I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 484
The year in Chang'an was full of excitement, with ups and downs.

Luoyang's side is also celebrating the new year, but it is very stable.

Compared with the grand ostentation in Chang'an, Luo Yang's New Year's is much more low-key.

Liu Jian didn't put on a lot of ostentation to show off his literary and martial arts skills. On the contrary, he lived an extremely low-key and close to the people this year when he was away from home.

This year, he cannot live with his wife, children and parents.

He bought a lot of local specialties in Luoyang, and sent people back to Jizhou to apologize to his parents and wife.

Liu Jian felt very sorry for not being able to spend the New Year's Eve with him. He felt that he had become more and more negligent to his relatives.

But there is no way, as his business grows bigger and bigger, and more and more states and counties are in charge, he has to face more and more pressure and things.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction.

If Liu Jian only cared about his family and disregarded the overall situation of the world, maybe one day, Yuan Shao or someone else would attack his state, poison his people, and imprison his wife and children...

Therefore, now Liu Jian must abandon his small family and take care of everyone.

This year, Liu Jian mainly spent in two places.

First of all, it is on the outskirts of Luoyang South Gate.

Luoyang is closer to the Central Plains, and the Central Plains is the place where the persecution was the deepest due to the war.

Refugees are constantly crowding towards Sizhou, resulting in an increasing number of disaster victims on the border of Sizhou, and because of the war, the local state government is unable to appease these victims.

So they can only live in Sizhou, where the famine is unbearable, and there will be days without tomorrow.

The survival of these refugees is not only a problem, but their existence will pose a great threat to the people's livelihood in Sizhou.

After Liu Jian was in Luoyang, after learning about these situations, he called together the local famous families, hoping that all the families could donate food to help these victims in the New Year.

Liu Jian's request is really too much for these wealthy and famous families.

For more than a hundred years, in the eyes of these prominent families, the capital of the low-level peasants is used for exploitation and extraction.

These people are obviously the targets of being plundered. When will families from all over the world have to donate food to them?
Besides, those refugees were not natives of Sizhou.

If they are worried that they are wandering in Sizhou, wouldn't it be enough for the government to send people to expel them?
But when these prominent families infiltrated their ideas to Liu Jian, Liu Jian was very unhappy.

Therefore, Liu Jian said that the comprehensive subsidy for Sizhou to establish a systematic water conservancy project should be temporarily suspended, and it will be implemented after discussion and discussion.

After some discussions earlier, Luoyang's rich family had already paid Liu Jian a part of the deposit, and they had been waiting for a team of water conservancy experts from Hebei to come to Sansi Prefecture to guide the construction of water conservancy projects after winter had passed.

Who would have thought that Liu Jian would act like a moth again at this time, and would use this matter to threaten them.

The Luoyang family's funds have already been invested in it first, but the bastard surnamed Liu is looking for a reason to delay it.

Isn't this a hooligan?

But the problem is that these prominent families in Sizhou have nothing to do now. After all, they need to point to Liu Jian to bring their Sizhou's agricultural industry and water conservancy technology to a new height.

Compared with this, donating some food to the victims is not a big deal.

Let's be patient.

Later, during the Chinese New Year period, outside Luoyang City, Liu Jian commanded the soldiers of the three armies to distribute food to the victims and refugees near Luoyang, so as to stabilize the people's hearts.

Although this move cannot completely solve the future of these refugees, it has greatly eased the important survival problems they are currently facing this winter.

Liu Jian has been doing it himself for the past few days, and condolences to the victims who came to receive relief outside the city.

His behavior moved the victims very much.

High-level figures like Liu Jian are really out of reach for the people at the bottom.

However, just like such an unattainable hero, now he is outside the city, in this cold winter day, in this cold wind... personally donating porridge and food for them.

And he stayed all day, not afraid of the cold.

Let me ask, who wouldn't feel grateful to such a hero?
In this era where the weak and the strong are extremely explicit, there are too few characters like Liu Jian.

"General Liu's kindness to me is as great as a mountain!"

With a cry, an old man about 70 to [-] years old knelt down in front of Liu Jian tremblingly in the snow while crying.

The old man was indeed showing his true feelings at this moment.

With the support of his children, the old man shouted loudly from his heart.

"Old man, please get up quickly."

Liu Jian hurried forward to help the skinny old man.

A lot of old people, the aisle is still trembling, unkempt, yellow and thin, I am afraid that even in a good living environment, people will not live for a few years, let alone in this kind of icy and snowy wilderness What about camping?
"Old man, don't kneel down, this disaster is only temporary, because our big man is sick, although the disease is very serious, but someone Liu has been trying to find a way to heal the big man... You have to believe that the big man will definitely The better it gets! I promise you, I will definitely cure the stubborn illness of the big man!"

The old man nodded vigorously, tears streaming down his front.

"My little people don't understand anything, but my little people know that only General Zuo can save the world, and only General Zuo can save our lives! General Zuo, thank you!"

