation in Hebei, but this mistake was destined to fail the second Eastern Expedition. Hebei people, regardless of whether Yang Xuangan rebelled or not, would cut off the Yongji Canal and cut off the food route of the expeditionary army.

As a result, Galan strengthened his determination to defeat the Hebei rebels, and to beat the Hebei rebels in Gaojipo and Douzigang to flee, minimizing their threat to Yongjiqu. In this way, even if Yang Xuangan rebelled, as long as the army of the Eastern Capital could quell the rebellion in the shortest time and ensure the smooth flow of Yongjiqu, then there would still be hope for victory in the second Eastern Expedition, and the emperor and the central ministers still had hope of turning the tide.

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At midnight, Su Dingfang quietly appeared in the camp of the northwestern people.

When Galan received the news, she was quite surprised, but she was so happy that she went up to meet her in person.

The Northwest officers were not sleeping and sat by the bonfire. Based on some little information obtained, they discussed strategies to attack the enemy.

The purpose of the Long Wei Tong's going south was mainly to target Li Yang, rather than to suppress the bandits and suppress the rebellion or to fight the war, so Jialan did not have a military deployment map for Hebei. The military deployment map belongs to the imperial military secrets, and will not be granted unless it is a military secret, and will not be granted unless it is a military official of Yingyang Mansion. Even the map in his hand is limited to the town and garrison area. Jialan's level is not enough to contact such secrets, so he is now in a dark look, and he doesn't even know which direction Ande City is in.

You Yuan is the Minister of the Censorate, and he must not know Hebei's military deployment. Perhaps he is not familiar with the terrain of Hebei, but it doesn't matter. He personally doesn't know that it doesn't matter. As long as the powerful and powerful families have such secrets, it's enough. This is You Yuan's reliance, so he dares to seize Galan's military power.

Since Jialan and the Northwest people were blinded, they could only count on Fu Duanyi and Xue Deyin. However, Fu Duanyi had been away from Hebei for a long time. Xue Deyin used to work mainly in the central government, and the two of them were now at a loss. Therefore, after the Longwei ruled the river, for safety, he simply stopped camping. The three brigades took turns to rest and were in a state of combat readiness to prevent accidents.

Su Dingfang appeared again, traveling west, Jiang Chengzhi and others were very happy and were very intimate with him, while Fu Duanyi and Xue Deyin secretly admired Jia Lan. Who would have expected that he actually found a Hebei native who was willing to help.

Su Dingfang took out a map from his arms and respectfully presented it to him.

Jialan hurriedly thanked him, then took the map, and opened it from Jiangduhou and Yang Hu each side, while Westward Journey and Buyi and others surrounded him with torches.

The map is centered on Yongji Canal and Dahe, and all the surrounding counties are included. The Guanjin Station in the city is clear at a glance, and the various rebels with Gaojipo, Hebei, Douzigang and Changbai Mountain in Shandong are also clearly marked.

With the experience of Jialan and others, it was obvious at a glance that this was a partial rubbing image, and the original image must be a military deployment image from the north and south of Henan. Everyone was secretly surprised that it was impossible to obtain this map with the power of the Su family. This shows how powerful the powerful family behind Su Shi is.

Fu Duanyi saw Jia Lan's puzzled gaze and whispered, "Liu Family in Jicheng."

Xue Deyin hesitated for a moment and added, "The Liu family is respected by Shandong's great scholar."

Galan suddenly realized.

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