Compared with the calm of the Northern Regions, the world has seen chaos again.

In February of the second year of Zhongping, on the way to Xiang Ao's return to Wuyuan, Luoyang went to the water, and the Nangong was destroyed in a fire. The overwhelmed people, followed by Zhang Jiao, raised troops against the Han Dynasty, west and Yizhou, south to Jiaozhi; In the Central Plains, there are dozens of rebel armies such as Shanshan and Huanglong, with 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers in the big ones and 6 or 7,000 in the small ones. The Yellow Turban Army in Houqingzhou exceeded one million, and the Black Mountain Army also numbered to one million. The rebel army attacked the county and killed the officials, and the momentum was huge, one after another, forming a trend of burning the prairies.

Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Yan united to rebel, and united with the rebel leaders Sun Qing, Wang Dang, Du Chang, Yu Poison, Bai Huan, Zhenggu, Tao Sheng, etc., who gathered millions of people and scattered them in Jizhou, Dongjun, Hedong, Hanoi and other places, called the Black Mountain Army.

There were rebellions in the rest of the states and counties, except for the so-called million Montenegrin soldiers who could not break through it for the time being, and ignored it, the Yellow Turbans in the rest of the states and counties ordered all localities to defend and quell the rebellion. It's mid-March, and the rest of the rebels can still be put in place. It's just that the Montenegrin Army really annoyed the imperial court, and the leader of the Montenegrin Army, Zhang Niujiao, raised troops to attack Julu County to treat the gall Tao, unfortunately lost and died, and before he died, he ordered his subordinates to elect Chu Feiyan as the leader, and Chu Feiyan changed his name to Zhang Yan.

Montenegro was heavy, the imperial treasury was empty, and it was temporarily unable to exterminate the Montenegrin army, so in the end Zhang Yan had to appoint Zhang Yan as the general of the middle of the peace and appease. Fortunately, Zhang Yan accepted the reward from the imperial court and called himself Hanchen.

"Your Majesty, the South Palace has been destroyed and the treasury is empty, please also ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to collect civil taxes and rebuild the South Palace."

Today's court discussions all revolve around the burning of the South Palace. Some ministers were held accountable, and some ministers were appointed to important positions before others. After that, the eunuch party proposed the reconstruction of the South Palace. Zhang Rang even proposed to increase the civil tax to replenish the national treasury.

"Your Majesty, you can't, the rebels were only pacified a year ago, and in recent years, there have been many natural disasters, and the people have been unbearable, if you continue to increase the people's taxes and fees at this time, I am afraid that the world will not be at peace!" Taiwei Yang Ci was frightened and shouted for advice.

"Humph! The yellow scarf has been flattened, the world is Langlang, why is it uneasy? Zhang Rang saw that Yang Ci objected, so he jumped out to refute Yang Ci.

"You are treacherous, blinding the eyes and ears, and it is really a scourge of the world!" Yang Ci shouted angrily: "Please also ask Your Majesty to be a virtuous minister, a far villain, and a Han dynasty to be clear!" ”

"Don't lie to the captain, we are all Your Majesty's courtiers, and everything we think and do is for Your Majesty and for the sake of the Han. Taiwei ruined our reputation so much, please let Your Majesty know it! ”

"All the ministers are working for the benefit of the big man, and there is no need to quarrel." Liu Hong didn't care and said: "As for the reconstruction of Nangong, the matter is temporarily handed over to Zhang Qing to deal with, after all, the treasury is empty, and the major families in the world are also poisoned by the Yellow Turban, and they have no money to fund the imperial court, and I can understand it." ”

"What do you think?"

Since there were people in the court who objected, Liu Hong said that it was okay to oppose it, and he would give it to the court to fill the treasury with the value of you. Since you are unwilling to donate money to the imperial court, what does it mean to oppose the collection of civil taxes?

Most of the ministers of the DPRK and China lowered their heads, unwilling to look at Liu Hong. Fortunately, Cai Yong and others were arranged for a long time to write history and other literary and ink matters outside the Weiyang Palace, otherwise I am afraid that this matter will cause some trouble to Xiang Ao.

