Liu Zhen was waiting for news at the hotel, and Liu Bao came to pass it: "Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng, go to Shang Yu to pass the edict by His Majesty." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "Liu Zhen hurriedly took people to the west gate of Luoyang to wait.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw a carriage coming out of Luoyang City, who was Zuo Feng? Liu Zhen greeted him.

Zuo Feng saw Liu Zhen in the car, and immediately stopped, Zuo Feng said: "The Sprinkle family thinks you have already turned back to Shangluo?" ”

Liu Zhen said: "I'm really waiting for Lord Zuo here, I wonder if Lord Zuo has time to go to the shop for a glass of wine?" ”

Zuo Feng said: "This is going to Shang Yu to spread the edict of the Son of Heaven, and there must be no delay!" ”

Liu Zhen asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty has rewarded?" ”

Zuo Feng said with a smile: "If you don't see De Ran himself, you can't pronounce the edict, otherwise it's a capital crime, do you still have to listen?" ”

This statement shocked Liu Zhenxin, and he hurriedly said: "Let's wait for Lord Zuo to go to Shang Yu before announcing it." ”

Liu Shi pacified the bandits of Wuguan Dao and killed the kingdom with Huangfu Song, and his prestige was greatly shaken. After returning to Shangluo, specializing in Shangluo County affairs, Shangluo's local heroes were shocked by Liu Shi's hot hand and arrogance, worried that Liu Shi would take advantage of this to reopen the old accounts, and all of them strictly controlled their own disciples and did not dispute with the people, and suddenly the whole Shangluo seemed to be a lot quieter.

Liu Shi was secretly happy in his heart, and he was also happy to be quiet, and he found Dian Wei to practice martial arts when he had nothing to do.

Originally, Peng Tuo was also a good opponent, but Peng Tuo was reluctant to be an official, so he lived in Shang for a period of time, and learned five poultry plays with Liu Shixi.

On this day, Liu Shigang came back from practicing with Dian Wei, and the guards came to pass the word: "The court sent a famous little yellow gate to pass the edict, and now he has entered the city, and Liu Zhubo has also come back with him." As he spoke, Liu Zhen walked in.

Liu Zhen happily said to Liu Shi: "Xiaohuangmen Zuofeng came to pass the edict, it may be that the prince of Guan Zi is a thief and a reward for killing the rebel leader of the kingdom!" ”

Liu Shi said happily: "Let's go!" Let's go together. With that, he walked out first.

As soon as Zuo Feng saw Liu Shi come out, he took out the edict and said, "Liu Shi listens to the edict,"

Then he read: "Since Liu Shi took office, he has worked hard and been loyal to his duties, and in less than a year, he exterminated the bandits along the Wuguan Road. Later, he personally escorted military supplies to Chang'an, accepted General Zuo's order, and escorted grain and grass for the army. At the critical moment, with extraordinary martial arts and military strategy, the weak defeated the strong, and bravely beheaded the rebel thief head kingdom, which can be called by the sun and the moon.

As the legacy of the ancestors, this great achievement should be remembered by the ancestors, and it should be shared for the court. But meritorious service will be rewarded, and the land of Sanfu has been invaded by soldiers and rebelled, but it is really because the emperor's prestige has not been broadcast. Therefore, I will give you the title of Lantian Township, and the seal is on the side of Bailu Plateau, the south of Lantian County, and the three townships of Shiyi. On the day of the edict, the government was immediately established, and the officials were appointed to the officials. Supervise and urge the subordinate officials to conscientiously educate the people, build canals, diligently persuade farming, and not bully others. The grace of the court should be remembered. Edict this. ”

After reading it, Zuo Feng handed over the edict to Liu Shi, and then said with a smile: "Congratulations to Liu Duwei for his happiness in sealing the marquis, should the Sprinkle family be called Liu Duwei or Liu Houye?" When will Marquis Liu send someone to Lantian with me to hand over? ”

Liu Shi smiled slightly and said, "Lord Zuo is polite, Zishi!" You go and get the little object I got last time and give it to Lord Zuo for fun. Lord Zuo has worked hard from afar, so he will go to the inn to rest first, and tomorrow Zishi and Su Shuang will accompany Lord Zuo to Lantian to hand over. ”

Zuo Feng grinned and said: "Hou Ye Liu is polite, the restaurant will follow Hou Ye Liu's arrangement and go to Lantian tomorrow." Hurry up and hand it over, and the restaurant will go back to the capital to serve His Majesty. "Let's go to the inn under the leadership of Liu Zhen.

For the feudal marquis, Liu Shi had already predicted that the emperor Liu Hong had promised himself that after the extermination of the Wuguandao bandits, he could restore the ancestral title of "Zhuoxian Pavilion Marquis", and include the Liu Zhuang Liu clan in Zhuoxian County into the royal clan, but it was a surprise to kill the kingdom, but he did not expect to be sealed in Sanfu Lantian because of this.

