The mastiff rushed to the Cining Palace, and the palace maid outside the door hurriedly saluted.

"I want to meet my grandmother..."

The palace maid hesitated, and the mastiff bowed again, but the palace maid couldn't bear it, so she hurriedly went in to pray.

After a while, the palace maid walked out, stood on one side, lowered her head, and made way of the way, after Liu Mastiff thanked her, she walked into the hall, the hall was a little dark, Liu Mastiff walked to both sides, opened all the windows, and repeatedly the sun passed through the window, the hall lit up, on the opposite side, Queen Cai sat on the bed, with her back to Liu Mastiff, after the dazzling sunlight shone into the hall, she stretched out her hand and blocked her eyes.

"Turn it off, the sun is dazzling..."

"Mother, don't close it, it's so dark, the mastiff can't see the appearance of Mother..."

Cai Guiren was speechless for a long time, and then asked, "Cao Gui is born?" ”

"Yes, I gave birth to a brother, and it's very cute..."

"Do you have a name?"

"Calling Zuodi.."

"Emperor? Hehe.... It seems that he is very much like Your Majesty..."Empress Cai chuckled lightly and said: "People have just been born, and they have a big name, but you, until now, don't even have a big name..."

"Mother..."Liu Mastiff looked at the weak biological mother in front of him, speechless, he knew that Mother and Father are all strong temperaments, after the two quarreled, Mother has always refused to admit her mistake, and even, she has never spoken to Father again, and Father, as the Son of Heaven, how can he speak first? The two are so deadlocked, but between them, don't they have nostalgia for each other?

"My mother is the queen, and the noble man gave birth to a son, why didn't my mother go to visit?"

Empress Cai was speechless for a long time, waved her hand, and said, "You go back...."

"Mother, I know in my heart that Mother is unwilling to apologize, and the child does not dare to force Mother, but Mother as the queen of the palace, the mother of the world, how can she not do the responsibility of the queen, Mother and Mother are the same as Father, but the parents of the people of the world, if Mother acts like this, in the future, among the people, the mother does not care about the concubine, the backyard fights endlessly, how can the home be the home, how can the country be the country!!"

Hearing Liu Mastiff's words, Queen Cai sighed, the righteousness of the family and the country, and always persuaded the queen, Liu Mastiff was overjoyed, and hurriedly let the palace maid come in, helped the mother to sort out the clothes, and personally stood at the door of the palace to guard, waited for a long time, the queen came out of the hall, although the queen tidied up her clothes, but her appearance was still haggard, pale, and her eyes were a little red and swollen.

"Mother..."Liu Mastiff smiled, stepped forward to hold her hand, and walked towards the Houde Hall with her, walking all the way, Queen Cai did not speak, but Liu Mastiff, telling about the things of these days, talking endlessly, to the Houde Palace, the Han Gate guarding the door was shocked, and hurriedly said: "The queen is in the Houde Palace!" ”

The Son of Heaven, who was holding the little guy in the hall, raised his head in some surprise and frowned tightly.

Empress Cai and Liu Mastiff walked into the Houde Hall together, looking at the Son of Heaven holding the little guy, Empress Cai pursed her lips, and after a long time, she said: "I heard about the happy event, so I came to visit Erlang....", the Son of Heaven nodded, walked to the queen's side, handed the little guy to her, the queen took the child, the two were silent, and looked at the little guy quietly.

Liu Mastiff looked at the two of them, took a step back, and knelt heavily on the ground.

"Mastiff?"

The Son of Heaven and the Queen turned their heads in surprise and looked at Liu Mastiff who was kneeling on his knees.

"The child knelt down and begged his father... Don't be angry with your mother, your mother will lock herself in the hall... It's been half a year..."Liu Mastiff trembled all over, and said: "Mother is very sad, she misses you every day... As a son of man, I watched my mother grieve, but I couldn't do anything, father, don't be angry anymore... Mother and grandfather, it's all for the Han..."

"You get up!" The Son of Heaven shouted.

The little one in the queen's arms was so frightened that he cried.

"Father, the child knows that he is not talented, not filial, so he loses love with you, if the father is to blame, the child is willing to leave the palace, there is no regret, only that the father and the mother are reconciled..."

The Son of Heaven lowered his head, stared at Liu Mastiff coldly, looked at it for a long time, closed his eyes again, and nodded.

"Thank you, father, thank you, father..." Liu Mastiff hurriedly got up, lowered his head, and left the hall.

Empress Cai lowered her head and coaxed the child in her arms.

"Akihime... Don't be angry..."

.....

Walking out of the main hall, Liu Mastiff wiped the sweat from his forehead, and lowered his head to pat the dust on his knees.

"Ah, I'm fine, I'm fine..."

