Life Winner Training Guide

Handu.

Yu Kui was drinking sake calmly, with wide sleeves and loose robes, his thin appearance turned into a gentle, eloquent, well-informed, and became synonymous with Yu Kui.

The nobles in Handu like to invite Yu Kui to visit them very much, and in Handu, Liu Yuan's fourth son, Liu Cong, even granted a mansion for Yu Kui to live in temporarily.After two years, Yu Kui has changed from being an envoy who lost his lord to a "celebrity" who has a lot of friends in Handu.

And the fourth prince Liu Cong, who had a good relationship with Yu Kui, was naturally a person who loved Sinology very much, and because of his love for Sinology, this fourth prince was quite favored.

Liu Yuan's sons are flourishing, there are six or seven surviving ones, and his favorite is the fourth son Liu Cong.

This is also related to Liu Yuan's personality and life experience.

Liu Yuan was the descendant of Maodun Shanyu of the Huns, but he was not a descendant of the Xulianti clan of the Huns, nor was he one of the traditional four nobles Huyan, Xubu, Qiulin, and Lan, but descended to Han in the Western Han Dynasty. The Xiutu tribe of the Xiongnu who moved inward was the Tuge of Bingzhou who migrated to the north-central part of Shanxi today.

The so-called Tuge are those Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty and migrated out of the grassland to live close to the Han Dynasty. They were deeply influenced by the Han culture. Most of their blood was not very pure, but mixed.

And the reason why Liu Yuan was named Liu was under the banner of restoring the Han Kingdom, and he was able to use the Liu surname because the once unified Han Kingdom married a princess and Maodun Chanyu, and countless Han princesses were buried in the grasslands. What the Han Kingdom got in return was the short-term compromise of the grassland tribes, and the Xiongnu royal family changed the surname of "Liu" to show their submission.

However, it also shows that the Huns that Liu Yuan took over had been influenced by Han culture, and Liu Yuan himself was a student of Cui You, a Han. To be precise, Liu Yuan was actually educated by the authentic Han family. of.

Therefore, he admired Sinology very much, and his fourth son Liu Cong, probably because his biological mother Zhang was a Han Chinese, so Liu Cong was very similar to Liu Yuan since he was a child. He was very good at Sinology and had a good handwriting.

Therefore, Liu Yuan has always treated the fourth son with great love.

In addition to being smart and eager to learn, Liu Cong also made great contributions when Liu Yuan founded the Han Dynasty, so he can be called a young talent.

However, the prince of Han was not Liu Cong.

Liu Yuan's crown prince is Liu He, the legitimate son of Empress Huyan.

But just as Queen Huyan was chosen because she was the daughter of a nobleman of the Huns, Liu Yuan had to marry in order to firmly grasp the tribes of the Huns.The prince born to Liu and the queen is mediocre and incompetent, and he is extremely against Sinology, always proud of his pure blood.

Liu Yuan doesn't like him, the prince can't help him conquer the world at all, if it's a peaceful and prosperous age, such a prince's defense is barely enough.But now is the critical moment to compete in the world, a mediocre prince can only be placed in the palace as a vase.

But even though he was very dissatisfied with the crown prince, Liu Yuan had no intention of temporarily replacing him as the crown prince. After the establishment of the Han Kingdom, Liu Yuan gradually discovered the difference between a tribe and a country.

First of all, the former governance method of the Xiongnu did not work in the Han Dynasty, but it is impossible for the clan to become like the Han people all at once, so Liu Yuan racked his brains and came up with a political system in which the Huns and the Han were divided. , this method has indeed alleviated the contradictions between the Hu people and the Han people in China, but it also caused the Han people who were finally brought back to be somewhat dissatisfied and dissatisfied. It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages.Even the customization of official positions is so troublesome, let alone the matter involving the prince.

Standing in this position, he can't handle the prince's affairs as he likes. The tough methods in the past will attract opposition from countless officials.The Han people said that the order of the elders and the young cannot be rebelled, while the Huns said that the country's most important weapon should not be ignored, and the mixed blood of the Han people is not eligible to ascend to the throne.

