By the time Rong County lifted the siege, Xiang Ao had already surrounded Mrs. Fan's city with a large army at this time, except for most of the Qiang soldiers and horses, there were many Xiliang Han troops among them.

During the period of Emperor Chuanwu, in order to eradicate the threat of the north, there was a Han general to build a walled city, after the Huns came to attack, will die in battle, Mrs. Fan, led the troops to resist desperately, so it was named Mrs. Fan City. At that time, there was no backup, and it was unknown whether the whole army would be wiped out, but the bloody nature of the Han family really made Hu Ma hesitate!

At this time, although Xiang Ao was a soldier in the city of Mrs. Fan, he could not stop Xiang Ao from respecting Mrs. Fan. It is also placed outside the city to pay tribute to Mrs. Fan and remember the ancestors. After Xiang Ao's practice was introduced to the city, although Bian Jing and others did not have much thought about Xiang Ao's move, there were still unknown descendants of Mrs. Fan in the city, and they were relieved to see that there were people from the Han Dynasty and to respect their ancestors so much.

When the city was first established, the Han generals did not carry any wood with the army, so the walls and most of the buildings in the city were mostly mixed with civil engineering, and there were many houses made of stones. In particular, the city wall took a lot of manpower to pile up with huge stones, which made it extremely difficult for Lady Fan City to be breached. Therefore, although Xiang Ao surrounded Mrs. Fan City at this time, he was like a turtle with his head and feet retracted, and he had no way to start.

"Master mother, the rebels in Rong County have all been ambushed!"

"The chief actor doesn't have to be polite!" Cai Yan raised his hands and said: "The husband trusts the chief of the drama, and the chief of the military affairs in the palace should make his own decisions." The concubine is only a woman, and she doesn't understand government affairs or military affairs. Cai Yan looked at the two of them below, Xi Zhong and Passport, and sighed a little in his heart.

Since marrying Xiang Ao, Cai Yan has begun to know how to help Xiang Ao stabilize the rear. It is not only necessary to make the people more respectful of Xiang Ao, but also to make the palace loyal to the generals and generals.

"Now that the lord is out to discuss, the affairs in the house should be reported to the master mother, and the master mother will decide, and I hope the master mother will bother more!" Hu Zhao also bowed and advised Cai Yan.

"In the past, when the husband went out to discuss, all matters in the Northern Regions were taken care of by the two chiefs. Before the husband left, he did not tell the concubine to do anything, and the two chiefs only needed to decide the affairs of the palace as usual, but the concubine was not suitable to participate in political affairs. "Cai Yan is a strange woman, although she has never been an official, she is only a good rule.

Hu Zhao and Xi Zhong glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of relief. In order to show their loyalty and respect for Xiang Ao and Cai Yan, even if Cai Yan said so, the two would come to Cai Yan every day to report to Cai Yan about the big and small things in the mansion.

A few months after marriage, Cai Yan did not live in the boudoir every day like an ordinary woman, but often took Xiaoya and her general's palace guards to visit the counties and counties in the northern regions, and helped the people everywhere in the name of Xiang Ao on the way.

Cai Yan is already beautiful, has a gentle temperament, and is kind at heart. The various things done in the Northern Regions made the people respect Xiang Ao more, and at the same time, they respected Cai Yan, the wife of the General's Mansion. The decrees of the General's Mansion were already beneficial to the people, and the occasional refugees who defected to the Central Plains told about the hardships of the people in the Central Plains, and the people living in the Northern Regions felt more peaceful and had a greater sense of belonging to the Northern Regions.

"Mastermother, can the matter of improving farming mentioned by Ma Bocao be approved?"

"Ma Bocao has followed her husband for many years, and she is good at research and development, and Hu Chang can discuss with her about improving farming, if it is feasible, she will definitely agree to it!"

"No!"

Hu Zhao received the order, made a brief record on the book, and continued to look down to see if there was anything important to inform Cai Yan.

"Master's mother, about the matter of Tuntian that the lord talked about before leaving, I don't know what will happen after that!" Xi Zhong also raised a question that needed to be discussed: "In the past, my northern region recruited soldiers many times, and then dismissed and left only more than 10,000 elite soldiers. But at this time, there were more than 50,000 people in the counties and counties, and Zhong was worried that if there were too many people, he would be slandered by the court! ”

"So many?" Cai Yan was also shocked, for several months, Cai Yan still learned a lot of military and political things, according to Cai Yan's opinion, if there were so many Tuntian soldiers, coupled with Xiang Ao's prestige in the Northern Regions, wouldn't he be able to pull up nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in an instant? If someone in the court sues, then it will be fine.

"Rong County is building a new village at this time, and the husband has mentioned before that he wants to try to build a new city outside the city. The concubine thought that it was possible to temporarily send the people who were redundant to the two places to take a reprie, what did Chief Hu think? ”

"Lord Mother Shengming!" Hu Zhaozuo bowed and said: "For the time being, send the extra people to the frontier to build a city, even if the court has objections, we can shirk a little, and then set up other laws after the lord returns." ”

The three of them talked about the future plans of the Northern Regions in a few words. said that it was three people, but in fact, Hu Zhao and Xi Zhong discussed it in front of Cai Yan, so as not to be criticized for their rights in the future.

Of course, Cai Yan also knew the reason, so he had the patience to discuss political affairs with the two many times, and Xiaoya was also on the side, so Hu Zhao and Xi Zhong were a lot more relieved. The two of them didn't plan to become famous and indifferent to fame and fortune, but now that Xiang Ao's power is getting bigger and bigger, the two of them will avoid possible problems in the future as soon as possible.