"Husband Han, that day, Shijun was a little heavy, I apologize to you for Shijun, and I hope that Husband Han will not blame..."

"Slaves don't dare."

"Husband Han, how are your injuries? Are you okay? ”

"Slave... The slave is good... Thanks a lot.. Thank you, Your Highness..."

"That's fine, I'll go to Shijun, Husband Han, take care and say goodbye!"

Looking at Liu Mastiff in the distance, Han Men stood for a long time and couldn't speak.

........

Came to the door of Yuan's mansion, Liu Mastiff was still a little afraid in his heart, he knocked on the door, after a while, an old man opened the door, Liu Mastiff hurriedly said hello, and before he asked more, the man whispered: "The captain is fine today, Fang came back from Cao Gong's mansion, his face is happy, His Royal Highness does not need to be afraid..."

Liu Mastiff breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the mansion, in the courtyard, Hua Xiong was arguing with Guan Yu about something, seeing Liu Mastiff coming, Hua Xiong laughed and asked, "Your Highness's injury is much better?" Liu Mastiff nodded awkwardly, and hurriedly greeted Guan Yu, Guan Yu nodded, Liu Mastiff is also used to it, compared to Huaxiong, Guan Yu is more indifferent, less talkative, and loves to read.

I don't know how he and Hua Xiong met and became friends.

"Where's Shijun?"

"He's a little busy, if you want to see him, wait for a while, I don't know what the Son of Heaven thinks, this decree to support the old man was drafted by Situ and Taiwei, but when it comes to the specific implementation, let the captain do it, the captain is now, working day and night for this matter, and he is going to go to Ningzhou in person in the near future, I'm afraid that he will be busy..."Hua Xiong shook his head and said.

"Well..."

Liu Mastiff also knew that Yuan Shu was still busy with the matter of support, whether the benevolent government of the Son of Heaven was good, but it was a bit expensive, and the pressure on the treasury was getting bigger and bigger, and Yuan Shu had no experience in this area before, but fortunately, there were many capable ministers under his command to help, such as Chen Gong, Mao Jue, Zhang Zhao, these people were all previously following Lu Zhi to govern everything, and with them, Yuan Shu would not be anxious.

However, if you want to complete the benevolent government implemented by the Son of Heaven, this money is still far from enough, Ningzhou, Wadao, and even with the southwest border subordinates, all need a lot of financial resources to develop, even Luoyang, also need money, now Luoyang is still expanding, everywhere is groundbreaking, Liu Mastiff sighed, I don't know what Shijun should do, tomorrow you may ask Zhuge Liang, he is so smart, maybe he also has his own ideas.

The next day, the Son of Heaven convened a court meeting.

Situ Luzhi led hundreds of officials into the palace.

There are many new faces in the DPRK, such as the reckless man sitting next to Cai Yong, such as Dong Zhuo sitting next to Jia Xu, and Sikong Yuan Shu, Huangfu Song, Huang Zhong, Du Wei behind Liu Mo, etc.

The Son of Heaven has come and is seated on the throne of the Lord.

The hundred officials greeted each other before sitting back in their respective positions.

As soon as the court discussion began, Yuan Shu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now, supporting the old and the elderly, and even developing Ningzhou, make the treasury unable to make ends meet, and there are often gaps, if it continues like this, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain..."

The Son of Heaven nodded, asked him to sit down, looked at the ministers, and asked, "Do you have a strategy for this matter?" ”

"Your Majesty!"

It was Ma Jun who stood up, Ma Jun got up and played, which really surprised the Son of Heaven, and so did the hundred officials, Ma Jun has always spoken little, and in the temple, he is rarely seen talking, why is he so anxious to play today? Ma Jun got up and said: "Your Majesty, the craftsmanship of the Han Dynasty is beyond the reach of all countries, with bronze mirrors, paper, pottery, and even swords and armor.... Far beyond the nations..."

"These items have always been needed for trade between the Han Dynasty and foreign countries... However, the minister heard that there are still a large number of raw materials that have not been mined in the foreign countries, such as copper and iron, and fine wood, and the minister thinks that if he can send craftsmen to mine foreign materials and make crafts, and then sell them here..."

"One is to save the time and cost of traveling, and the other is to increase production and open up sources..."

"You mean that I want to send men to dig up the copper and iron of the Gentiles?"

"No, you can order the kings of foreign countries to send people to excavate, we only need to send craftsmen to make them in the vicinity, and then sell them, and if you enter the Kushan and the like, you can sell them directly in the Western Regions... We may reduce the price a little, and the kings of the nations will certainly agree..."

The Son of Heaven nodded, still speechless.

Ma Jun continued: "If Your Majesty agrees, the minister can lead the craftsman to..."

