The Tang Dynasty was a legendary era, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, many dazzling names emerged, many of whom became famous at a young age, such as Li Shimin raised an army against the Sui Dynasty at the age of 18, and Luo Shixin was the best in the three armies at the age of 14, but some people did the opposite, that is, they became very successful late. For example, there were two most famous people, one of which was Su Dingfang, who Li Xiu recommended to Li Shimin before. His greatest contributions were almost made after the age of 60.

In addition to Su Dingfang, there is another famous figure who is late to achieve success, and the fate of this character is even greater than that of Su Dingfang. That is Liu Rengui in front of Li Xiu now, but the other party is still just a small county lieutenant.

When Li Xiu heard the name Liu Rengui, he felt very familiar. Then he remembered the other party's reputation in history. However, the first thing he thought of was not Liu Rengui's late achievement, but the other party won four battles with the Japanese in Baijiangkou and burned 400 Japanese warships. After this battle, Japan completely knelt down on the Tang Dynasty. Even in later generations, it has always been highly praised by the Tang Dynasty. Of course, some people say that the Japanese envy the Tang Dynasty's culture, but who can guarantee that there is no contribution to this battle?

In the era when Li Xiu grew up, the relationship between the Central Plains and Japan was well known, which also made him have some understanding of the history between China and Japan. It was then that he finally knew the name Liu Rengui and his deeds. When Liu Rengui became famous in the battle of Baijiangkou, he was already 62 years old. His career was smooth and he was later a high-ranking minister. Before that, he had no political achievements that could be made, just an ordinary middle- and low-level official in the Tang Dynasty.

"Son-in-law! Son-in-law!" At this moment, Li Xiu suddenly heard someone calling him. He stopped thinking and turned his head to look, but found that Fang Xuanling was looking at him with a wry smile, while Liu Rengui was helpless in maintaining a gesture of saluting him. It seemed that Fang Xuanling had introduced him to him, and then Liu Rengui saluted him, but Li Xiu was thinking about things in his mind, but he didn't notice these things at all.

"Haha~, County Magistrate Liu doesn't have to be too polite. I just thought of something, so I'm a little negligent. Please don't care!" Li Xiu also smiled generously at this time. He didn't expect to see Liu Rengui under such circumstances. However, he had recommended a Su Dingfang before. If you have the chance in the future, you can help Liu Rengui, which can be considered a good relationship.

Seeing that Li Xiu was so polite to him, Liu Rengui was surprised and frightened. He hurriedly saluted again: "You are polite to the prince consort. The prince has long been honored to the prince consort. It is a blessing to be able to see the prince consort today!"

Liu Rengui is a very upright official and never flatters Shangguan, but he has great admiration for Li Xiu's words, because he has not only heard of Li Xiu's name for a long time, but smallpox broke out in Qingtian County this time, but also relied on Li Xiu's invention of the method of growing cowpox, which saved countless lives of the people in the county. Therefore, he admired and grateful to Li Xiu. Not to mention anything else, he and his family have also been vaccinated with cowpox, and now there is no need to worry about getting infected with cholepox.

Li Xiu was also very polite to Liu Rengui and chatted with him for a few words. However, after all, he had just met, so he would not talk too deeply about topics. At most, he would ask about the other party’s hometown, age, family situation, etc. Liu Rengui also answered this one by one.

In addition, Li Xiu also inquired about the situation in Qingtian County. When talking about this problem, Liu Rengui also showed a solemn expression on his face. According to him, after the smallpox broke out, the entire county was blocked. Later, the smallpox was spread to the county town. Even the county magistrate died of illness and the entire county government was paralyzed. In the words of later generations, the entire Qingtian County was in an anarchy state.

Later generations had anarchism, with the purpose of abolishing political authorities and all government management institutions, but they didn't think about what state the whole society would become when officials, police, military and other institutions were missing in a society, and human nature was completely released. However, human nature was originally a very complex thing, with good and evil. When the evil side was released, the damage it caused was much greater than that of good.

It is precisely because of this that after the Qingtian County Magistrate passed away, the entire Qingtian County was in chaos, including robbery, murder, theft and other vicious incidents. Fortunately, Liu Rengui and another Zhou County Magistrate were still there. They tried their best to organize the yamen runners to control the situation in the county town. Unfortunately, in that desperate atmosphere, no matter how hard they tried, it was useless. They could only control a small area around the county government to maintain stability.

Fortunately, Li Xiu later invented the method of growing cowpox, especially after Sun Simiao and others went to Qingtian County, those who planted cowpox were no longer afraid of being infected with smallpox, which made those desperate people finally see hope. Moreover, the army that went with Sun Simiao to protect them. With the help of the army, the situation in Qingtian County was controlled in a short time. Now the entire county town has settled down. Although there may be some chaos outside the county town, it is no longer a big problem.

