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Pingyu is a county town, and in Liu Xiu's mind, even if Pingyu is not as prosperous as Wancheng, it will not be too far behind. In fact, the situation in Pingyu City was completely different from what he imagined.

There are not as many shops in the city as Wancheng, nor are there bustling streets and markets, and some are just deserted and depressed. Even in broad daylight, there are very few pedestrians on the streets.

There are not many shops on both sides of the street, and most of them are still closed. Liu Xiu walked towards the county mansion, looking at the surrounding street scene, and he asked, "Xu Taishou." ”

"The lower official is here!" Xu Lang hurriedly urged him forward, nodded and replied.

"How many people are there in Pingyu now?" Liu Xiu asked curiously.

Xu Lang rubbed his hands and said, "There are more than 80,000 people on the record, and now ...... It is estimated that it is less than 50,000. ”

The huge county town doesn't even have 50,000 people now?

Seeing Liu Xiu frowning, Xu Lang hurriedly said: "It's not the lower officials who are here to fish and eat the people, but the imperial court...... The taxes of the imperial court were so heavy that many people could no longer live in the city and had to move elsewhere. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Lang also smiled helplessly, shook his head and said: "Xiaguan knows that the people are living in difficulty, but Xiaguan can't help it!" ”

At the end of Wang Mang's reign, the situation in Nanyang County was relatively good, and not many people were starved to death.

This was not the case here in Runan, where a widespread famine broke out, and the imperial court did not provide disaster relief, resulting in many people being starved to death, and many more people had to move away from their hometowns and migrate to other places.

As the county seat, it is far from being comparable to Wancheng, and it is not even comparable to an ordinary county town in Nanyang.

Under the sneak attack of Ma Wuyi, the Runan army was defeated in one blow, and naturally there was a reason, when it came to the war, no one was willing to work for the imperial court, and they didn't need to see the enemy, but they were all scared away when they heard the enemy's voice.

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "Now, since Pingyu belongs to the Han Dynasty, all the new and reckless taxes should be abolished......

Before he could finish his sentence, hundreds of homeless people suddenly poured out on both sides of the street, kneeling in the middle of the road one by one, and as far as the eye could see, there was a large area of black oppression.

The people cried out, "My lord, give us something to eat!" "My lord, the villain hasn't eaten a bite in three days!" "Adult ......"

So many homeless people popped up all of a sudden, blocking the way, Xu Lang's face was a little unbearable, and he shouted to the officials behind him: "What are you doing in a daze? Get out of the way! ”

The officials agreed one after another, and rushed forward in a rush to drag away all the homeless people kneeling on the road. Seeing this, Liu Xiu sighed secretly and asked, "Xu Taishou, how much grain is there in the city?" ”

"Uh...... This ......"

"Don't you have any food?" Liu Xiu raised her eyebrows and asked. In any case, Pingyu is also a county town, so it shouldn't be so poor that it has no food, right?

Xu Lang coughed dryly twice and whispered, "...... in the city There were also 200,000 stone grain in the city. ”

Liu Xiudu wondered if his ears had heard it wrong, raised his eyebrows, and asked again, "How much grain is there in the city?" ”

"II...... 200,000 stones. Xu Lang lowered his head and said with a little stammer. With 200,000 stone of grain, there are still so many hungry people in Pingyu City? Seeing that Liu Xiu's eyes had changed when he looked at him, and a terrifying light flashed in his eyes, Xu Lang's body was shocked, and he quickly explained: "Will ...... General, these grains are not counties

of the house, but ...... It's the court's! Seeing that Liu Xiu was still staring at himself intently, Xu Lang explained in detail: "Dasi...... Wang Yi and Wang Xun gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, but with so many soldiers and horses, how could there be no grain and grass? The imperial court could not supply so much grain, so,

The grain and grass needed can only be requisitioned from the counties, and the 200,000 stone of grain currently hoarded in Pingyu City is ...... It is to be transported to Wang Yi and Wang Xun. ”

It's just that before the grain raised by the Runan County Government could be transported out of the county, Wang Yi and Wang Xun had already suffered a defeat in Kunyang first, and were killed by Liu Xiu's army.

The 200,000 stone of grain could not be sent, and the Runan County Government did not dare to use it privately, so it was kept in the granary in the city.

After listening to Xu Lang's explanation, Liu Xiu's face softened a little, and said: "From now on, the county government needs to give porridge to the hungry people in the city, and the food needed will be transferred from the 200,000 stone of grain. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The lower official must personally supervise this matter! Xu Lang nodded again and again.

Liu Xiu continued to move forward, and under the guidance of Xu Lang, the group of them came to the county government.

There were dozens of large and small officials in the county government, and after Liu Xiu sat down in the center of the hall, he knelt down in a large area. Liu Xiu waved his hand to everyone and said, "Let's get up!" ”

"General Xie!" Seeing Liu Xiu's peaceful face, elegant temperament, and polite manners, the officials of the county government couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Waiting for people to stand up one after another, Liu Xiu said: "Now is the time for the imperial court to employ people, there are those who are willing to stay in the county government and serve as officials for the Han Dynasty, I welcome them, and those who are unwilling to stay and want to sue the old man to return to his hometown, I will not stop him." ”

Everyone present looked at each other, who would want to leave if they had the opportunity to continue to be officials? The people bowed their hands in unison and said, "We are willing to serve the court and serve the dogs and horses!" ”

The imperial court they are talking about now naturally does not refer to the Xinmang court, but to the newly established Han dynasty and the first court. When Liu Xiu heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and then, he changed his words and said: "However, not everyone can be an official in the Han Court, there are people who have done things that bully men and women, and fish and meat people, and now take the initiative to stand up, I can take the test."

