Chapter 649: Expedition to Wei County
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Guo Shengtong had a good relationship with Xu Xiling before, and even Xu Xiling's official position was personally recommended by her.
So much so that she always thought that Xu Xiling's superiority was completely stepping on her shoulders and treating herself as a stepping stone, and it was precisely because of this idea that she was extremely disgusted with Xu Xiling.
This time, Liu Xiu drove to Wei County in person, but after all, he didn't bring Guo Shengtong, and the people he brought were Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling.
From Luoyang to Wei County, you have to go through Hanoi.
In the past, the Hanoi area was rampant with thieves and abandoned farmland, but now after the governance of Kou, the Hanoi area has been renewed, and now Hanoi County is also the largest granary of the Luoyang court.
The changes in Hanoi are especially obvious to Liu Xiu. Sitting in the carriage, he lifted the curtain, looked at the fields on the side of the road, and smiled at Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling, who were also in the car: "Back then, most of the cultivated land in Hanoi had been abandoned, but now, looking lush, crops have finally grown again
It's all the work of Ziyi! ”
Xu Xiling said with a smile: "The concubine still remembers that when His Majesty went to Hebei, he took this road, and at that time, there were thieves and natural disasters in Hanoi, and the people were miserable!" ”
Yin Lihua also looked at the fields outside the car window, looked at the green crops, and said, "The crops in Hanoi are growing so well!" Liu Xiu said with a smile: "The land in Hanoi is fertile, the rain is abundant, as long as there are no natural disasters and no man-made disasters, there will be a bumper harvest every year, so it is not a real skill to plant crops well in Hanoi, and when there is a great drought in Nanyang, you can still plant crops."
Okay, that's the real thing! ”
Speaking of this, Liu Xiu not only felt blushing, but also showed a smug look. When Xu Xiling heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, Yin Lihua was also amused by Liu Xiu's stinky fart, but she also had to admit that Liu Xiu's words were really not exaggerated, when the drought in Nanyang occurred, other people's crops either dried up or grew
Not good, only Liu Xiu's crops are growing vigorously and the harvest is good.
In terms of farming ability, Liu Xiu has two brushes.
Yin Lihua suddenly thought of something, looked at Liu Xiu, and asked, "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Kou Taishou is going to Yingchuan to take up a post?" ”
Seeing Liu Xiu nodded, Yin Lihua asked puzzledly: "Since Kou Taishou has governed Hanoi so well, why don't you let Kou Taishou continue to stay in Hanoi and transfer him to Yingchuan?" ”
Liu Xiu smiled and said, "It's not that I want to transfer Ziyi to Yingchuan, but Ziyi himself proposed that he didn't want to be too shou in Hanoi." Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling both showed puzzled expressions, Liu Xiu explained: "Ziyi is in Hanoi, not only is he excellent in governance, he is a thief, but at the beginning, he also thwarted Su Mao and Jia Qiang's sneak attack
Xun, the prestige is so high, I am afraid that no one can match it, many thieves in the Hanoi area, all admire Ziyi's reputation, and take the initiative to give up against the imperial court, dismiss the troops, and disarm and return to the field. After a pause, Liu Xiu said again: "As a courtier, if the prestige of a place is higher than that of the Son of Heaven, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, and I am afraid that it will arouse the jealousy of the Son of Heaven.
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So that's it! After listening to Liu Xiu's analysis, Yin Lihua and Xu Xiling were able to figure out what Kou Xie was thinking. Yin Lihua couldn't help but admire: "Kou Taishou, a true gentleman!" ”
Xu Xiling shook his head disapprovingly, and said: "Kou Taishou's avoidance of suspicion, isn't it that he doesn't understand His Majesty and mistakenly regards His Majesty as a jealous and jealous person?" ”
Yin Lihua disagreed with Xu Xiling's statement, and said: "When you avoid suspicion, you should avoid suspicion, this is the way to be a minister." Avoiding unnecessary suspicion is not only to protect oneself, but also to think about His Majesty. ”
Liu Xiu listened carefully, thought about it carefully, and felt that it was not unreasonable. Originally, he also agreed with Xu Xiling's statement, thinking that Kou Sui didn't know him too well, but after listening to Yin Lihua's words, he had a new understanding of Kou Xun.
