It was late at night in Wancheng Taishou's Mansion, but the Taishou's Mansion was still brightly lit. This is already two nights in a row that Lu Bu stayed up late. As the master of the first army, it is normal to stay up late, but that is also because of the war. Now that Sun Ce and Lu Bu have peace talks, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is in a situation with himself. In the first month, it can be said that Lujiang is a major rear area of Lu Bu's army. Even if the war happens, it should start in Liu Mang's Shouchun area, but just like this, Lu Bu is very busy.
Why? Because Liu Mang's order to recruit the common people, two acres of fertile land per person, and the 30% tax really moved the hearts of many common people. When Lu Bu received the order from Liu Mang, he just smiled casually.
He didn't try to stop it, because Liu Mang's Shouchun, he didn't know that they went south from Xuzhou to Shouchun. Lu Bu's old friend and rival, Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu, for the sake of his emperor's dream, put the whole Shouchun has suffered a lot.
There is no one inhabited in a radius of hundreds of miles. You must know that the government of Yangzhou used to be comparable to a **** existence. The fireworks went down in Yangzhou in March, no matter in the past life or in the future life. If you die, you can know the price of Yuan Gonglu's dream, and Liu Mang, Lu Bu's good son-in-law, will naturally use all the ten thousand hectares of fertile land after taking over Shouchun, but there is no one to cultivate the land! If you are like other princes, where will someone come to you to help you cultivate the land, so naturally you have to be different from other places, and you have to give definite benefits.
This one head counts as two acres of fertile land, and 30% of the tax is paid out. Although it is an extreme loss, it is better to have income than to have no income, so Lu Bu asked Chen Gong to help Liu Mang promote it, and the reason why Lu Bu is busy now It is still because of this call-up order.
It started with the incident that almost thought the enemy was attacking two days ago. At that time, the Bingzhou wolf riders were already ready to go. We had to see which master dared to touch the tiger's beard. Who knew that when we went out, we would see densely packed The people, tens of thousands of people, directly blocked half of the city wall, and they couldn't see clearly in the dark, so they thought it was an enemy attack.
I saw it when Lv Bu's Bingzhou wolf riders rushed out of the city wall and were ready to fight. After reading it, Lv Bu would not want to sleep, because as soon as he inquired about these people, they all heard the call-up order from Shouchun Shu King Liu Mang. Here, Liu Mang is Lu Bu's son-in-law, and Shouchun can say that Lu Bu has taught Liu Mang most of his autonomy. Now that people come to seek refuge, Lu Bu will naturally help Liu Mang take it away, and may even send troops. Escort along the way.
If it's just these tens of thousands of people, Lu Bu doesn't care, just come, tens of thousands of people are trivial, just let the scribes in Wancheng help, and open the dining shed after the enthronement, so that the people will not starve to death, After the disaster, they were sent to Shouchun together, but there were only tens of thousands of people in these two days, there were more than a hundred thousand of them, and the follow-up was still continuous.
The entire Lujiang County only has a few hundred thousand people, which directly doubled the population, so Lu Bu was really busy and couldn't take any time off.
"My lord, my lord, these are the people who just arrived within two hours!" A scribe next to him gave Lu Bu a rough figure. Fifteen, that is to say, more than 40,000 people came to Lujiang.
"Collect and compile the books, and send me to send them all to Shouchun after the disaster!" Lu Bu was thinking, the hundreds of thousands of people can indeed make Shouchun's land have a qualitative development, at least those fertile fields There is no need to be free anymore, so that Liu Mangjun can import food and grass by himself, and there is no need for Lujiang to send it. These are all good things! He also didn't expect that the idea of a cheap son-in-law could gather so many people. The only problem that Lu Bu needed was the problem of food and drink for these people.
Hundreds of thousands of people live frugally and save enough to last a year. After all, there are still more than 200,000 shi of grain and grass in the granaries of Wancheng. Tomorrow will be sunny this year.
"My lord, there is an angel from Xudu outside Wancheng asking to see you!" A personal guard came in and knelt down on the ground and said to Lu Bu.
"Xu Du Angel?!" Lu Bu thought for a while when he heard the news. Although Xu Du has Emperor Han, the real caller is Mrs. Cao. Mrs. Cao is too busy to take care of himself in Guandu now. Well? Could it be that you want a bed crossbow again
Before Liu Mang left, he told Lu Bu that the bed crossbow must not be given to Cao **, at least not at this stage, because a protracted war between Yuan Shao and Cao ** is the most important thing for Lu Bujun. A good result, if Cao Cao or Yuan Shao quickly wiped out the other party, then the Lu Bu army would not be able to develop, because the current Lu Bu army only has two counties, and Liu Mang's Shouchun has not yet settled. It can be said that Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, no matter which one the current Lu Bu army is, it is difficult to beat.