If you refuse to take the initiative to admit it, but I find out, you will be severely punished. ”

As soon as they heard this, people subconsciously shrank their necks, not even daring to breathe, and no one was willing to stand up and confess their guilt.

Liu Xiu glanced around at everyone present, and as his gaze swept over, people lowered their heads one after another, not daring to face him.

He nodded and said with a smile, "It seems that all of you are quite confident, so very good." He didn't say anything more, turned his head to look at Xu Lang, and said, "Xu Taishou." ”

"Next...... The lower official is here! Xu Lang hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Do not delay the giving of porridge to the hungry in the city, but do it immediately. Also, I will personally check the account books and files of the county government. ”

"Both...... It's all in the treasury, the general, please! ”

Liu Xiu got up, let Xu Lang lead the way, and went straight to the warehouse.

The county officials who remained in place looked at each other and whispered. They felt that Liu Xiu was just thundering loudly and raining little.

If you want to say that you want to lead the army to fight, Liu Xiu is indeed very powerful, very comparable, but for government affairs, he can't be the same, right?

Liu Xiu was led to the warehouse by Xu Lang, where there was a lot of space, and several large bookshelves were placed, and each grid was full of bamboo slips. Xu Lang said: "General, the account books and files of the county government are here!" ”

After a general look, Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Xu Taishou is going to be busy, I'll just take a look here." ”

"Yes! Checkmate! Xu Lang bowed his hand and withdrew from the warehouse.

After he left, Liu Xiu said to Long Yuan beside him: "Go and find the second situation." ”

After a short time, Choshi walked into the warehouse and said to Liu Xiu: "Lord! ”

"In the second case, I will send people to investigate the officials of the county government, I want to know their character, and I also need to know their political achievements during their tenure as officials." Liu Xiu said in an accentuated tone: "Everyone." ”

Choshi glanced at Liu Xiu, bowed down, and said, "My subordinates will start to investigate." ”

"Hmm." Seeing Liu Xiu nodding, Choshi turned around and left.

Now that Pingyu has been recovered by the Han army, it is impossible for Liu Xiu to continue to serve as those officials who are evil on weekdays, which is related to the issue of people's aspirations.

If what was the peace of the public in the past, and what is the peace of the future is still like in the future, then why should the people support the Han family?

Since the officials in the county government are holding on to luck and are unwilling to take the initiative to be honest, Liu Xiu can only use his own way to secretly investigate. What he said to the county government officials just now was not just casual talk.

If someone is willing to take the initiative to admit his fault, he will indeed deal with it lightly, or even not deal with it, and only give a warning, but if he finds out the problem, he will definitely not spare it.

On the day when the Han army occupied Pingyu, the county government held a large-scale soup kitchen in the city, which also made the people in Pingyu really feel the difference after the change of dynasty.

In the afternoon of the same day, the scholars in Pingyu City came to visit Liu Xiu.

Their visit was not only to probe Liu Xiu's tone, to see what measures the Han army would implement in Pingyu, and whether it would affect their interests, and secondly, to curry favor with Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu's attitude towards the scholars, as always, is still based on gentleness and appeasement, of course, he also needs the scholars to give him real support, such as donating food, money, and people.

However, Liu Xiu's request is usually not too excessive, and it can be easily accepted by all scholars.

For Liu Xiu, the scholars were full of praise, feeling that Liu Xiu neither used force to threaten them, take advantage of them, nor did he have any arrogance, he was very approachable, and treated them politely. This is completely different from another Liu Sheng of the Liu clan. The cities captured by Liu Shengbu were the first to suffer from the local scholars, who were wantonly looted by him, and even the wives and daughters of the scholars had to occupy them, and there were also some Liu clans of the same clan.

to be able to survive.

Compared with the two, Liu Xiu is much stronger than Liu Sheng.

The day after the Han army captured Pingyu, Liu Xiu sent Ma Wu, Gai Yan, Feng Yi, and Fu Jun to lead his troops south.

Ma Wu and Gai Yan led 2,000 soldiers and horses to attack Liyang, and Feng Yi and Fu Jun led 2,000 soldiers and horses to attack Zaocheng.

Both Liyang and Zaocheng are located in the south of Pingyu and the north of Xincai. At present, Xincai has been captured by Liu Shengbu, in order to prevent Liu Shengbu from continuing to expand northward and further expand its strength, Liu Xiu decided to preemptively attack Qiyang and Zaocheng.

Regarding Liu Xiubu's movements, Liu Sheng was naturally very dissatisfied. He hoped that Liu Xiu's fight to Pingyu would end here, and all the places south of Pingyu would belong to him.

And Liu Xiu's current approach undoubtedly touches Liu Sheng's fundamental interests, and makes Liu Sheng hate Liu Sheng so much that the roots of his teeth itch. But if he wants to turn his face with Liu Xiu and fight against him with real swords and guns, he really doesn't have the guts, not to mention that he doesn't, even Yan You and Chen Mao, who took refuge in him.