Armed to the teeth, the Han army can be said to be invincible in the vast land of Dahan, but in Liu Xin’s view, every victory was actually piled up with human lives and money, so before the war started, Liu Xin will first calculate the economic account. If he can get a certain amount of compensation through war, that would be great.
In other wars, in addition to plundering wealth and land, they would also replenish surrendered enemy soldiers and forced people into his army. Cao Cao often did this, but Liu Xin only needed wealth and land, but not. These descendants,
In the past, these descendants would be charged into the engineering team, but now the engineering team has been reorganized into an engineering corps. It is a special army, except for some hard work, tiring work, and more dangerous tasks that require a small number of slaves to do it. In addition, other tasks are done by the skilled engineers themselves. After the captured soldiers are registered, they will be ordered to be disarmed and returned to the countryside.
As soon as Zhang Fei and Zhang Yun entered the city last night, they were busy searching for Yuan Shu and finding Liu Bang’s whereabouts. They hadn’t even bothered to copy the homes of those Yuan Shu’s tribes and gentry families. However, Zhang Fei imposed a harsh curfew after entering the city. , It’s not that they will transfer their property overnight,
While Xu Chu was taking General Yang to fetch the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, Liu Xin sat in the lobby and flipped through some volumes of Lujiang County. These volumes were still written on bamboo slips, and they were tall in front of Liu Xin. A bunch of records are the land conditions of Lujiang and the counties under its jurisdiction. This is what Liu Xin is most concerned about now.
Liu Xin knows very well that although these noble families in Lujiang are rich, they may not be as good as Yuan Shu and his subordinates in terms of money. What is the situation of Yuan Shu's subordinates' property? I don't know yet, but he is now. The prefect’s mansion is equivalent to Yuan Shu’s home. Judging from the situation in the mansion’s treasury, the property here is not enough to make up for one-tenth of the military expenditure. It is even more imaginable how much property other subordinates and gentry families can have. And know,
However, Liu Xin is more concerned about the large amount of land held by these noble families. The Yellow Turban Uprising that almost shook the Han Dynasty that broke out a few years ago was actually due to the serious land annexation and the lives of peasants who lost their land. I didn’t think it would be possible to continue, so I set off under Zhang Jiao’s bewitchment,
In Liu Xin's memory, such a situation occurred at the end of each dynasty. Land was annexed in large numbers by powerful bureaucrats and farmers were forced to become vassals of landlords. Then, the crisis of these dynasties came, Liu Xin Now that he knows this historical law, he wants to change it, but the only thing he can do is to control as much land as possible in the hands of the state, so that the country becomes the largest landlord, and then the state will take these lands. Rent to farmers for farming, and the state adjusts the tax, so as to ensure that all farmers can eat their stomachs, so that farmers will not rise up to rebel.
The situation of these noble families has been basically controlled by the Phantom Spy. Now, Liu Xin is referring to the Phantom Spy’s report and put forward their respective disposal opinions. Those who have the closest contacts with Yuan Shu and have funded Yuan Shu many times, all the land will be Those who are confiscated and have a similar relationship with Yuan Shu will be confiscated part of the land, and those who have never listened to Yuan Shu’s greetings can be preserved.
Liu Xin didn’t need to do this work himself, but Liu Xin had nothing to do, so suddenly he became interested and wanted to read the information one by one before he was willing to give up.
The fourth generation of the Yuan family and the third grandfather were all over the world. This is not to be a joke. There are really many gentry families in Lujiang City who are firm supporters of Yuan Shu. All the volumes related to these people are covered by Liu Xin. I drew a large "fork" with a red pen, waiting for them is to confiscate the fate of the whole family,
More gentry families donated some money under Yuan Shu's threats. Although they were only helpless, Liu Xin, who had always been looking for opportunities to weaken the power of these gentry families, would naturally not let them go, and was also with them. A "circle" is drawn on the relevant volume, and at least half of their land must be confiscated.
After sorting all these volumes into different categories, in the end there was only one volume left at Liu Xin's hand. This was the only gentry family that did not support Yuan Shu. Liu Xin felt a little curious about how this family escaped Yuan Shu. The blackmailer,
Jushou seemed to know what Liu Xin was thinking, and said with a smile: "Back to the lord, it was strange that the subordinates saw these materials. Later, they sent someone to inquire about it. Only then did they figure out that the family's surname is Qiao. , Is a prominent family in Lujiang, who has always been unafraid of being angry. Yuan Shu has been rejected several times for his appointment. When Yuan Shu sent troops to the door forcibly, their Patriarch Qiaoyuan unexpectedly showed his determination with the **, Yuan Shu heard the return. He actually ordered the removal of the soldiers and spared the family,"
Liu Xin laughed and said, "I didn't think that there are such tough guys in Lujiang City. When should I go to see and see?"