"No, no! You tell him to go back and tell Cao Mengde that there is no need to talk about the bed crossbow!" Lu Bu waved his hand. He didn't have a good impression of Grandma Cao. *Although he is afraid of Lu Bu, Lu Bu himself knows that he has never been able to beat ** Cao.
"Wait!" Just as Lu Bu was about to send his personal guards to dismiss the angel sent by Xu Du, Chen Gong walked in.
"Gongtai, you're finally here!" Lu Bu's face was full of joy. Two days ago, Chen Gong stopped going to Wancheng, Wuwei and Shucheng to appease the people there. And so on, so Lu Bu had to sort out the affairs of Wancheng, and now that Chen Gong is back, he can naturally teach Chen Gong everything.
"Angel?!" Chen Gong asked when he saw the kneeling guard
"Hurry up and tell the angel sent by Cao Mengde that the bed crossbow is absolutely impossible to sell!" Lu Bu waved his hand to dismiss the guards.
"Mrs. Cao wants to buy a bed crossbow again?" Chen Gong was a little puzzled, but why did he send angels here? You must know that angels can only be used by emperors, and they are basically eunuchs. Mrs. Cao But I don’t like eunuchs very much. Because of the chaotic politics of Shi Changshi, Mrs. Cao has dismissed the big man’s eunuch position. Even if Mrs. Cao wants to buy a bed crossbow, she should send a person who can speak well, not an eunuch. , the most important thing is that the arrival of ordinary angels means that there is a will. Does Cao Cao want to use the imperial edict to oppress Lu Bujun? This is not a joke! Although everyone says that they are the people of the Han Dynasty and loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, how many people are really loyal to the Han Dynasty? Even Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, who are the clan members of the Han Dynasty, don't care about the Emperor Han, and there are other people who would care about the Emperor Han! Who doesn't know that the current Emperor Han is a puppet of Mrs. Cao. Grandma Cao wouldn't be so stupid, if he used the imperial decree to oppress Lu Bu, it would only make Lu Bu more disgusted, and the possibility of him getting a bed crossbow would be even smaller
"Did that angel carry an imperial decree?" Chen Gong asked.
"Yes!" The personal guard nodded, "The angel said he was here to announce His Majesty's will."
"My lord, let's go and have a look! This time it shouldn't be the imperial decree sent by Cao Mengde!" Chen Gong said to Lu Bu. It is impossible for Cao Cao to use the imperial decree to oppress Lu Bu. This method is not only useless, but will only irritate Lu Bu. If at this time Lv Bu hits back to Xuzhou in a fit of anger, Grandma Cao will really want to cry. There can only be two people who can issue this edict, one is Grandma Cao and the other is Liu Xie, Emperor Han. What does this decree want to do
After being told by Chen Gong, Lu Bu still received the angel. Originally, when the Emperor of Han issued an imperial decree, the angels came to announce the decree, and the Han officials from all over the country had to welcome them in person. But now it is a troubled time, and the dignity of the Han Dynasty is about to be lost. , so instead of going to meet the angels, let the angels come in and receive them.
"Big Han Huangmen Order Qin Huai met Marquis Wen." A eunuch-like figure led a few big Han Yulin soldiers and a few servant-like figures into the eunuch's mansion.
Yellow door order? This is an official position of 600 shi, which is much higher than that of ordinary eunuchs. Even before Han Lingdi, the governor of a state was only 600 shi. Overshadowing the sky, eunuchs don’t care about describing the chaos anymore. At that time, if you wanted to be a high official, you could only take the route of ten permanent servants. Even Cao Cao’s father, Cao Song, was able to become a captain because he was rich. There is a way, the Emperor Ling called Zhang Rang his father, and Lu Zhi was dismissed because he did not bribe a small Huangmen. It can be said that in the past few decades, the profession of eunuch was really popular.
But now it is sunset and the ten permanent attendants were killed by Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, the prestige of the Han Dynasty has also plummeted, and even the Han Emperor Liu Xie himself is hard to protect, and these eunuchs are still in charge! So this little eunuch was very respectful to Lu Bu.
"Who sent you here?!" Lu Bu didn't care about kneeling in front of the imperial edict angel, and asked directly.
"Your Majesty sent me here to issue orders to Marquis Wen and His Royal Highness the King of Shu." Qin Huai was very obedient.