So Liu Yuan has always been very troubled about the successor, but he felt that his life expectancy was not short, so he was not so anxious to arrange the affairs of his death. Instead, he felt that Liu He was too weak and he had to conquer a vast territory, otherwise the Han Kingdom might be real Just like those short-lived forces, they will be destroyed sooner or later.

Yu Kui saw the principal beside him walking in hastily from the door, so he asked, "Is there something wrong?"

The chief made a fuss, and Yu Kui stopped asking any more when he saw this, but immediately took up his due airs.

Sure enough, the person who came in afterward was the king of Chu, Liu Cong.

"My lord, what kind of wind brought you here today." Yu Kui continued his wine tasting.

"Haha, I heard that Mr. Yu often has some good things that you can't find here, so I came to bother you." Liu Cong and Yu Kui are also familiar, so they are not polite.

Yu Kui suddenly said: "No wonder the prince came back from the border, probably because His Majesty's birthday is coming soon."

Liu Cong smiled and didn't see anyone else. He picked up the empty wine glass on the table, poured himself a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it. There is a hint of sourness, and there is also a fragrance of rice in it. It seems that Mr. Gu Zhao has found the right one. It's a pity that the imperial father likes strong wine, not this kind of soft wine."

Yu Kui snatched the wine glass and said heartbrokenly: "So as soon as you came, I knew that my collection might be running out again. This wine is originally a southern taste. If you don't know how to appreciate it, why waste my good wine."

Liu Cong smiled, and then asked casually: "Have you ever paid attention to the news in the court?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to want to have a drink anymore, Yu Kui felt relieved, and when he heard this flirty question, he answered nonchalantly: "His Royal Highness is having a quarrel with Dazai, and His Majesty has not seen you for two days because of this." There are two of them."

The Taizai of the Han Dynasty is Liu Huanxi, the king of Chenliu. He is Liu Yuan's younger brother. He holds a lot of power and speaks a lot in front of Liu Yuan. However, his favorite prince is neither a legitimate prince nor Liu Yuan's favorite. Liu Cong, but the Second Prince Liu Gong.

However, no one knows where this prince, who has been sick since he was a child and has a bad temper, got Liu Huanxi's favor, but Liu Huanxi likes him the most.

"Brother Prince is really anxious. He has the support of his mother and many nobles of the Huns, so why should he be afraid of a second brother who is not threatening." Liu Cong didn't care about this kind of dog-eat-dog situation, he was just worried that someone would set him up behind the scenes. It's just a stumbling block.

Because of his biological mother of the Han nationality, Liu Cong's power in the court is weak. If he hadn't been secretly protected and supported by his father, he might have been framed by the prince's brother when he was leading the army outside. .

Pity him for a leading general, the king of Chu who was born as an authentic prince, to inquire about the news of the court, but he has to use Yu Kui, an outsider.

"Stop mentioning such mundane matters, the prince should follow me down to pick and collect. I don't have to keep my heart hurting if I can't see it sooner." Yu Kui stood up and led the way.

When I opened the warehouse, there were more than a dozen boxes on the wooden shelves, big and small, all locked, and I couldn't see what was inside.

"During this time, the prince is not here. I don't know how many caravans have come from the south, selling rare items. They set up a shop on the street in the West Market. Let’s go to them.” Yu Kuizai said this carefully, with a tone of hope that his things would not be taken away, which made Liu Cong laugh for a while.

The boxes were unlocked one by one, and Liu Cong couldn't help holding his breath when he saw the many treasures in the box.

"Some of these things came out of the hands of the aristocratic family because of the move of Luoyang's capital, and some were once collected by the envoy Wang Jun." Yu Kui explained.

In fact, the treasures here are all processed by You Hongyin's private workshop.

However, it is indeed considered a treasure.

For example, the colored porcelain water lantern, called Immortal Guidance.On the cyan boat-shaped tray, an elegant woman is holding a bright lamp, her face is like a peach blossom, her figure is swaying, her eyes are piercing, as if she is a real fairy.The upper part of the tray is a place to put clean water, and a small colored altar is decorated in the spare space, and the lower layer is a place to store lamp oil.

