When they arrived at Wancheng, Liu Biao had already arrived a day early, and the two met smoothly.

"According to my seniority, I should call you my brother?" Liu Tao didn't know how to start, so he simply asked about the seniority of the two parties.

"If it is by generation, it is true." Liu Biao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and nodded back. It's good to admit that it's a relative, at least in the next negotiations, you shouldn't be too embarrassed by yourself.

"Knowing that the clan brother can't help himself, a large number of scholars below can easily get to the position without taking the exam. Many things are not so much the clan brother ordering, but the people below forcing the clan brother to do it. Liu Tao sighed.

"Your Majesty can understand, and the minister can breathe a sigh of relief." Liu Biao hurriedly responded.

"However, in the eyes of outsiders, it is you who is the emperor, and you are the one who has fought with me until now. Since you have carried this black cauldron, you have to put it down casually, but no! Liu Tao reminded.

"What price does the minister have to pay?" Liu Biao simply went straight to the point.

"Except for Liu Pan, you and your sons and daughters were all reduced to commoners and exiled to Baiyun City at the same time. Rest assured, the land should be given to you or will be given to you. How about not being able to go out within three generations, and all the family wealth will be confiscated except for the necessary expenses? Liu Tao asked.

"I'm an old bone, I can go anywhere. It's just that Qi'er's health has not been good, and if she goes to a place like Baiyun, I'm afraid she won't be able to last a few years......," Liu Biao pleaded. In fact, it is already good to be able to get to this point, and he is even ready to sacrifice himself to keep Liu Qi, Liu Cong and Liu Xiu.

As for another daughter, she has been promised to Wang Ji's son to raise him on his behalf.

In this era, there are different attitudes towards children, and it is understandable for Liu Biao to do so. Just like Cai Yong, the second daughter was sent to Yang Wei as a continuation string, if Yang Wei's wife did not die early, it is estimated that she would be a concubine.

When he ran away from Wu County, he was also taken care of by the Taishan Goat. If Yang Wei loses his wife first, the two parties will have a marriage contract, and in the end, it is okay for Yang to protect Cai Yong; On the other hand, if it was Cai Yong who gave his second daughter to Yang Wei in exchange for the protection of the Taishan Goat Clan, and Yang Wei's wife was not dead at that time...... The nature of that change completely.

For Liu Biao, the most important thing is, of course, the three sons.

"There are medical craftsmen over there in Baiyun, and I value them very much, so I opened a state-run medical center over there. Besides, if you are weak, exercise well, exercise reasonably, eat reasonably, and your body will naturally gradually get better. Sun Jian's fourth son, the eldest son of my general Huang Zhong, is not in good health, and after training in the past few years, his health has gradually improved. Liu Tao did not agree to his request.

Today is Liu Qi's poor health to stay, tomorrow is Liu Cong and Liu Xiu also in poor health to stay?

Since you want to rebel, then you have to bear the consequences of this, and don't think of ways to take care of Liu Qi's body in other places, but what is the point of wanting to fight this kind of scheming?

Could it be that in Luoyang, Liu Qi's body can suddenly get better? After that, there is no need for a doctor, whoever is sick will come to Luoyang, and he will be cured without medicine after living for a period of time.

"Okay......" Liu Biao finally backed down. Liu Pan is in the army, as long as he is still there, then even if the three of them die outside the fortress, his lineage can at least continue.

The biggest helplessness is that the three generations cannot participate in the imperial examination, so they can only marry wives and have children as soon as possible.

Maybe in more than ten years, I will have the opportunity to see the birth of my great-grandson. With a great-grandson, there is hope for the family.

There is nothing left to talk about, basically the placement of civil and military officials in the three counties of Jingbei. Liu Tao said that according to the theory of surrender, that is, they will be assessed, those who pass will stay, and those who fail will go home.

The army was greatly reduced, at least carefully selected, and what he needed more than the non-commissioned soldiers was the population. In the conception of the Great Empire, population was an important foundation to support his expansion.

Agriculture, taxes, artisans and soldiers, how can we fight without them? How can we expand our territory without fighting?!

However, for the navy, it is relatively generous, after all, at this stage, he does lack a sufficiently qualified navy. However, compared to the navy, the craftsmen who build ships are actually priceless.

After all, the ships of this year are still slightly backward, but unfortunately Liu Tao is not very familiar with navigation, and many crafts are not very familiar. But give an idea, and then let the craftsman figure it out on his own, as long as the money and materials are sufficient, he can always study it.

At the beginning of February, Xiahou Yuanbu entered Jiangling, Yu Ban entered Jiangxia, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun passed the assessment and stayed in the navy. Other civil and military officials were evaluated, and then successively transferred to other places, new officials came to take over Jingbei, and the Southern Han Dynasty perished.

"Only Jiangnan and Yizhou ......are left" At this time, Liu Tao had already returned to Luoyang, and the follow-up matters were followed up by officials from various ministries, so there was no need for him to take action in person.

Liu Biao is also kind, the taxes in the past few years have been well reserved, and at the same time, he has not wasted too much grain and grass in passive resistance before, and the officials on the side of the household department have smiled a lot more in recent days.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Nan can rest assured for the time being." Jian Yong brought a recital, not a national letter, but a recital, which was sent by Sun Ce.

He only called the king, but he did not call the emperor, so what he sent was a recital, apparently as a courtier.

"Oh, look what he says!" Liu Tao is very curious about this, Sun Ce is so knowledgeable about current affairs?

I took it and opened it to look at it, it turned out that Sun Ce sent someone to hand over the taxes of several counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the part that should be paid, of course, according to the lowest standard in the past, but this is an attitude after all.

In addition, some Jiangnan specialties were sent to congratulate His Majesty on accepting the Southern Han Dynasty. The last is the main topic, that is, I hope to be a vassal to the Han Dynasty. It is not the kind that is directly attached, but similar to the Xiongnu, which is nominally attached but is actually semi-independent, similar to the relationship between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce in history.

"It's good now, you can concentrate on attacking Yizhou......," Liu Tao complained, "I originally wanted to say that Jiangnan should be defeated first." ”

After all, if the road problem is not solved, it will not be easy for Yizhou to fight. On the other hand, as long as the passage into Shu is closed and the connection between Bashu and other places is completely closed, they must be self-sufficient and arbitrary, and Liu Tao will not lack tea anyway.

I just don't know if Bashu, who has an increasing proportion of tea fields, is willing to accept such a result.

According to Liu Tao's meaning, it doesn't matter if you don't fight, concentrate on dealing with Jiangnan, and then operate slowly. None of the people on the Bashu side are allowed to go north, and naturally no one is allowed to go south, and it is estimated that they will be self-defeating in five or ten years.

"Your Majesty, accepting the title of minister is not in conflict with the strategy of going south." Guo Jia reminded.

"Either you don't accept it, how can you accept it and beat others?" Liu Tao retorted, "Tell Sun Ce that the Han only accepts surrender, not vassals." The only way to be a vassal is to surrender completely! ”

After a pause, he continued: "Sun Jian is almost enough, right? If you are free enough, you will be arranged to listen to Huang Zhong next year! ”