Jushou also smiled: "From the point of view of his methods against Yuan Shu, I am afraid it is smelly and hard, but don't make the lord unhappy, hahahaha..."
Before his laughter died down, the guard outside the door suddenly walked in and said, "Tell the lord, there is a person outside the door who claims to be Liu Bei, who came to surrender and ask the lord to decide."
With a "pop", the roll of bamboo slips in Liu Xin's hand fell heavily on the table.
"What are you talking about, Liu Bei is here to surrender," Liu Xin stood up and looked at the guard with a look of surprise. He calmed down after a while, waved his hand, and said, "Well, bring him in. "
"Wait," Jushou stretched out his hand, stopped the guard, and asked, "Does Liu Bei come alone or with others?"
The guard arched his hand and said, "Master Ju, Liu Bei is also carrying a young man with him, do you want to let that young man in with you?"
Jusie grabbed his heart, and did not answer, but turned to look at Liu Xin, but Liu Xin looked indifferent, as if he hadn't realized who the young man who came with Liu Bei was.
In fact, when Liu Bei came to surrender, Liu Xin had already thought of Liu Bang. When Liu Zhong found such a child, he didn’t let Liu Xin take a look. Now, more than ten years later, he actually met here. Now, Liu Xin has a dumbfounding feeling, but he doesn’t know how to face Liu Bang. He just wants to fool this matter. So Liu Xin asked his guards to bring Liu Bei in without asking.
But now that Jushou has made it clear, Liu Xin is not good at continuing to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he waved his hand and said, "Bring both of them in."
For a moment, Liu Bei came in with a chubby boy. Liu Bei was still the same, with big ears and hands over knees. He walked to the opposite side of Liu Xin and sang deeply, saying: "See you in Xuzhou, shepherd Liu Bei. grown ups,"
The chubby boy was obviously nervous, but Liu Bei couldn't help but gestured with his eyes, and finally hesitated to walk in front of Liu Xin. He knelt on the ground with a "plop", and repeatedly said: "Unfilial son Liu Bang sees. My father,"
This embarrassing situation finally appeared. Liu Xin's mouth showed a wry smile that was not easily detectable. He raised his hand and said, "Get up first, Liu Bang, I'll ask you, are you staying in Juchao? , What are you doing to Lujiang?"
In the past few years, the Mirage Secret Spy has developed extremely rapidly. It is difficult to escape their eyes and ears for all the big and small things happening in various places, but Liu Bang only moved here after Yuan Shu just occupied Lujiang. At that time, Liu Xinhe Jushou has neglected him, but who knows it has formed the situation like today,
When Liu Bang saw Liu Xin's pleasant appearance, he was determined to get up from the ground and said: "Back to his father, the child was coaxed by Yuan Shu to move to Lujiang, but he almost missed it. I ask my father to forgive my father’s serious matter."
Speaking of this, Liu Bang is about to kneel down again.
Liu Xin waved her hand and said, "Well, you can go down and rest first."
Seeing that Liu Xin didn't ask a few more questions, he asked someone to take Liu Bang down. Liu Bei was also a little worried, and said, "Master Liu, next..."
Jushou sneered: "My father-in-law didn't ask questions, please stand by."
Liu Bei was slammed into the ground by Ju Shou, but his face was calm, he arched his hands and stepped aside. This city mansion is indeed very popular.
Liu Xin secretly admired him. No wonder that Cao Cao was regarded as an adversary in history, and he could not help but said indifferently: "Liu Bei, you dare to come and see me. Do you remember what I said to you back then? Royal family, there is no forgiveness,"
After Liu Xin said these words, his eyes were already murderous.
Liu Bei asked, "Dare to ask Master Liu, are you considered a royal family?"
Liu Xin was taken aback. Liu Bei actually dared to ask such things. Did he have the evidence of his imperial confession? It’s impossible. Only himself, Ma Yun and adoptive father Liu Kai knew about this. Now, Liu Kai has long since been alive, and he and Ma Yun would never talk about it, and as evidenced by the tin box, who would dare to doubt the identity of his Han family clan
The most crucial point is that for so many years, Liu Xin has been pretending to be a royal family member, as if a lie has been told a thousand times, and he would be regarded as true. Now Liu Xin feels that he is originally a Han family clan, and his words and deeds. There will never be any flaws in it, so who else will be idle to doubt his identity
After thinking about this, Liu Xin's face returned to calm, and he said coldly: "It is clearly written on the royal genealogy, Liu is a Han family clan who has replaced him."
Liu Bei didn't seem to notice the change in Liu Xin's face. He lowered his head and continued to ask: "Then Master Liu, Master Liu Bang is your eldest son."
After a short period of hesitation, Liu Xin is now able to deal with it freely. He does not have to worry about Liu Bang telling Liu Bei that he is not Liu Xin’s biological son, not to mention whether Liu Bang knows this, even if he knows it is impossible. Speak out, because the title "Liu Xin's eldest son" is his current amulet,