The wick of the ignition is in the lantern in the fairy's hand. When the light is lit, the light shines through the extremely thin wall of the lantern, while the clear water absorbs and filters the smoke from the light, which is not at all irritating to the eyes and nose like ordinary lamps. .

"In the south, women in the boudoir like to put one or two flowers in the water lamp, or put a little spice in the small colored altar. When the water lamp is used, it is like putting a garden in front of the bedside table." Yu Kui explained road.

In fact, these words are all information from Yu Kui's generation. He has never seen such a thing as a water lamp, and he can say with certainty that there is no little lady in the south who can use this kind of thing. Your own exclusive collection.

"Ingenious workmanship!" Liu Cong clapped his hands in admiration, "I think there are no craftsmen in the world who can make this kind of porcelain. Sir, I'm looking forward to other collections of my husband."

The things in the other boxes are jade ornaments, exquisite goldware, etc. Although they are very precious, they don't seem to be more attractive than the water lamp.

At least, Liu Cong's mind was attracted by the water lamp.

No way, he was influenced by Han culture, so he likes these elegant things.

Then, Yu Kui brought something new and cherished very much.

It is a holding pot.

This holding pot is exquisite in appearance and bright enough to learn from. It seems to be made of silver. It has a round belly and flat sides. It looks like a drum as a whole.The jug has a slender neck, engraved with auspicious cloud patterns around it, the handle has smooth lines, and the smooth silver connection between the spout and the neck makes the whole jug look agile and graceful.

But appearance is not the special feature of this flagon.

"You can look inside from the mouth of the pot, but you can't see the bottom of the pot. The neck of the holding pot is separated from the belly of the pot, and the neck of the pot can be rotated at the same time." Yu Kui explained: "The wine pot The abdomen is divided into two spaces, and there is a small hole in the division, which is not easy to be found. Gently rotate the edge of the neck to drive the small hole to rotate, and the small hole moves to that side, and the wine on that side can flow out."

Yu Kui himself didn't understand the working principle of this pot at all. Anyway, he had memorized all the information given to him, and now he said it all at once, regardless of whether Liu Cong understood it or not.

Liu Cong's eyes lit up, and he vaguely understood; "This jug looks like it can hold two kinds of wine."

Yu Kui praised: "Your Majesty is smart, and I have been thinking about it for a long time before I understand why this thing was collected by his subordinates with a lot of money. Yes, this pot is called Tianji Pot. One pot can hold two kinds of wine, and it can be poured out under control. What kind of wine is it?"

"That's it!" Liu Cong immediately made up his mind: "The emperor's father likes things in the cup the most. The ingenious design of this holding pot will definitely make him love it."

Liu Cong happily left with the pot of secrets, and even brewed several jars of strong wine 'Shaochun'. If Yu Kui hadn't said with a mournful face that those caravans in the south sold it, Yu Kui wouldn't have given a jar of it. Leave.

After Liu Cong left, the leader who had led the way came over again, and bowed respectfully: "North Lord."

Yu Kui has been formally recruited by Heming. Although he was reluctant to join an organization that was obviously an espionage organization at first, he changed his mind after hearing that the leader of this organization was the lord's personal disciple.

Later, when he got better and better in the Han Kingdom, Hu Wei simply proposed him as the northern leader of Heming, mainly in charge of the northern Han Kingdom and grassland tribes. Handed over to Yu Kui for deployment.

This put a lot of pressure on Yu Kui, who has never been trained, but after getting along with two high-level intermediaries for a long time and dealing with Han Guo more times, he can be regarded as having experienced it.I always feel that the life I have lived in the past two years is more thrilling and colorful than the sum of the past twenty years.

"After the Tianji Pot is sent out, it will definitely go to Liu Yuan. The follow-up 'Shaochun' must be supplied in time and not run out of stock." Yu Kui said.