After retiring from the dynasty, Liu Hong returned to the harem in frustration, looking for the beauties in the palace to vent his depression.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the opinions of Nazhang Changshou and others will disturb the world and make the people rebel again, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

"I know!" Liu Hong ignored the words of the black-clothed man behind him and said: "The rivers and mountains of the Han Dynasty have long been decayed, and the rights of the eunuchs and relatives of the court can only be balanced, hey..."

"Your Majesty, is there a way to recruit the hussar general to return to the court? Chen Jue's hussar general Xiang Ao will definitely be able to break this game! ”

"Why don't I want to? But now the court is already too chaotic, if I recruit Feng Yuan to return to the court, I am afraid that the situation will be more difficult to control, and I will be even more powerless. ”

"Since there are thieves who want to cholera the world, I will help them, maybe like Emperor Wu and then stand up, maybe it will be easier to govern." Liu Hong was a little excited in his heart, but he was also a little worried: "It's easy to say, I don't know how many people in the world are looking forward to the collapse of the Han Dynasty, but this thing, I don't know if Xiang Ao alone can complete it." ”

"There is also the secret investigation of Xiang Ao and the Northern Regions, I don't want to help the Northern Regions rise out of my control after they get out of my control."

"No!"

Hum! Isn't the world just in chaos? In this case, I will add fuel to the fire, and I will see how you will deal with it.

So Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the world, in addition to the normal rent, the mu tax of ten yuan to help repair the palace. He also issued an edict to the state and county timber and stone, and transported the Beijing division, and the eunuchs were traitors from it, and the assassins and Taishou increased their private tunes, so that the people were even more resentful. Liu Hong even ordered his subordinates to build a Wanjin Hall in the West Garden, and moved the state property and money hidden by Si Nong into the hall for private storage.

Soon, Liu Hong bought land in Hejian County, and the temple was in Yudi, and he was afraid that the money would not be exhausted. The people who were originally hungry and cold were even more miserable, and there were more refugees in the world than before the Yellow Turbans.

"My lord, the tax increase requested by the imperial court has been raised. It's just that there are few mountains and forests in the northern region, and there is no timber cutting, but it takes a lot of money to get it together. Hu Zhao said unwillingly. The beginning of the year was the busy time of spring ploughing, and Liu Hong's mediocre decree was disgusted for a long time, which made the people under his rule extremely dissatisfied.

If it weren't for Xiang Ao's previous decrees, many people in the Northern Regions would have surpluses, and the Northern Regions, which had finally been stable, would have to change chaos for a while.

"Hey... The court is treacherous, and the saint is blinded, and he is even more favored by His Majesty, and the people of my Han are also suffering! ”

"The lord and Kong Ming don't need to worry, although the people donated a lot of money for no reason, but the lord did not let the people bear the timber, which reduced the burden on the people a lot, and the people of the northern region of my country are even more grateful to the lord. In this way, it will be easier to manage the Northern Regions in the future. ”

"That's all there is to it!" Hu Zhao replied with a slight resentment.

"Lord, if you are erosive today, your name is boring, but my northern region is peaceful. In addition, the reputation of the lord has spread all over the world, and there will be many refugees to vote in the future, and I hope that the lord will prepare early! ”

"That's nature!" Xiang Ao said without worry.

Nowadays, although the northern region is not as rich as Hebei, Henan, Xu and other prefectures, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the stable situation is extremely conducive to both the economy and the military of the northern region.

Because Xiang Ao's position was moved, Xiang Ao replanned the entire Northern Regions, and the positions involved covered almost the entire Northern Regions.

Xiang Ao himself doesn't need to say much, as the head of the Northern Regions, he leads the hussar generals to open the government. ordered Hu Zhao to be the left chief of the General's Mansion and concurrently serve as the post of Wuyuan Taishou; Fate Xi Zhong is the right chief official and concurrently serves as the general of the military division; Jiang Yan was ordered to serve as the Taishou of the county (including the two counties north of Yanmen) and concurrently serve as Dongcao, and supervise the army in the city.

ordered Jiang Zhuo to be Shuofang (Rong County has been included) Taishou and Xicao; ordered Gao Shun not to drive, patrol the counties, and temporarily stationed in the surrendered city; ordered Ma Jun to engage in Bo Cao's work and supervise grain and money affairs; still ordered Luan He to be the Taishou in the clouds.