"When he opened a craftsman's shop, he brought copper, and he made bronze mirrors and bronze vessels, and sold them, and he sent iron, and sold them in iron, and if it was a thing of wood, it was the same... We don't need to labor, we don't waste time, we don't spend money, we just need to make it, we can sell it, and we can get what we have with our skills. And then to sell it... Among them, if the raw materials are small countries, they don't have to spend money to buy them, and if they are Guishan and the like, they only need to reduce the price, and they can do it..."

The Son of Heaven thought about it, there is still some truth in what Ma Jun said, why don't you try it according to what he said first?

However, Ma Jun is obsessed with novelty all day long, so how can he care about such a major event as commerce and trade? Is it still the head of the Tao?

The Son of Heaven was thinking about it, and Ma Jun said: "Because of the expansion of Luoyang, the ancestor was demolished, and the minister went to pack up the relics and found a book, which was hidden in the study among the many texts, which was written by the ancestor himself, and today the minister also brought, and later, the minister personally visited and dedicated it to His Majesty...."

"Wen Rengong's book? Hahaha, good! Good! Great goodness! The Son of Heaven couldn't help but exclaim with a smile.

When the officials heard this, they suddenly realized and nodded.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a play!"

The Son of Heaven looked, but it was Dong Zhuo who got up this time, Dong Zhuo looked at the Son of Heaven and said: "The minister thinks that if the court is short of money, it will go all out to make copper coins. ”

Before the Son of Heaven could speak, one of the ministers couldn't help but laugh, the laughter was very loud and extremely harsh.

Dong Zhuo blushed, turned his head to look, it turned out to be the tall man sitting next to Cai Yong, and couldn't help laughing.

"How dare you be so rude?!!

"Ahem, General Dong is not strange..."

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

Zhang Fei got up and said to the two.

Dong Zhuo was still a little angry, and continued to ask: "You erector, you speak so loudly and disturb the temple, what crime should you be guilty of?!" ”

"Hey, you unlearned bastard, I apologize, you still don't follow, I'm really afraid of you!" Zhang Fei roared, Dong Zhuo jumped up angrily, groped his waist, couldn't find the sword, and wanted to rush towards Zhang Fei, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao on the side stopped him, Zhang Fei didn't have the slightest fear, and continued: "Copper coins can be eaten? Can you drink? ”

"Well, I can't understand it with you reckless man!"

Zhang Fei, don't look over.

The Son of Heaven held back the smile in his heart, frowned, and said, "Yide, don't be rude!" ”

Zhang Fei arched his hand and said nothing.

Cai Yong got up, looked at the Son of Heaven, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a performance, and the minister wants to impeach Guanglu Xun Yu, Xun Yu used the expansion of Luoyang to force sixty-five families to leave their homes and demolish their houses..."

The Son of Heaven didn't like Cai Yong very much, but he still listened patiently.

When Xun Yu heard this, he was furious, and hurriedly got up and defended: "Your Majesty, the minister has already paid for these people to compensate, which is enough to settle down, not to mention, if they want to expand, these houses will definitely be demolished, and the minister is acting like this for the sake of state affairs!" ”

"Hey, how about I demolish your house and give you money? How much is your home worth? ”

Zhang Fei asked.

Cai Yong looked at him with a smile, without words, his eyes were full of joy and appreciation.

Xun Yu said angrily: "This is not a private matter for me, but for the sake of state affairs!" My house is not in the place of expansion! ”

"Xun Jun, don't you want to say this, I went in person, I have seen it, you want to expand Luoyang, so you demolished most of the buildings in the west city of Luoyang, and the rest of the city walls, not moved at all, in the west city, many people, many poor people, outside the city more farmers, and the rest of the area, are high-ranking officials and nobles, Xun Jun let go of the remaining three, only to demolish here, the city wall you are planning is to list the cultivated land in Luoyang City?"

"Not really!!"

"That's going to demolish the farmland??"

"In your eyes, only the family is human??!!!!

"I... There are many old houses in the west of the city, do you know? After the demolition, the compensation is lighter, and the treasury can support it, and besides, outside the city is a plain, and it is much easier to build walls and houses than in the rest of the region..."

"Oh, I understand what Xun Jun means, in your eyes, the people's 100 houses and 10 acres of cultivated land are not as good as a room for the rich and noble, but so?"

"That's right, Xun Jun doesn't know about agriculture, I heard that the agricultural science has not been able to make such a decision to destroy agriculture, I can also understand, that is, I don't know why Si Nong Cao Gong, why don't you stop it, or have the same opinion as Xun Jun?"

Xun Yu turned around, stared at him coldly, rolled up his sleeves, and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Is Xun Jun going to use force with me?"

"Fei is a literati, and he doesn't want to use force with you..."

"But I'm not afraid, if you have this intention, pick a place to go..."