What Liu Hong heard these days were all defeats. When he heard the good news, he couldn't help but relax a little, his tone eased, and asked, "Oh, what good news, take me to see."
Zhang Rang quickly got up from the ground and handed the memorial: "Look at the emperor, Liu Xin, animal husbandry of Jingzhou, broke the Nanyang Yellow Turban."
All these days have been defeated. After finally hearing the news of a victory, Liu Hong was in a good mood: "Hahaha... good, good, good! Father, Liu Xin seems to be recommended by you, this time I remember your first merit! Hahaha... Pass the decree, appoint Liu Xin as Xiangyanghou, and the other meritorious generals will be awarded separately. These days, I have trouble sleeping and eating. Today I finally got the good news, and I should relax. Go. Sancha!"
After Liu Hong finished speaking, ignoring the strange gaze of the civil and military courts, he got up and went back to the harem happily. He hadn't pampered the palace maid for several days. He was so excited that he felt a little uncontrollable.
Liu Xin broke the Nanyang Yellow Turban and adopted Kuailiang’s strategy. Through Zhang Rang, he expressed the court, saying that Nanyang is too wide to be managed, and requested that Nanyang and Nanjun be separated from Nanxiang and Xiangyang, and Liu Hong approved everything from then on. Jingzhou is divided into nine counties. Therefore, Liu Xin appointed Xu Huang as the prefect of Nanyang and stationed in Wancheng; Zhang Yun as the prefect of Nanxiang and stationed in Zhangling; appointed Kuailiang as the prefect of Xiangyang, Tian Feng as the prefect of Changsha, Cai Hao as the captain of the navy army, and Ju as the don’t drive. Kuaiyue and Han opera were engaged in the operas, Cai Yong was the main book, and Zhang Fei, Dianwei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun were all named captains. Since then, Liu Xin controlled the four counties of Jingxiang in one fell swoop, and at the same time weakened Beiyu's strength in the southern county. He mastered the water army of Jingzhou and the battle of Wancheng. It was really killing three birds with one stone!
The Nanyang Yellow Turban Rebellion resulted in the massacre of the gentry and gentry in Wancheng and more than a dozen surrounding counties. The money, grain and money plundered by Zhang Mancheng and others, after careful counting, turned out to be as much as 6 billion yuan. With all the money in his pocket, Jingzhou's financial crisis was once resolved.
Liu Xin returned to Xiangyang and looked at Jushou, Kuailiang, Kuaiyue, Zhang Fei, Dianwei, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun sitting in the hall. These people were all his civil and military confidants. , Nanyang and other four counties have been calmed down. I want to send my troops to fight against Jiangxia and other five counties and unify Jingzhou. What do you think?"
Liu Xin is not the same Liu Xin now. In the past, his ideal was to be a thief, robbing the rich and helping the poor. When he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he just wanted to live a peaceful and stable life. But now is different. He has the ambition to contend for the world, so he desperately wants to unify Jingzhou and lay a solid foundation for future hegemony.
Unexpectedly, Jushou, Kuailiang, and Kuai Yue said in unison: "Master, this is absolutely not the case!"
Jushou said: "The lord, although Jiangxia and the other five counties refused to obey the orders, the prefects of the counties were also court officials.
Kuai Yue said: "Lord, although he won a great victory in Wancheng, it was a fluke. Now that Nanyang is newly settled, the hearts of the people are not stable, and the soldiers and horses also need to be well-trained. It is not appropriate to engage in fighting at this time."
Kuailiang said: "The lord, Nanyang and Yingchuan have been subjected to banditry, and the people have been displaced. Now there are more than 100,000 refugees outside of Xiangyang. The lord should exercise benevolent governance at this time in order to gain the hearts of the people."
Zhao Yun also said: "Brother, the three gentlemen are reasonable, please think twice."
Liu Xin groaned, she was indeed a little hasty, and the truth that haste is not achieved must not be forgotten! So he nodded and said: "Everyone is reasonable. I am too impatient. Jiang Xia and other five counties will let them go first. It is important to deal with the current affairs."
Jushou and the others were all overjoyed. They didn't expect Liu Xin to be so kind, saying: "The lord is wise."
Only Xu Zhu was a little unhappy. Last time he went to Wancheng, Liu Xin left him to protect the safety of Xiangyang. He was not able to kill for a while, and his heart was depressed. He always wanted to get a pioneer to do it next time. , It looks like it's going to be a hot water again.
Liu Xin said: "Everyone, the most important thing at the moment is to resettle the refugees outside the city. There are two ways to resettle refugees. Xiangyang City is undergoing expansion."
"Expansion?" There was a lot of discussion. Xiangyang is already a big city in Jingzhou. After all, it is the state city of Jingzhou. It is second to none in terms of area and population. Last time Liu Xin wanted to expand as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang. Dissuaded by everyone, now he has brought up the old thing again.
Liu Xin continued: "Yes, expansion. The Xiangyang city in my plan should be at least four times as large as it is now. The streets and areas in the city must be planned in detail, the moat must be greatly widened, and the city wall must be reinforced. High, the city will have to build several large granaries.” Liu Xin is determined to implement the policy of “building walls high and accumulating grain”. This is not only his governing office, but will also become his contender for the world. Base.
Kuailiang said uncomfortably, "Lord, the manpower and money needed for such a large-scale construction is a lot of money."
