The first snow of the sixth year of Zhongping fell one night after Ma Yue returned to Liangzhou, and for the long-drought Liangzhou, this heavy snow came too late, and people had been waiting for too long.

At the end of the year, the emperor issued an edict, the secretary of state below the Huangmen Shilang each family out of a descendant to make up for the lack of eunuchs in the office, the first emperor of the internal department of the order to know the eunuch for it, since Ma Yue to punish the ten permanent servants, to the young scholars led by the Yuan family to drive Ma Yue away after the play to clear the eunuch party, this repetition to the scholars for the internal orders, Cheng.

The edict was transmitted to Liangzhou, and Ma Yuegui was the Marquis of Meiyang, and he should also send the children of the clan to Luoyang as the palace officials. For this reason, after consulting with his two brothers, he decided to send his son Ma Dai to Luoyang to serve the emperor and follow the path that his third uncle had walked.

Referring to Ma Dai's safety in Luoyang, the five big and three rough brothers smiled, as long as they are not fools, no one will hurt the son of a state pastor, not to mention, he is not Ma Yue, and today's Liangzhou Ma is no longer the time when he was poor and white. With a wave of Ma Teng's hand, three hundred Ma clans will go to Luoyang with the Ma clan to escort them in the coming year. Ma Yue wrote three letters, one for the Jingzhao Ranger Bao Out, one for Chang'an Ling Du Ji, and one for His Majesty to open up.

In order to ensure that the slave is safe and secure in Luoyang, he has no worries about food and clothing.

In fact, the best candidate was the major general Ma Chao, but Ma Chao had several bloody battles in Luoyang before, and it was inevitable to encounter opponents in the court, and it was easy to dodge the open gun and difficult to defend against the dark arrow, so he chose Ma Dai, the son of Ma Zong, to go.

At the same time, Liangzhou Mu Ma Yue's wedding also began to prepare, Liang Hu and Cai Yong finalized, the first month of the next year's five weddings, hundreds of horses with gifts to go to various places, invited all walks of life, Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Lu Zhi, Huang Fu Song and others needless to say, even Han Sui, Song Jian and others, Ma Yue also sent invitations.

In this world, pay attention to a number of etiquette, many invitations Ma Yue did not expect them to come, as long as they fulfilled the number of courtesies, that is.

Before the New Year, Ma Yue lived in Zhangjiachuan for a while, and then went to Zhilong County, Zhouzhilong County, to take office, reopen the pastoral mansion, and send out a list of talents to serve as a staff member.

Engaged in various places, Taishou, also came to Longxian to report to Ma Yue.

Hanyang is too shou Fu Xie, Beidi is too shou Dou Liang, Anding is too shou Qi Kuang, engaged in Zhao Ang, Zhao Qu, Yang Fu and others came to report on their work.

Fu Xie and Dou Liang are both old acquaintances, and the arrival of others is the real expression of the situation in each county. Stability Qi Kuang is a stable generation of Taishou, the first Taishou died in the Han Sui Rebellion, and this debriefing also has the intention of asking Ma Yue to play Taishou.

Everyone sat down in the pastoral mansion of Longxian County, first Taishou expressed the achievements of the people in agriculture and mulberry animal husbandry this year, then the feelings of military drills, and finally the land measurement and taxation of people this year.

In this year, Anding County had the largest population and taxes, with more than 80,000 registered households, more than 2.2 million land taxes, more than 44 million yuan in taxes, and more than 70,000 yuan in grains.

There is only half of Hanyang County left, and there are only more than 30,000 households in the richest county in Liangzhou, but there are more than 30,000 households in the fertile land, with a land tax of 1.5 million, a tax of more than 17 million yuan, and a valley of more than 40,000 yuan.

Beidi County because of the reliance on the Biantun, since the time of Emperor Xiaowu began to Tuntian, when Ma Yuan stationed in Liangzhou, it was the development of Tuntian to the extreme, the population of 27,000 households, the field tax of 900,000, the tax for the deficit, the valley of more than 40,000 Hu.

Beidi County is a border army, full of military households, almost every household has an official lord, not to mention the exemption from taxes, the army and the Han have to eat and pay for the border, and they have to be upside down every year. Not only a county in the north, but also Zhangjiachuan, the center of the Ma family's power, is the same, a city is set up in Sichuan as a walled city, and more than 10,000 soldiers and generals are stationed. In the past, the entire Hanyang added taxes to the three counties of Wudu and Longxi, and it was okay to have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but now there are only two counties and four counties left, and they can't make ends meet.

Seeing that the tax of 5,000 gold is very large, but when it comes to use, it is not enough at all. Raising soldiers requires money, reclamation in the coming year, and spending the winter this year are all places to spend money.

Liangzhou's military expenditure is too large, and there is only one end in the end, and the wealth is scattered and the soldiers are in chaos!

"Fu Taishou, you can calculate how much gold you can balance in the end." Ma Yue's face was calm, and he glanced at the Taishou below and asked: "Gentlemen, there are still a few things at the moment, please complete them quickly before the summer of the next year, one is to re-measure the land, register the population and draw a map of all the places in the jurisdiction at the same time, I know that it is difficult at this time." Second, count the location of mines, rivers and forests in the jurisdiction, and estimate the approximate number of assets. ”

"These two things need to be carried out by manpower, so please go back to all parts of the country to spread the message to the county commanders and counties, and send five officials to Longxian County in one county, and Ben Hou will personally teach the method of drawing." Ma Yue groaned and said, "Gentlemen, have I made it clear? ”

"No." Dou Liang and the others agreed, and Fu Xie arched his hand at this time and said: "Zhou Mu, the subordinates have been liquidated, and there is about 1,400 gold left...... If no one deducts it. ”

"Four hundred gold, four hundred gold, four hundred gold is also deducted?" Ma Yue waved his hand and said, "Come here, order Yang Feng to come over." ”

Fu Xie didn't speak, looking at his expression, Ma Yue knew that he was afraid that now the army was rising, and the people's hearts were not thinking about the past.