The chief was mainly in charge of liaison work, and when he heard this, he said, "Don't worry, Lord Bei, the production of Shaochun is still very sufficient. Although Qingzhou no longer only grows sorghum in the past two years, it was planted during the drought in those few years. I don’t know how much sorghum rice, this food is not as good as barley rice, and most of them are now brewed.”

Yu Kui thought for a while, and asked without shame: "Can lead stones really poison people?"

It turns out that the holding pot looks to be made of silver, but in fact it uses a lot of lead metal.It is important to know that heavy metal lead poisoning will be caused if beverages such as spirits and fruit juices are in contact with lead products and then swallowed.

The chief said respectfully: "The commander has trained that lead and mercury, as well as those gold and stone materials commonly used in alchemy, are all things that are easy to cause poisoning."

Yu Kui was a little disappointed, he had been obsessed with Taoist alchemy for a while, but who knew that Jinshi alchemy finally produced poisonous alchemy, it seems that only Cao Mudan can try it.

However, he was only slightly disappointed, and then he began to care about the two senior intermediaries who accompanied him before: "Do you have any information from the two cranes?"

The so-called Hezi is the name of a high-level intermediary. Although Heming was established by Hu Wei, how could there be no driving force behind You Hongyin? He naturally perfected all aspects of the espionage organization from the very beginning. Heming He Hongyan has a complete promotion system and rating system internally. For example, the highest crane is Jiuyu, and the crane that accompanied Yu Kui back then is Wuyu, which is already considered very powerful.

Those two cranes came here as accompanying missions, and they had arranged their backgrounds in detail. Since the Wang family in Youzhou was wiped out, these two cranes have been active in Handu in many ways. They are more important than Yu Kui. This celebrity who couldn't afford the demands of his disciples was much better. One entered the Taibao's mansion as a retainer, and the other was an aide in the general's mansion who entered the Huyan tribe.

A lot of key news came from the two cranes.

"There is no movement for the time being." The chief replied.

Yu Kui also held back his temper and said: "Now, we have done almost everything we should and can do, and now we are waiting for the time to pass."

The chief comforted him and said: "Time will always pass. Master Bei, please be patient. The safety of Heming is the first priority."

Yu Kui couldn't laugh or cry: "Aren't we a spy organization, why are we so greedy for life and afraid of death?"

The master replied: "Everyone in Heming has been carefully selected and trained for a long time, which cost countless money and manpower. It would be a pity to lose one person. Therefore, there is no need to make such a big sacrifice when the task is done or not."

Yu Kui said, "Ha, looking at it this way, Heming doesn't seem to be too bad."

"It turns out that the Lord of the North has always disliked Heming." The master said quietly.

Yu Kui coughed, but did not answer.

Even though he was born in the Han clan, he was a scholar after all. Joining an espionage organization would simply cut off his future prospects, but Heming, which he paid a huge price to join, was an organization worth paying for, and it couldn't be better.

In the Pingyang Palace of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yuan was approving memorials.

Liu Cong brought a gift, and he didn't pick a gift on the emperor's birthday at all, and sent it to please the emperor's favor as soon as he got it.

The father-son relationship between him and Liu Yuan is really good.

His biological mother, Mrs. Zhang, was so graceful and indifferent, so cold that she didn't care much about her son. Since Liu Cong was young, she has always been like that. It seems that in her heart, there is another prosperous and hard-to-see. world touched.

It is precisely because he saw the appearance of another world from his mother when he was young that Liu Cong was very obsessed with Sinology. When he was young, he went to Luoyang to study and had contacts with many celebrities at that time, and he also had a lot of friendship.

But his mother's indifference finally made Liu Cong feel bad, and his father, who had never been an emperor before, had always cared and loved him very much, so it was normal for Liu Cong and Liu Yuan to have a good relationship.

"I just came back and didn't rest in the mansion, why did I come to the palace?" Liu Yuan was a very kind father in front of his son, at least in front of Liu Cong.

"The imperial father's birthday is approaching, and the child went out to look for gifts. When he got a good thing, he could not wait until the birthday, so he immediately sent it to the imperial father to see. If he doesn't like it, the child can change it again." Liu Mingming is already young. , but still said this intimately according to Liu Yuan, just like when he was a child.