The land of Lantian is full of mountains, rivers, plateaus and ditches. There are many flash floods, and after wars, many people are lost, and I don't know how many people there are in the land of Sanxiang. However, he does not expect to live on food taxes, but this restoration of the throne is the last wish of more than ten generations of ancestors, when the book is sent back to Zhuo County, it is good to make my father happy, comfort the ancestors' spiritual position, and after the fief is determined tomorrow, let Zishi go back!

The next day, Liu Zhen accompanied Zuo Feng back to Lantian.

Lantian County has a total of six townships and one city. The current population is only 50,000, and more than 10,000 are in the county, and the rest mostly live on the flat land and high plateaus on the side of the Bahe River. The land of Sanxiang in the south of Lantian is very large, accounting for more than sixty percent of the entire Lantian area, but the population is only in the early 5,000s, just a little more than 1,000 households.

Liu Zhen accompanied Zuo Feng to Lantian to hand over the map in front of the county order and the county magistrate, and count the households. Then I came to the land of the fiefdom, and it was really sparsely populated, and there was not much fertile land along the way, but the mountains and forests were steep, the grass and trees were luxuriant, the ravines were vertical and horizontal, and there were many rivers and plateaus.

Seeing this, Zuo Feng said to the Lantian County Commander and Liu Zhen: "Before I came, the emperor once said: If the fief environment is bad and the number of households is insufficient, Liu Shi can be allowed to repair the ditches and roads by himself, improve the fertile land, and absorb the displaced people. However, it is not allowed to forcibly take in and compete with other counties for population, and after ten years, the food rent will be calculated according to the population of the fief. ”

The princes who had fiefs in the Han Dynasty generally ate the food and rent tax based on the number of households in the fief, which could not be increased at will, and was managed by the local government. However, for the princes surnamed Liu to be sealed in a certain place, the number of households in the land is slightly loosened, and the boundary of the land shall prevail. Perhaps this metaphor can be regarded as Zuo Feng's return for Liu Shi's hospitality.

Zuo Feng saw that he was done and finished it, so he naturally went back to reply. The county order and the county Cheng also turned back to the county seat, Liu Zhen and the others rode horses along the fiefdom and carefully checked again, the people in the territory did not care about their change of tax master, in their hearts, maybe the emperor and the marquis in the world are probably the same.

Liu Zhen and others visited the three elders, Sifu, and Youfu in Sanxiang, as well as some pavilion chiefs, and learned about the education, planting, water conservancy, roads, mountains, rivers, and plateaus in the territory. Inquiries were raised about how to choose a site to build a fort.

Among them, there are three elders who propose that there are the ruins of Dinghu Palace built by Emperor Gao in the collar, and there is often a hot soup coming out, and the villagers have used it to bathe, and they are very surprised. Liu Zhen attached more importance to this, and the three elders led the way to inspect on the spot.

Just three days later, Liu Shi came from Shangluo County.

It turned out that after Liu Zhen accompanied Zuo Feng to hand over the map with the Lantian County Order, he notified Liu Shi and explained the sealed place. After Liu Shi heard about it, he took the opportunity of the inspection to rush to the fiefdom, Liu Zhen took Liu Shi to take a general inspection of the fief, and also felt that the fief was too barren, with many ditches, many rivers, many mountains, and few people.

Liu Shi sighed and said, Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor left a message to allow the homeless people to be taken in, otherwise, the taxes collected from this little field will not even be enough to eat. I came to the place where Emperor Xiaowu built Dinghu Lake to take a look, but I saw that there was a bigger lake on the opposite side of Dinghu Lake, so I was interested and took a closer look. I also heard that there is a spring a few miles up this lake, and this spring is different from the others, and the hot soup is bubbling all year round, and the water is quite hot.

There is a valley above the spring, and the mouth of the valley is like a stone gate, so it is called the stone gate, and its mountain is called the stone gate ridge. Through this gate, there is a small road that can cross the Qinling Mountains to reach Shang Yu and Di Shui. Emperor Guangwu once evaded Wang Mang's pursuit through this road.

Liu Shi checked them one by one, and then said to Liu Zhen: "Zishi! I can be a marquis is the legacy of my ancestors, and the Liu Zhuang Liu family can be included in the royal family, which is the glory of our Liu Zhuang Liu family, and the last wishes of more than ten generations of ancestors have finally been fulfilled. It's a pity that I can't return to my hometown to celebrate with my clansmen, so you can go back for me! To those clan folks who are willing to come here, you will also bring them one by one. As for the site of the Hou Mansion, it was built on the side of that lake.

In addition, in this hot soup place, a site was selected to build an annex. Alas! These three auxiliary places are close to the border of Xiliang, and now that the traitors of Xiliang have not been eliminated, I am afraid that they will make a comeback. In the future, when you find a person who is proficient in water engineering, build a dam under this stone gate, you can be a city, and when the western thief comes, you can go into the mountain to hide. ”