In addition to patiently listening to the so-called reports of Hu Zhao and Xizhong every day, Cai Yan does more to talk to the baby in his belly. Less than a full moon after Xiang Ao left, Cai Yan was discovered by Hua Tuo to be pregnant. Cai Yan did not send anyone to inform Xiang Ao in order not to disturb Xiang Ao's expedition. But all the henchmen of the General's Mansion already knew about it, and everyone was happy.

Xiang Ao has no background, let alone a big family with a big business, and everything in the Northern Regions is all fought by Xiang Ao himself. If Xiang Ao really had an accident, the Northern Regions might even fall apart. And now that Cai Yan is pregnant, he can give a group of civil servants and generals a backbone.

Since I learned that Cai Yan was happy, the people who were most interested were Jiang Yan and Xiaoya. is the so-called love house and Wu, the two have deep feelings for Xiang Ao, Xiaoya likes Xiang Ao, and everyone in the General's Mansion is a clear-eyed person, you can see it. For the people or things that Xiang Ao cared about, Xiaoya was nervous. Xiaoya also let go of the idea of becoming a female general in her heart, and accompanied Cai Yan every day to ensure Cai Yan's safety.

And Jiang Yan, after losing his dear Jiang Yao'er, has always regarded Cai Yan as his biological sister. After learning about her pregnancy, she sent several of the most powerful guards around her back to Wuyuan to protect Cai Yan day and night.

Cai Yan also refused many times, but the two did not say that they had to obey the order of the so-called master mother in this matter, and they did not let go. Hu Zhao, Xi Zhong and others also very much agreed with Jiang Yan's approach, and even acquiesced in this matter.

Cai Yan was helpless, and finally had to follow. However, his heart was also full of emotion, even if his father was far away in Luoyang, and Xiang Ao was away for a long time, Cai Yan did not feel lonely.

And Cai Yan's state of helping Xiang Ao deal with political affairs was inadvertently spread, which made the people of the Northern Regions respect Cai Yan as much as Xiang Ao, and prayed for Cai Yan at home every day.

At the end of April of the second year of Zhongping, in addition to the peasant rebels who were forced to revolt everywhere, hailstorms that were rare in a century fell in many places in Dahan, killing and wounding countless people, and destroying countless crops that had just sprouted. Liu Hong ordered the people to be peaceful, and even took out a lot of money to relieve the disaster. However, the greed of officials and families in various places has made innocent people miserable, and even terrorist remarks about eating human flesh have been heard in many places.

The Northern Regions are located in the northern Xinjiang, and the hail disaster did not affect too much, but Fa Cao Geng Shou has reported that there will still be a major drought in most counties of the Han Dynasty this year, and the Northern Regions cannot avoid it. For this reason, Cai Yan ordered Hu Zhao and Xi Zhong to make proper arrangements for this matter, and they must not let the Northern Regions fall into famine.

Even if Cai Yan didn't give orders, Hu Zhao knew how to deal with it. In particular, Ma Jun's ability is the most important thing. If Ma Jun had made new progress in improving the irrigation system, the drought would not have been a catastrophe in the northern region.

For such a catastrophe, although Liu Hong sent people to provide disaster relief, he managed layers of exploitation, and very few of them could really reach the hands of the people. And Liu Hong was furious in the harem after the news from the royal secret guards, if Liu Hong still has the power of life and death, it is estimated that many managers will fall to the ground. It's a pity that the family is shielded, the eunuchs are in power, and many of Liu Hong's edicts have not been passed out of Luoyang, even if they are spread out of Luoyang, how many officials can implement them with their hearts?

"Your Majesty, such a eunuch and such a family are really hateful!" The man in black beside Liu Hong gritted his teeth and said.

"What about hate?" Liu Hong's tone was extremely decadent. The angry Liu Hong kept walking back and forth in the apse, and said in an extremely impatient mood: "Since I don't give the people a way to live, and I don't give the royal family surnamed Liu face, I will let them also taste the taste of the world is really disrupted!" ”

"Your Majesty!" The man in black exclaimed, knowing that Liu Hong was going to faint again.

"Someone!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Zhang Qing, quickly pass on my edict." Liu Hong's face changed slightly: "In addition to the taxes and timber increased by repairing the Nangong before the year, I want to cast twelve bronze men, suppress the luck of the Han Dynasty, and seek life for the people!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang was shocked in his heart, although Zhang Rang was greedy for money and power, but only what would happen to the people after the tax was too heavy. Before advising Liu Hong to repair Nangong, in order to make money. But if the people are too much to pay taxes today, if they increase the taxes again, I'm afraid...

"Why don't you go and get my pen and paper and jade seal, what are you doing kneeling here?" Liu Hong glared angrily and didn't let Zhang Rang say more.

"No!" Zhang Rang had no choice but to take the order and leave.

The next day, Liu Hong passed the edict to the world, saying that the national fortune is not good, every year of natural disasters, the court wants to cast twelve bronze people in Luoyang to suppress the luck of the Han Dynasty, as the people of the Han Dynasty, whether it is the people, the strong or the family, all according to the head of the family tax, no less.

As soon as this edict came out, not only the people were panicked, but even the family did not know what Liu Hong meant, and the party members in the DPRK and China even detained the matter on the heads of the eunuchs, and the voice of killing the eunuchs in the court became more and more serious.

It's not that Liu Hong doesn't want to kill, but he doesn't dare to kill in this situation, the eunuch is supported by Liu Hong to deal with his relatives and party members, if the eunuch is killed, Liu Hong's imperial power will be more difficult to grasp.