While they were talking, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside the carriage, and Liu Xiu turned his eyes to see that it was Kou Zhang urging the horses to come.
Kou Zhang is Kou Sui's own nephew, in his early twenties, born with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, dignified appearance, and now riding a war horse, wearing armor, burqa and belt, and wearing a red coat on his back, he looks even more heroic and outstanding.
He intervened on the horse and said, "Your Majesty, are we going to Huaixian, or are we going to Wude?" ”
Huai County is the county seat of Hanoi, but to go to Huai County, you have to go far away. Liu Xiu thought for a while and said, "Go to Wude." ”
"Yes! Your Majesty! Kou Zhang first agreed, then raised his eyes to look at the sky, and said: "Your Majesty, if you go to Wude, I'm afraid you may not be able to enter the city before dark." ”
"It doesn't matter." Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "You can camp and rest in the wilderness." ”
"Wechen obeys!" Kou Zhang intervened in the order and turned his horse away.
Yin Lihua looked at the back of Kou Zhang riding away, and said with a smile: "The tiger father has no dogs, and this nephew of Kou Taishou is also young and promising. ”
Liu Xiu smiled on his back, nodded in agreement, and said: "Kou Zhang and Gu Chong, both of whom are strong in martial arts and good at riding and shooting, are rare generals!" ”
Yin Lihua said with a smile: "Your Majesty appointed the two of them to accompany the expedition this time, and it was also intended to appease Kou Taishou, right?" ”
Liu Xiu laughed again, took Yin Lihua's hand, walked back, hugged her in her arms, and said with a smile: "Lihua still understands being a husband!" ”
Yin Lihuayu's face was flushed, and she looked at Xu Xiling embarrassedly, while the latter twisted her head to the side and looked out the window. Seeing this, Liu Xiu suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Xu Xiling over.
To make a long story short, Liu Xiu's 20,000 Han troops went to Wude, Huojia, and Ji counties, and then entered Wei County from Chaoge.
Kou Sui governed Hanoi very well, and Wei County under the Cho period was also excellent. In the past, Wei County was even more miserable and desolate than Hanoi, with ten villages and nine empty villages, and starvation everywhere.
However, Wei County has now undergone earth-shaking changes, not only replanting the previously abandoned arable land, but also reclaiming a lot of wasteland, and the population has also skyrocketed.
The reason for this is very simple, Choshi period to the imperial court, ask the imperial court to allow Wei County to implement thirty taxes. Thirty taxes means that the annual tax of the peasants of Fanwei County is one-thirtieth of the total harvest.
This was extremely rare at the time, and even in the past, when the Han Dynasty was in its heyday, the implementation of thirty taxes was very rare. Liu Bang once implemented the fifteen tax one for a period of time, but in order to raise money to fight Xiang Yu, it was later changed to ten tax one.
After Liu Bang's death, when he arrived at Emperor Hui, it was changed to fifteen taxes and one one. After the governance of the two emperors Gaozu and Emperor Hui, the world was settled, the country was peaceful and peaceful, and when it came to Emperor Jing, thirty taxes were implemented, but it was only implemented for two years.
Now Wei County implements thirty taxes and one one, and people from all over the country have heard the news. When the world is in turmoil, the most important thing is the homeless, Wei County implements such a good policy, how can it not attract people to come?
Liu Xiu's agreement to implement the thirty tax one in Wei County is equivalent to making a bloody investment in Wei County, which is to revitalize Wei County and add another big granary to the imperial court.
He has already smashed the capital into it, and he is about to see results, but at this time, the five school armies are making trouble in Wei County again, how can Liu Xiu tolerate it?