Because Zhao Yun, Zhang He and others pacified the Yellow Turban with the army, the imperial court was awarded the title of Herong Protector and Prisoner Protector Six-Rank Miscellaneous General. Gao Shun was also worshipped as the general of Wupinpi, and his name was far away. Xiang Ao did not canonize Zhao Yun for the time being, and ordered him to practice the new 'Feather Killing' with all his might; And Zhang He Xiang Ao also attached great importance to it, and let him temporarily take on behalf of Bing Cao.

As for Jiao Meng, who had followed Xiang Ao for a long time, whether it was training or marching, he was walking with 5,000 personal guards, so he was the commander of the escort army and temporarily led the prison army. Jiang Lu does not have any position, he is responsible for the intelligence affairs of the entire Northern Regions, and he is still only responsible for Xiang Ao.

As for Jiao Meng's elder brother Jiao Jing, he was arranged to study beside Hu Zhao and deal with diplomatic affairs in the Northern Regions.

As for Zhao Yun's so-called 'new feather killing', it was because Zhao Yun was too upright and unfit for the 'feather killing aura', just leading the 'feather killing' two battles made Zhao Yun have a slight dark illness, if Hua Tuo hadn't found out early, Zhao Yun would probably have been destroyed by the 'feather killing'.

Xiang Ao had no choice but to re-recruit 5,000 good riders and hand them over to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun followed the training method taught by Xiang Ao to create a different type of army suitable for Zhao Yun. Xiang Ao is looking forward to this matter the most, and will go to the military camp to inquire about the progress every day.

When Xiang Ao got married, the most unhappy thing was the returning little girl. Even passing by the General's Mansion at night, I heard that there was a very clear sound of erosion in the house, and Xiaoya was shy and angry. Since Xiang Ao's wedding, Xiaoya has rarely adhered to Xiang Ao as in the past, and trained the remaining hundreds of female soldiers like crazy.

"My lord, is it really useful to mix such a common lime with this volcanic ash? Jun has modulated many proportions of the formula, but has not yet found that this thing is stronger than the rock after solidification as the lord said! Ma Jun picked up the object above the ground and smashed it on the ground with a little force, splitting into several pieces in an instant.

"But the clods of earth are not bad, much harder than the lime mixture. It is really not enough for the construction of city walls, but it should be enough for civil use! Ma Jun picked up the freshly fired cube on the ground and weighed it in his hand.

"The burned blocks were originally intended for civilian use." Xiang Ao also said with a contemplative face: "But I still have to work hard to Deheng, and try more lime mixtures, which can be of great use in the future." If the proportion has been tried a lot, Deheng sent someone to see if there was anything that could be added to mix again? ”

"Jun will go to the ancestral classics and look through them to see if there is a solution." Ma Jun thought intently, and walked out of the workshop as he spoke. Seeing Ma Jun like this, Xiang Ao shook his head with a wry smile. So Ma Jun, it's... It's so cute!

At a time when the Northern Regions were developing steadily, in the south of Zhuo Evil Mountain in the old domain of Western Xianbei, tens of thousands of people were attacking the city of Lady Fan occupied by Western Xianbei, and they didn't know what they wanted. Judging by its appearance, most of them are Qiang people, and there are also a few Huns accompanying them.

The strange thing is that a group of Han merchants outside the city did not move much, and both the Xianbei and Qiang people were as if they had never seen it. This group of merchants has been going back and forth between Bingzhou and Xianbei and Liangzhou for many years, and many Qiang people and Xianbei are familiar with it, even if Xianbei and Qiang people fight each other, they will not easily move the Han caravan, after all, the big luxury goods in their hands are purchased from the Han caravan.

After the Qiang captured Lady Fan City, the Han caravan still entered Lady Fan City as usual to collect and sell goods. Occasionally, a merchant curiously asks what he is seeing today.