The reactivation of the state pastoral system also represents the further weakening of the royal family's control over the local area, the state pastoral is different from the assassin history, there is a direct mobilization of soldiers and horses, and the county officials in the state have the right to appoint and dismiss, military power and human rights fall into the hands of the state pastor, and the influence of the imperial court on the local officialdom will be greatly weakened.

Ye Zhao had to sigh that the family's timing was accurate enough this time, the Xiliang war was not settled, the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou were revived, and all the troops in Luoyang were mobilized, causing the family to make a move at this moment, which made the court fall into an embarrassing situation where there were no soldiers to adjust.

As for the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Hanzhong, Jingxiang and even Sanfu, although these ministers boasted so much, Ye Zhao didn't believe a single punctuation.

Not to mention the three, the Yellow Turban in Jingzhou was pacified by him, even if there are really a few fish that slipped through the net, at this time, he did not shrink into the mountains and became his own mountain king but ran out to make trouble, it was simply not fast enough to die, and this time the so-called 'Yellow Turban Remnants' appeared, which was extremely targeted, and there was no one left in Hanzhong Sugu and the people and horses who protected Sugu, and the layout planned by Ye Zhao for Liu Hong the year before was almost uprooted.

These 'Yellow Turban Remnants' are simply for the promotion of paper books, and some of the influences just caused have not yet expanded outward, and they have been strongly suppressed by these 'Yellow Turban Remnants', which is the style of the Yellow Turbans?

It's just that what Ye Zhao didn't expect was that Liu Yan, who was Zongzheng, actually stood in the camp of the family this time.

Who will benefit the most from the reopening of the state pastoral system?

Liu Hong can indeed send the clan to serve as the state pastor of some states and counties, but how many people in the clan can take on this important task? In the end, it is necessary to choose a person of high moral integrity from the family, so that the family will gain greater real power.

The court meeting ended in a strange atmosphere, the ministers dispersed, and Ye Zhao, who was about to leave the palace, was stopped by Qian Man and taken back to the palace.

When he saw Liu Hong again, Ye Zhao could clearly feel that Liu Hong was a lot haggard, obviously it was just less than the time for tea, but at this moment, Liu Hong gave Ye Zhao the feeling that he was like an old man who was about to die, not in appearance, but in mental state, Ye Zhao felt this more clearly because his mental power was different from ordinary people.

"Minister, Ye Zhao, see Your Majesty." Ye Zhao saluted Liu Hong and said respectfully.

"Ye Qing, I ...... Can I still trust you? Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao with a different brilliance in his eyes.

"The minister's heart for His Majesty can be seen in the sky." Ye Zhao bowed and said.

"If it weren't for my greed for small profits this time, Ye Qing's plans for a year would not have failed." Liu Hong sighed, the profits brought by Hanzhong Bookstore are too much, just one month's profit is worth a year's military salary of the fifth school in Luoyang, Liu Hong doesn't want to listen to Ye Zhao, he just wants to push this time limit back, and use Hanzhong Bookstore to relieve the pressure on the economy, so that he can have more money to form a new army.

He Jin, the general who was raised by Liu Hong himself, is now a little bit big, Liu Hong desperately wants to regain the power in his own hands, and it is best to be able to stand up for He Jin.

The huge profits brought by Hanzhong Bookstore made Liu Hong lose his normal heart, and he saw the benefits of this huge profit, but ignored the harm that Ye Zhao said at the beginning.

"No one is guilty, Your Majesty has done a good job, and Your Majesty's hardships can be understood by ministers." Ye Zhao sighed secretly, the dignified son of heaven, rich in the world, if he was not forced to do so, how could he be like a poor ghost who was out of proportion because of this petty profit, but in this way, the matter of the bookstore has made the family vigilant, even if he is giving himself a year or even longer, Ye Zhao can't complete the plan as quietly as in Hanzhong.

Liu Hong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Ye Qing doesn't have to explain to me, when you suggested passing on the papermaking and printing technology, you must have concluded that it was the most suitable time at that time, and now it seems that it is just as Ye Qing expected." ”

Ye Zhao didn't speak, this kind of thing, as long as the businessmen see the benefits in it, it is enough, whether it is himself or Liu Hong, in fact, it is not suitable to be involved too deeply, but it is a pity, now to talk about this, it is meaningless to entangle right and wrong.

"I ask you, if papermaking and printing are made public at this time, can the situation be salvaged?" Liu Hong suddenly stared at Ye Zhao and asked in a deep voice.

Ye Zhao met Liu Hong's gaze and shook his head slowly: "The time has passed, if this is forcibly announced at this time, I am afraid that the world will be full of wolf smoke at that time, and I will ...... the Han River."

Ye Zhao didn't finish speaking, but the meaning was already very clear, since the family already knew about it, if Liu Hong insisted on doing so, it would only arouse the anger of the entire family class, a Hanzhong bookstore had already made the Yellow Turban of Hanzhong, Jingxiang, and Sanfu resurrected, if Liu Hong sacrificed these two things at this time, it would certainly break the situation, but the Han family would withstand the full counterattack of the family.

Today's imperial court is already full of wolf smoke, if there are waves again, I am afraid that there is no need for Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing, it will be enough to make this fragile imperial court fall apart and enter the era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the royal family will be like Zhou Tianzi in the past, and has become a mascot.

And Ye Zhao, as a close minister like today's son, has just offended the Yuan family, I'm afraid he will die even worse!