Liu Xin smiled and said, "Mr. Zirou, don’t worry about it. I’ve already calculated it. To expand Xiangyang City, the major expenses will be manpower, land, bricks and wood. Manpower is easy to handle, and the 20,000 yellow-turbaned prisoners are right. If you don’t know how to deal with it, just fine them for two years of hard labor. It should be enough to recruit some people from the refugees. Land, bricks, and wood must be purchased with money. This time Wancheng is regained and taken back from the Yellow Turban. There are six billions of gold and silver properties, which is more than enough to build the city."
In the past, Nanyang County was the largest and richest county in Jingzhou. The savings of large gentry families for more than two hundred years was very impressive. First, they were looted by the Yellow Turban. Now this wealth is in Liu Xin's hands. In his jargon, this Called "black eat black", anyway, he now has money and his waist is hardened.
Kuai Yue said uncomfortably, "Use these prisoners to build the city wall. What if they make trouble?"
Zhang Fei said in a loud voice, "What are you afraid of? My old Zhang carries a spear to supervise the work every day, to see which one dares not to be obedient!" After Guanzhang and Eight Snake Spear arrived in Xiangyang, Liu Xin asked a craftsman to use Conghe. The iron he brought with him was carefully crafted, and Zhang Fei couldn't put it down with this weapon. Apart from entering this hall for meetings, he would easily refuse to leave even when sleeping.
Everyone laughed, and Liu Xin couldn't help but laugh, and said, "You want to be a supervisor, and I can't bear to give up to you as a great talent. Don't worry about these prisoners. Most of them are just ordinary people who are deceived by others. I will give them. Set up a system. Those who work hard in the first year can receive their wages from next year. Those who continue to work hard next year can regain their freedom the next year. Those who don’t work hard will be sent to a black house for the first time. It was closed for five days, and the second time I found it was sent to a black house for ten days. I don’t believe they dare not obey.
"Black house?" Everyone looked at Liu Xin in confusion.
In fact, Liu Xin doesn't know how useful the black house is. He has only seen it in some miscellaneous books. However, he has a colleague who has been locked up in the black house after a miss. It seems that he has suffered a lot. Liu Xin smiled, pretending to be mysterious, and said: "Don't worry, you will know when the time comes."
For the relief of refugees and the expansion of Xiangyang, Ju gave them three responsibilities. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were busy training the 10,000 recruits. The other 10,000 recruits have been allocated to Xu Huang and Zhang Yun. They are from Changsha. The five thousand elite soldiers were also taken by Tian Feng, and Dian Wei and Xu Chu were still in charge of guarding the city of Xiangyang and the prefecture. Seeing everyone leaving, Liu Xin walked back to the back.
Under Ma Yun's arrangement, this prefecture and herd was divided into several separate courtyards, which were allocated to Tian Feng, Jushou and others. Each courtyard has its own newly built gate, leading directly to the outside, but the back garden in the mansion is shared by several families, and usually some female family members play in the garden. It is early summer now, the garden is full of branches and leaves, birds and flowers are scented, and the scenery is pleasant.
Bian Yu took Yinger and naturally lived in the same courtyard with Liu Xin and Ma Yun. However, Liu Xin has been very busy after arriving in Xiangyang, and occasionally returned to the mansion, surrounded by his wife and children, but rarely saw her. Even though she came from a prostitution, she couldn't pull her hand to dangle in front of Liu Xin to attract Liu Xin's attention. She was eagerly unable to think of any way to get close to Liu Xin.
Some time ago, Bian Yu heard that many people had fled from Nanyang and Yingchuan outside the city. She had heard that Liu Xin was a good official who loved the people when he was in Hejian. So, these days, Bian Yu ran out of the city every day to help Jugao them to help the refugees. She was originally from a humble background. She met the refugees outside the city. She was in love with the scene, thinking about how many women from good people would be forced to fall into the dust. She couldn't help but move her true feelings. Now she goes out early and returns late every day, and is completely involved in disaster relief work. . Ma Yun was not worried about her safety, and sent a team of Feihu guards to follow behind to serve as escorts.
Ma Yun was selling her "heliocentric theory" to Cai Yan in a pavilion by the garden pond at this time. In Hejian, Ma Yun once promoted the "Heliocentric Theory" to Fan Juan, but was used as a joke by Fan Juan and Zhao Yun. Later, she promoted Bian Yu again, and she still came home unscrupulously.
Now, Cai Yan actually listened attentively and seemed to have a lot of experience, and said to Ma Yun: "Sister Yun, what you said seems to have some truth, but if the earth on which we are standing is a round ball, then how can people not fall? What?"
Ma Yun saw that her "doctrine" finally had an audience, and the audience began to think further, she was secretly delighted, and said, "This involves another problem, that is, the problem of attraction. I will wait and then take my time. Tell you..."
"Oh, what are you talking about? Can I come and listen?" Liu Xin didn't know when he also came to the pavilion.
Cai Yan saw Liu Xin, and hurriedly got up and said a blessing: "Mindv has seen an adult."
Ma Yun pulled her up and said, "Hey, you don't need so much etiquette at home. Keep talking."
Cai Yan was a little embarrassed when he saw his husband and wife here, and said, "Sister, I have a lot of time since I came out. It's time to go back. Come and listen to my sister tomorrow."
Liu Xin looked at Cai Yan's slender back, and said to Ma Yun: "Wife, you are telling the children some messy things. No one in this world listens to yours."
Ma Yun said unconvincedly: "She already understood a little bit. When you interrupted me, I will start from the beginning again tomorrow. By the way, did you tell me what I asked you to say last time?"