Li Xiu and Liu Rengui chatted for a while, but it was getting late. Liu Rengui and the others were going to rush back to the county town today, so Li Xiu was not good to keep him anymore. He introduced Yang Du to Liu Rengui and told him to help Yang Du as much as possible. Liu Rengui also patted his chest and promised that, firstly, he was grateful to Li Xiu, and secondly, he knew the importance of high-yield crops, so even if Li Xiu didn't say it, he would do his best to assist Yang Du.

At that moment, Li Xiu personally sent Liu Rengui, Yang Du and the others away until the other party passed through a mountain ridge and disappeared. Then he came back with Fang Xuanling. However, when he was on the way, Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Mr. Concubine, you just saw that you valued that Liu County Magistrate very much?"

"Haha, Fang Xiang is indeed very eye-catching. In fact, I saw that County Magistrate Liu was smart and capable. His future achievements may not be worse than those of you and me. Today is a good relationship!" Li Xiu said with a smile. Although he had not had much contact with Fang Xuanling, he admired his character very much, so he told the truth at this time.

"I didn't expect that the prince consort would value a small county lieutenant so much!" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but look at him in surprise when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then pondered for a moment and continued, "But speaking of this county lieutenant Liu is really talented. If it weren't for him, Qingtian County wouldn't have settled down so quickly."

"Oh? What do Fang Xiang say?" Li Xiu couldn't help but show an interesting expression when he heard this. Just now, Liu Rengui just said that with the cooperation of the army, he had stabilized the situation in Qingtian County, but he did not say in detail how to stabilize it. Now, he seemed to know more specifically when he heard Fang Xuanling's words.

"Haha, the prince-consort doesn't know. Just now, County Magistrate Liu was a little self-righteous, so he didn't say something." Fang Xuanling smiled first, and then said, "At the beginning of the chaos in Qingtian County, County Magistrate Liu was already responsible for the position of stabilizing the county's security. Unfortunately, people were scattered at that time, and there were not even a few yamen runners to listen to him anymore. However, County Magistrate Liu was really decisive. He actually carried a knife on the street and killed four or five bandits in a row, which stabilized the security of the area around the county Magistrate. As for other places, he was powerless. After all, manpower was always exhausted!"

Li Xiu couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise when he heard this, and then looked in the direction where Liu Rengui left. Although he knew that the other party had started his career with military achievements in the future, he did not expect that Liu Rengui was so violent that he not only committed suicide, but also killed four or five people in a row. This is not something that ordinary officials can do.

Seeing Li Xiu's surprised expression, Fang Xuanling smiled again and continued: "This is nothing. Later, Taoist Master Sun and his team took the army to Qingtian County. This county magistrate Liu asked the army for help several times. Finally, he persuaded the other party to help. Then he personally led the army to restore the security of the county town and directly executed the criminals. There were no less than dozens of bandits who died directly or indirectly at his hands. Only then did the public security of Qingtian County finally restore the security of Qingtian County!"

"This... I didn't expect that Liu County Magistrate Liu's murderous intention would affect his career in the future?" Li Xiu was shocked when he heard this. The position of county magistrate was a bit special. Although he was a civil servant, he was in charge of the public security of a county, which was equivalent to the county public security director of later generations. His rank was not high, but his position was very important. However, although Liu Rengui killed so many people in a row, although it was for restoring public security, it might have some impact on him.

"Hehe, in fact, I admire this Liu County Magistrate in this matter. As the saying goes, "Duanzhuo in troubled times, many people know this sentence. With the situation in Qingtian County at that time, this repetition can only be used to intimidate the people and restore public order. However, although the reason is simple, few people can actually do it. However, this Liu County Magistrate did it without hesitation. From this point of view alone, it is not comparable to ordinary officials. As for the influence of the career and reputation, it depends on whether there are noble people to help me?" Fang Xuanling praised Liu Rengui at this time, and at the end he took a special look at Li Xiu.

"Haha~, thank you Fang Xiang. I understand. When this period of time has passed, I will definitely invite Fang Xiang to have a drink!" Li Xiu immediately understood when he heard this and thanked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling reminded Li Xiu, which was to sell him a favor. As long as Li Xiu was willing to say a few good things to Liu Rengui in front of Li Shimin, then killing too many people was nothing. In this way, Liu Rengui owed Li Xiu a great favor. He became really developed in the future and would only be grateful to Li Xiu.
Chapter completed!