Liu Hong nodded silently, looked up at Ye Zhao and said, "In Qing's opinion, what should I do now?" ”

"Quickly quell the war on all sides!" Ye Zhao said in a deep voice: "The people of Xiliang Qiang and the Yellow Turbans of Jizhou have already made Luoyang lose their deterrent power, so they dare to do something 'Yellow Turbans' dare to launch riots in Sanfu, Hanzhong and other places close to Luoyang, and quickly quell the war between the two places, collect the soldiers and horses to Luoyang, and increase the control of the land of Yingchuan and Jingxiang, although Your Majesty has restarted the state pastoral system, remote and remote places such as Yizhou, Yangzhou, Youzhou, and Xiliang can be faked to others, but Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou and other rich places must not be faked to others, and must be held tightly in the hands of Your Majesty, In addition, the state is close to Luoyang, and it is an important frontier area, so it is impossible to separate the military power, and the military power is in hand, in addition, the military power of the general is ......"

Ye Zhao glanced up at Liu Hong.

"How?" Liu Hong looked at Ye Zhao.

"Overweight!" Ye Zhao said in a deep voice.

"Qing ...... True loyalty! Liu Hong walked to Ye Zhao's side, patted Ye Zhao's shoulder heavily, and said: "Ye Qing rest assured, I have long had concerns about this matter, and at this time, according to Ye Qing's words, I will first calm the civil strife, and then take over the military power." ”

"Your Majesty." Ye Zhao bowed and said.

"I'm tired, so stand down." Liu Hong waved his hand a little tiredly.

"Whoa! Retire! Ye Zhao bowed and slowly withdrew from the main hall, then turned around and walked outside the palace.

"The ...... of the world" looked at Ye Zhao's back, Liu Hong sighed silently, turned his head to look at Zhang Rang, and said, "What does Father think of this son?" ”

Zhang Rang was stunned, a little unsure of Liu Hong's meaning, and bowed down and said: "The old slave doesn't know, but looking at Wei Wei's words and deeds, he doesn't look like a traitor." ”

"It's so easy to tell the difference between a traitor." Liu Hong shook his head and sighed: "But what Ye Qing said is right, at the moment, stability should be the main thing, this captain, I didn't choose the wrong one." ”

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Whether Ye Zhao or Liu Hong, who is the son of the Han Dynasty, have a very consistent view of the current situation, that is, to seek stability, first stabilize the current situation, now if the Han collapses, it will not be beneficial to anyone, in order to solve the Xiliang problem as soon as possible, Liu Hong will move Yuan Kui to Taifu, and Zhang Wen will take over the post of Taiwei, hoping that Zhang Wen can solve the Xiliang chaos as soon as possible.

As for Jizhou, Liu Hong didn't worry too much, Yuan Shao fought a good battle, defeated the Yellow Turban Army several times, and most of the remnants of the Yellow Turban escaped into Taihang Mountain, and Jizhou became more and more stable after half a year of war.

The army sent by the imperial court to Jizhou has begun to return to Luoyang in batches.

Ye Zhao gradually reduced the number of times he met Liu Hong alone during this time, and he already felt that a large number of unfamiliar faces had appeared around his Weiwei Mansion recently, not only Weiwei Mansion, but also the Ye Mansion in the past, and even the old mansion in Huai County a few days ago, Uncle Liang sent someone to send news that there would always be many fresh faces near the Ye family recently.

Although Uncle Liang is just a housekeeper, he is an old man who has lived for most of his life, and he has no great wisdom, but he can manage the Ye family in an orderly manner, but he is not without ability, at least the thief who exercises his eyes, the pawn of the peddler, as long as he takes a look, he can roughly know what the other party is doing.

There were a large number of 'unemployed vagrants' near Ye's house, and they were not peddlers and pawns at first glance, which naturally aroused Uncle Liang's vigilance.

This means that some people have already paid attention to themselves, after all, the matter of Hanzhong Bookstore has had too much impact, and even almost caused the family to riot, and now although the turmoil has passed, the family has obviously not given up exploring the root cause of this matter.

Ye Zhao, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, when Liu Hong refused to leak his technology, he had already thought that there would be a little bit of it, and made arrangements in advance, the craftsmen that the Ye family had secretly recruited over the years, Ye Zhao had ordered Ding Li to quietly escort him away, and the Ye family's workshop was also mainly to create some farm tools, furniture and other things, most of the time, in this era when criminal investigation was not developed, it was enough for Ye Zhao to calmly erase all kinds of traces, this family that was secretly investigating, naturally could not find anything, as long as Liu Hong did not shake this matter out, No one would have known that Ye Zhao was the mastermind of this matter.

For those who were secretly watching, Ye Zhao asked everyone not to pay attention to how to live, but Ye Zhao calmed down and focused on training the two schools under the command of the guard, and occasionally pulled the female barracks out to train together.

However, without the competition, Ye Zhao naturally would not waste a lot of money on these people, after all, they were not their own soldiers, and it was impossible to eat meat at once, in addition to the basic training that must be done every day, the intensity of five days of training was basically maintained.

As for the women's barracks, as the soldiers brought out by Ye Zhao himself, even if they can't be together often now, the training intensity has not been relaxed, and one year is enough time for these female soldiers to undergo reborn changes.

Time passed three years of Zhongping unconsciously, just when Liu Hong thought that the world was becoming more and more stable, and he could reconsider how to deal with the scholar class, the reality gave him a fierce slap in the face, at the beginning of the fourth year of Zhongping (AD 187), Xiliang fell, Liangzhou assassinated Shi Geng, Hanyang Taishou Fu Xie died in battle, followed by, Yuyang County people Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju united Wuhuan to launch a rebellion in Youzhou, and killed the captain of Wuhuan Ji Chou, the right Beiping Taishou Liu Zheng and Liaodong Taishou Yangzhong, and raised the banner to call the emperor!

This is undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face of the stormy Han royal family.