"Oh? What made you offer such a treasure?" Liu Yuan asked.

"A jug, made of silver. The shape is not very eye-catching, but the design is really exquisite." After speaking, Liu Cong took out the Tianji pot and explained it to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan could tell at a glance where the pot should really be used, but when he glanced at the happy Liu Cong, he felt a little happy that his son was still very filial.

At least among the sons is Liu Cong, who is filial, smart and capable of doing things, so that Liu Yuan has the hope of passing on his hard-working foundation.

So he was very happy to keep the holding pot, and he was full of praise for those few altars of burning spring.

After Liu Cong left happily, Liu Yuan said, "Tianji Pot? The Yin-Yang Pot is similar. I think those villains who like poisoning others should like it."

A small switch holds the yin and yang of life and death, which can be called the yin and yang pot.

But thinking that it was sent by my son, it is also a heart, not to mention, what the son said is that there are two kinds of wine, and it is not bad to mix and mix wine when drinking.

"Forget it, put some Shaochun sent by the king of Chu in this pot, and then put some lamb wine, let me try it." Liu Yuan ordered the attendants.

After some time wasted, he resumed the work that was interrupted before, and continued to correct the mountain of memorials.

Now that the Han Dynasty can't advance in the direction of Bingzhou, it just happens to focus its domestic energy on going south and capture the Taihang Pass.

Although the Sima Clan moved south a few years ago, leaving Luoyang an empty city, Sizhou insisted on guarding Tongguan and Taihang Pass, which prevented Han from going south as he wished. He bypassed these two passes several times, and is now stationed The two families in these two levels are the Dugu family and the Zhao family. They are not fools and will not let go of any good opportunity.

Therefore, if the Tongguan and Taihang Pass are not broken, the Han Kingdom will not be able to truly acquire Luoyang.

What Liu Yuan wants to do most in his life is to restore the Han Dynasty in an open and honest way, to be recognized by the orthodox world, to be able to rule the Xiongnu and Han people together in an open and honest manner, so that there will be no difference between the Huns and the Han people!

He still remembers the civil strife among the five tribes of the Xiongnu when he was a child, splitting the northern and southern parts. The nobles who believed in the orthodox and pure blood of the Xiongnu laughed at the clansmen who professed their vassals to the Han Dynasty. Shan Yu called them brothers, but in fact, they always called them Huns and Hu people.Some Huns, Jie people, Xianbei people and other Hu people mixed with Han people were born of mixed blood, and they were called "Za Hu" scornfully.

Therefore, when he was a hostage since he was a child, he swore that he must be upright and let the world recognize his orthodox status.

However, the world was changing, and he never thought that he would be able to reach the stage of proclaiming himself emperor.

Taking advantage of the birthday banquet this time, the fourth son was transferred back to the capital because he wanted him to lead the army to conquer the Taihang Pass.

Dugu Hong was the person his son would fight against.

But Liu Yuan was confident that his son knew that since Liu Cong led the army, although he hadn't won every battle, he had more victories than defeats, and he was very brave and wise.

Unfortunately, he sighed a little.

At this time, at such an age and in such a position, he can truly understand how bitter Cao Mengde's sentence "For example, the morning dew, the past is bitter", and how much is the so-called "Old man, his ambition is a thousand miles" is self-consolation and mediation What about the language?

"Cough cough", Liu Yuan stopped the pen in his hand. Since autumn, he has been coughing, probably because the weather is a bit cold.

It just so happened that the attendant came up with the holding pot, and before he approached, the aroma of the wine in the pot came out. This strong wine called "Shaochun" was indeed a good wine. I don't know where my son found it.After tasting this wine myself, I am afraid that I will not be able to drink other wines.

No need for a wine glass, Liu Yuan was deeply influenced by the demeanor of celebrities in this world, and his unrestrained attitude vaguely reminded him of the stormy years when he was young.

It really is good wine, Liu Yuan thought after taking the first sip.

There was a fiery heat in the burned abdomen, as if being in a spring day.

The name of Shaochun couldn't be more suitable.