After the Han army led by Liu Xiu entered Wei County, it went north along the Qing River and went straight to Huangze Lake, where the five school armies gathered.
Upon learning the news of Liu Xiu's entry into Wei County, Cho Qi recruited and assembled the county army in Yecheng to form a force of 2,000 soldiers and horses to cooperate with Liu Xiu in the battle.
Liu Xiu's army was from south to north, and Cho's army was from north to south, and the two armies converged in the southwest of Huangze Lake.
The Han army camp, the Chinese army tent. With excitement and excitement on his face, Choshi strode in from the outside.
Entering the Zhongjun tent and seeing Liu Xiu sitting in the center, Cho took a deep breath, bowed his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" Liu Xiu got up, bypassed the handsome case, walked to the front of Choshi, looked him up and down, and then patted his arm vigorously, laughing and said, "The second situation hasn't changed at all, it's still the same!" I thought that I had done too much and enjoyed the blessings
, the body should also follow the blessing! ”
Choshi is one of the first confidants to follow Liu Xiu, and the relationship is too familiar, in front of Choshi, Liu Xiu has no scruples when he speaks, and he can also joke with him at will.
After such a long time, the two monarchs and ministers saw each other again, and Choshi was both excited and a little sad in his heart.
However, Liu Xiu's joke was all washed away. He said happily: "Your Majesty, although Weichen is a Taishou in Yecheng, but his martial arts have never been thrown down, every morning, Weichen has to fight two sets of boxing and practice a set of guns!" ”
Liu Xiu stroked his palm and smiled: "Very good, very good!" ”
Choshi sighed: "Your Majesty came to Wei County in person, and it was all the fault of Wei Chen!" ”
Liu Xiu looked at him puzzled. Choshi explained: "If it weren't for the incompetence of the ministers, how could they bother His Majesty to drive the expedition in person!" ”
"Huh?" Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "The five schools and Liu Yong secretly colluded, and now with Liu Yong's support, Yu Wei County has revived, this is not a matter of Wei County, let alone Wei County!" ”
Choshi said: "Liu Yongzhen is my henchman! ”
Liu Xiu said: "I have ordered Juqing to lead the army to conquer Suiyang, even if Juqing can't defeat Suiyang, at least Liu Yong can take care of himself!" ”
Choshi said thoughtfully: "Liu Yong's forces seem to be strong, but in fact they are not stable internally, Juqing led the army to the east this time, and Weichen thinks that our army has a great chance of winning!" ”
On the battlefield, Gai Yan can be called a fierce general, but he is not a brave and reckless man, in the eyes of the Cho period, Gai Yan's ability to lead the army to fight is by no means below him.
Liu Xiu smiled, patted Cho Qi's arm again, and then raised his hand to Kou Zhang and Gu Chong, and said, "This is Ziyi's nephew, Kou Zhang, this is Ziyi's nephew, Gu Chong!" ”
Hearing His Majesty mention himself, Kou Zhang and Gu Chong immediately stepped forward, bowed to Cho Chi, and said, "The last general, Kou Zhang (Gu Chong), see Yao Taishou!" ”
The two of them were thunderous about the Daimyo of the Choshi period, and when they pursued the Bronze Horse Army during the Choshi period, entered Yanzhou, and fought against the Bronze Horse Army alone, it can be said that they were powerful in Yanzhou and became famous in a battle.
Choshi looked at Kou Zhang and Gu Chong with a smile, nodded, and praised: "Not bad!" Kou Taishou is the best among people, and you two should take Kou Taishou as an example! ”
"The last general will remember Yao Taishou's teachings!"
Liu Xiu changed his words and said: "Second situation, let's talk about the current situation of the five school army!" ”
Choshi's face turned straight and said: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Fifth School Army is close to 20,000, and it often haunts the areas of Neihuang and Fanyang, and the local villages and towns are frequently attacked and harassed. Liu Xiu was silent for a moment and asked, "Who is the leader of this five-school army?" ”