On the snowy ground, the refugees began to kneel down to Liu Jian.

"General Zuo, save us."

"Save us! General!"

"Only you, General, can help me wait."

"I beg the general, save us, save the world!"

"I don't have too many extravagant expectations, I just hope that I can eat and eat, that's enough..."

Looking at these refugees who kneeled in front of him and cried from the bottom of their hearts just for a bite of food, Liu Jian felt mixed feelings.

Even though he has been a leader for so many years, he is still a person who has worked hard from the bottom.

He will always understand the pain and helplessness of the people at the bottom.

Perhaps they are the ones who have the most mistakes in the world, but bear the pain of the superiors.

What do these people want?Their request is actually very simple, they just want to have a home, nothing more.

However, the exploitation and interest competition of the superiors have left them without even a place to stay.

The most basic living conditions are gone.

"Continue to give alms and distribute porridge!"

Liu Jian waved his sleeves and said to the sergeant behind him.

"promise!"

"The general has an order, everyone line up and continue to receive the porridge."

"Take the containers in your hands."

"Don't fight, don't grab."

Liu Jian sighed for a long time and said:
"Gaotang beats the bell to drink, and arrives at Xiaowen to cook cannons.

Those who are cold are willing to be moths and burn Bihua ointment to death. "

Afterwards, his eyes became a little more determined, and he turned and walked towards the city.

"Lord!"

After arriving at his mansion in Luoyang City, Ju Shou immediately reported to him: "The new prefect of Luoyang, Chen Jie, arranged a New Year's Eve banquet at the county office tonight, and invited the lord and I and other officials from Hebei to attend the banquet. "

Liu Jian shook his head and said.

"Help me reject this prefect Chen. Tonight, I will go to the barracks to celebrate the New Year's Eve with the soldiers."

Liu Jian's order did not surprise Jushou.

After all, in Liu Jian's heart, the soldiers of his own army are much more important than a person who was just sent by the imperial court to replace the prefect of Lu Zhiluoyang.

As the patriarch of a party, as a general holding a fake festival axe, if he celebrates with the soldiers during the New Year's Day, it will not only make Liu Jian's prestige great, but also become a good story, which will make Liu Jian famous, and it will also boost the morale of the three armies. It made the soldiers respect and love their lord more.

No matter how you look at it, it is a good deal to celebrate the holiday with your own soldiers.

"My lord, don't worry, a certain family is going to reject that Mr. Chen."

"By the way, my lord, there is one more thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Wang Yi, governor of Hedong, sent two envoys to visit the general."

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows.

"The envoy sent by Wang Yi, hehe, must be because of the Baibo army's occupation of counties in Hedong."

Ju Shou said: "I think it is true. The Baibo army started an incident in Hedong. Wang Yi, as the prefect of Hedong, although he has some soldiers and horses in his hands, is far from the enemy of the Baibo army. After all, the Baibo army ranks first among the bandits in the world."

"He must have come here to ask the general for help."

Liu Jian shook his head helplessly: "Accordingly, I should agree to him."

"It's just that the current actions of the Baibo army are beneficial to me, and I deliberately pushed them to fight. Do you think I should support them against Baibo?"

Jushou laughed and said: "If you judge it by common sense, the general should not send troops. It's just that the general's thinking has never followed common sense. Forgive me for not being able to guess what the general is thinking."

Liu Jian laughed loudly: "Since that's the case, why don't you ask the envoy to wait a little longer for the reason of the New Year's Eve, and let me procrastinate for a while, and see the envoy again in the next year, how about it?"

A bit of helplessness appeared on Ju Shou's face.

"General, I'm afraid this matter is not appropriate."

Liu Jian didn't expect Jushou to say such a thing.

"Why?"

Ju Shou sighed: "Wang Yi, governor of Hedong, sent two people to see the general this time. One of them is Qu Junhou from the Hedong Army organized by Wang Yi. He is a native of Hedong, named Xu Huang."

A little surprise appeared on Liu Jian's face, but it disappeared quickly.

Xu Huang...

"Who is the other person?"

Ju Shou said: "There is another person, Wang Yi's younger brother, the second son of Niyang Wang's family, Wang Ai, who was a classmate who studied classics with the general at Gou's Mountain."

"This person is also Lu Gong's disciple. This time, he is an envoy and a fellow disciple in private. Could it be that the general has not seen him?"

"It's him, the second child of Niyang Wang's family, the fat guy who peed his pants in Gou's Mountain..."

Liu Jian stretched out his hand and scratched his chin, smiling.

Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong, really had some tricks. He was afraid that the envoy he sent to ask for help would disappear, so he sent Lu Zhi's disciple, that is, his classmate.

In terms of personal relationship, Liu Jian cannot see this person.

Even if Liu Jian didn't want to see him, Lu Zhi still had to.

"Okay, then please invite the envoy from Hedong to meet me... Remember, not only my classmate Wang Ai, but also that Qu Junhou Xu Huang, I also want to meet."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)