After a while, Yang Fengmai, who was outside later, walked in and asked, "Junhou, my subordinates are here." ”

"Ah Ruo, you take my handwritten letter, take the right to raise troops from Sichuan, accompany Fu Taishou to inspect the counties, and if you encounter those who are greedy for taxes, and those who are traitors to the government affairs for the officials, you will be interrogated first, and punished as appropriate.

Yang Feng immediately agreed to the promise with Han Jian in his arms, which made the princes below look sideways.

"This ...... Envoy, isn't it too harsh? Qi Kuang was a little frightened, although he knew that this state pastor was not easy to get along with, but who would have thought that he would be able to issue an order in public, and if there is a corrupt person who bends the law and commits a traitor, he will be beheaded? The law of the Han Dynasty should send the guilty Qiandu to prison and wait for the autumn queen, not to mention that this decree is exclusively for officials...... The most powerful of the two and a half counties is your Ma clan, and the generals above are more protective of calves than one another, what can they use to punish others?

Ma Yue heard this Dai Taishou hesitate, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, just now when he heard this person report a county, he still felt that the governance was good, and he planned to let him still be this Taishou, but he didn't expect to hesitate when it came to major matters, which was annoying.

Just as he was about to speak, a person flashed out of the screen behind Ma Yue, eight feet tall and thin, wearing a leather armor like a samurai, but with a crown on his head, he said with a smile: "The state pastor is angry, and his subordinates think that what Qi Taishou said is true, why not take a compromise and find out the situation in various places first, not only the people who are corrupt and pervert the law and commit crimes, but also those who forcibly seize people's land and property, all of them will be summarized, and the state pastor will deal with it as appropriate, so what does the king think?" ”

Hearing Jia Xu say the same, Ma Yue nodded, and at the same time pulled Jia Xu to introduce to everyone: "This person is my staff, Jia Xu Jia Wenhe, Wenhe, this is Yang Feng Yang Aruo, who was once a Jiuquan ranger, you should know." ”

Jia Xu had already heard of the name of Guifeng, and immediately surrendered his hand, and Yang Feng also symbolically returned the salute. Later, Ma Yue introduced Jia Xu to Fu Xie, Dou Liangqi, Kuang and a few others.

"Ah Ruo, then let's do this according to Wenhe's intentions." Ma Yue said to Yang Feng, and then knocked his fingers on a few cases, and asked Dou Liang: "Dou Taishou, what is the current situation in the north, what is the situation in Xianbei and the new Xianping County established by the imperial court, you can tell me." ”

The marquis of the big head of the army who defended Lingzhou back then has now been steadily serving in the position of Taishou in the north for more than three years, and he should know the situation in the border county well.

Regarding the situation in the border county, Dou Liang was also confident, and immediately replied aloud: "Back to the envoy, Beidi County is now solid, the military households are all equipped with their own weapons, half of them have cloth armor bows and arrows, Tuntian in spare time, the captain is the team leader, the county lieutenant is the military marquis, and more than 10,000 armor soldiers can be easily gathered in wartime. If Xianbei is in trouble, a county in the north can guard the gateway of Liangzhou according to Xiongguan! ”

"Good!"

"But ......" Ma Yue clapped his hands and applauded before his voice fell, so he heard Dou Liang continue: "Beidi County now has no Xiongguan to follow, Xiao Guan's hometown now borders Xianping County, Xiao Guan has become a hinterland pass, and has lost its original role. Now facing Xianbei is the hundred miles of desert in the north of Lian County, only three small roads can pass through the north, so the subordinates want to build a stone village at the end of the desert fifty miles north of Lian County, in order to prepare Xianbei raid Xianping or Beidi, and communicate with Xianping County. ”

Dou Liang said well, now the Han Dynasty has opened up territory, although it is only one more county, but the competition for this county will be a life-and-death dispute between Xianbei and the Han in the next few years, as the lord of Liangzhou, he can't help but take precautions, and immediately clapped his head and said: "You let it go, and after you go back, you will send the required people and wealth to Longxian, and the land of the two counties should be enough to do this." ”

"Thank you, Pastor Governor."

Ma Yue waved his hand, Xianbei did not move in winter, then there will be a battle in the spring and summer of next year, Ma Yue then discussed with Dou Liang about the situation of preparing for Xianbei in the coming year.

When the Taishou left from the state administration, there was already a bright moon hanging in the sky, and Jia Xu only then did Shi Shiran come out and ask Ma Yue: "Envoy, your invitation was sent to Han Sui and Song Jian?" ”

"Yes, no matter what, I'm going to do enough of the courtesy, and by the way, I'll see how they react, and if they don't come, I'll have to be more wary of them." Ma Yue got up and stretched, not as if he didn't care much about this, but asked Jia Xu, "What does Wen He think?" ”

"The subordinates have different opinions, if they don't come, the envoy doesn't have to be afraid, even Hanyang doesn't dare to come, what kind of hero?" Jia Xu shook his head lightly and said meaningfully: "My subordinates are only afraid that someone will swagger over to congratulate the envoy, and it will not be beautiful if the time comes." ”

"Why are you worried? Aren't they afraid that I'll kill them here? ”

"The subordinates don't know, but the subordinates know that the envoy will never kill the guests at the wedding." Jia Xu pointed his eyes straight to the hearts of the people, and said to Ma Yue: "If you make the king lose his trust, what will you use to recover Liangzhou?" ”