"Your Majesty?!" It really wasn't sent by Cao Mengde. What kind of decree can this Emperor Han send
"You declare it!" Lu Bu waved his hand, since he can't figure it out, let the little eunuch speak directly.
"Yes!" Qin Huai nodded, took out a yellow silk cloth from the wooden box on the side and opened it, "By God, the emperor ordered that today there will be chaos and wars, and the common people will not be able to live. Fortunately, my big man has Shu. The generation of Wang Liumang, looking at the sufferings of the world, wants to save the people from the fire and water, reduce taxes, and give the land to the people. It is my people's fortune, and my great man's fortune. Today, I specially bestow on Liu Mang, the king of Shu, a pair of jade and a pair of Dongzhu. , a hundred catties of gold, to seal the King of Shu as the Holy King of the Han Dynasty, hereby!"
Make Liu Mang a holy king? Lu Bu and Chen Gong looked at each other, what kind of situation is this? The jade and east beads in front are nothing like gold at all! But the sage king in the back is really a kind of glory. What is sage Confucius? A sage is a sage, and Zhou Gong is also a sage, but these people created a generation of schools or established the entire country! And Liu Mang was just trying to keep Shouchun's land from being abandoned. Although the tax price was already very low at the third floor, it still couldn't reach the status of a saint. As great as Mencius, he is only a sub-sage. The word saint is basically for the dead, and it is basically impossible to give it to the living, because the consequence of that is that the saint can be compared to the existence of the emperor. When the saint appears, do you want the people to listen to the emperor or listen to the emperor? Saint's
"Eunuch Qin, are you sure you didn't declare the wrong will?!" Lu Bu asked calmly.
"How is that possible! Marquis Wen, Mr. Chen, the imperial decree is here, you can take it and watch it." Qin Huai handed the imperial decree over, and it really said on it that he was ordered by the heavens, and his life will last forever. The jade seal sounded on it, but it was also covered by another vice seal next to Emperor Han. So this will is absolutely true.
"Eunuch Qin, how could His Majesty issue such an order?!" Chen Gong asked Qin Huai's words with a wink at the guard next to him. The guard on the side also nodded and left the hall.
"Well, this miscellaneous family doesn't know much about it." Qin Huai seemed hesitant to speak, as if he was in a dilemma when he wanted to say something, but the expression on his face was really ever-changing, which made people feel very magical. "This man My memory is not good, and the weather is so hot, I don’t remember much, I hope Marquis Wen and Lord Chen don’t blame me.”
"Hehe, Eunuch Qin thought about it slowly. We are in a hurry. The weather is hot and we will naturally buy some ice to cool down. Here, my lord bought ice for Eunuch Qin for the sake of his hard work." Chen Gong said Pointing to the big box sent by the guards below.
"How embarrassing is this?" Qin Huai said so, but his face was full of smiles.
"Open them!" Chen Gong pointed to those boxes and said to the guard.
"Yes!" The personal guard walked forward with clasped fists, and opened those boxes one by one, golden yellow, silver white, and colored ones, the golden yellow ones were gold, and a box contained at least a hundred gold, silver white The ones are pearls, and the colored ones are jewels and jade. The combined value of these boxes is much higher than what Qin Huai sent, which makes Qin Huai smile!
"Oh, I suddenly remembered." Qin Huai changed the topic, of course he remembered, these jewels and jades can add up to a thousand pieces of gold, so if you don't remember, then forget about Lu Bu.
"It's General Zuo of the Great Han Dynasty, Uncle Liu Huang, and Liu Bei's memorial, which boasted His Highness the King of Shu a lot. That's why His Majesty issued such an imperial edict!" Qin Huai's whole attention was about to be put there. The three boxes were loaded. If Lu Bu and Chen Gong were not still here, they would have jumped on them long ago.
"Liu Bei?!" Chen Gong and Lu Bu really wrinkled their foreheads. Liu Bei and Lu Bu's army only had hatred and no kindness. Liu Bei was taken away by Lu Bu in Xuzhou. Similarly, Lu Bu was almost killed by Liu Bei's schemes. In Xuzhou, there was a battle in Shouchun some time ago, and even a Huainan famous dish braised small turkey. If Lu Bu wants to go further, or Liu Bei wants to support Lao Cao and Yuan Shao to go one step further when they confront each other in Guandu, then these two families must have a big battle to fight! But now Liu Bei has so kindly promoted Liu Mang to the sky, and even applied for Liu Mang to be promoted to a noble.
"Eunuch Qin, go down!" Chen Gong waved his hand, he wanted to discuss it with Lu Bu! What the hell is this Liu Bei going to do! (To be continued.)