"Chen Wangshan is a soldier, and his prestige in the army is very high, and he is quite popular with soldiers. Lone is deeply jealous, this time let it be cool in one fell swoop, and all the four counties of Hexi will be collected, which is even more indispensable! Liu Rui whispered with a dark face.

"That place in the Western Regions is unheard of, although the territory is vast, there are many countries, many races, and scattered forces. King Chen led 4,000 Chinese troops to be invincible, and those small countries in the Western Regions definitely didn't have much ability to resist! Sighing, Liu Rui continued: "When he returns from the destruction of the city and the country, what will the lone general do to suppress him?" In the name of the crown prince? ”

Yang Xiu glanced at Liu Rui several times, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still saw many things relatively clearly, but it would be nice if this city could be deeper. Yang Xiu thought secretly in his heart, but after thinking about it, if Liu Rui was also like Liu Jue's twists and turns, he Yang Xiu was afraid that it would be difficult for him to be relied on by Liu Rui like today.

Suppressing other thoughts, Yang Xiu was not as dignified as Liu Rui, and said to Liu Rui: "In the opinion of the ministers, it is a puppet move for King Chen to lead a light army to the desperate region. Fight that small country thousands of miles away, just send a war general, why take the risk of acting with the dignity of a prince. ”

"Caught in a desperate realm, maybe there will be some accidents!" As he spoke, Yang Xiu's eyes were filled with coldness, and he looked at Liu Rui: "If His Highness is worried about King Chen's return, then he won't be able to come back!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Rui turned his head to look at Yang Xiu suddenly, and seeing the ruthless look on his face, he blurted out and asked, "What does Dezu mean?" ”

"Since King Chen has fallen into a desperate realm, then we want to cut off his way back to the country!" Yang Xiuding replied.

"How?" Liu Rui immediately became interested, and asked in a deep voice: "Why do you refuse to return?" ”

"The Hexi Corridor, the communication between the east and west roads, has entered the summer, in order to make the people everywhere bathe in my Great Xia king, it is inevitable to send officials and shepherds!" Yang Xiu said lightly: "First of all, Your Highness should think of taking the second position of Dunhuang County Guard and Captain!" This is the bitter cold county, His Royal Highness is in charge of the ministry, if he is interested, he should place people, and there should be no hindrance. ”

Liu Rui pondered for a moment, and Fang nodded: "Do this first!" ”

Chong Shao watched Liu Rui discuss with Yang Xiu, and even talked about such a plot against Liu Heng, and Liu Rui didn't have the slightest hesitation to consider Yang Xiu's suggestion, how could it be his eldest brother! Has the battle for storage positions reached this point? After thinking about it, Chong Shao couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

"There are many people who are alone, but there are not many who can shepherd a county and have trust. Especially in Dunhuang, such a bitter cold border county, I'm afraid that not many people are willing to take up a job! Liu Rui suddenly frowned, very entangled.

"Shen Fugong, do you have any suggestions?" Liu Rui suddenly snubbed Chong Shao, raised his head and asked.

Chong Shao suppressed a little coolness in his heart, buried his head in thinking for a while, and said slowly: "Does Your Highness still remember Xu Yin?" ”

"Xu Yin!" Liu Rui's eyes lit up: "It's him!" ”

At the night banquet in Weiyang that year, Xu Yin, who boldly admonished and established an heir, was demoted to Longxi in the past few years, but his official fortune was prosperous. broke away from Chang'an, but in Liangzhou, he gave full play to his talent in governance. Every year, the state and county departments of the officials and the officials are all of the top class, and they have been promoted several levels.

Of course, Liu Rui's support is naturally indispensable behind this, after all, he is a diehard princeling. Now, before the Pingliang army marched westward, it was the chief of Jincheng, and there was no county guard at that time, but he was actually the head of a county. Governing Yunwu and facing the Han Sui forces in the north of the Huangshui.

With his ability and merit, he moved to Dunhuang without the slightest problem. Although it is located on the border of the extreme west, Liu Rui believes that he has a life, and Xu Yin will not shirk it.

As for the candidate for the governor of Dunhuang, after thinking for a long time, Liu Rui chose a person from Liangzhou, named Jiang Xu.

"I really don't understand what my father means!" In the end, Liu Rui complained hatefully: "Not only did he make Gu the crown prince, but he also put those three imperial brothers in important positions in the center and gave them great power!" There are so many rights and wrongs in life! ”

Listening to Liu Rui's tone full of resentment, Chong Shao and Yang Xiu glanced at each other, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness is cautious!" ”

......

In the north of Chang'an City, in Anyi Fang, there is Ma Mansion, Ma Chao's mansion. On the side of Beishi, in Chang'an, it is a remote place. Now in Mafu, there are only orphans and widows left, and the atmosphere is very bleak.

Ma Chao's wife and concubine were heartbroken and tried a lot to find Ma Chao's body, but to no avail. In the end, it was Liu Jue who sent someone to bring back Ma Chao's relics, a sword with a curled blade, and a pair of blood-stained armor. As for the body, I don't know which depression it was buried in, but there is no trace of it. After such a long time, even if I found it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recognize.

In the small main hall, there is Ma Chao's tablet, and in front of the tablet, there are Ma Chao's relics. Ma Chao's wife and concubine wept, and three little boys kneeling beside him looked dazed. In addition, only Ma Dai, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu Ma brothers are there.

Ma Dai was a little older, in front, staring at the tablet, his eyes sometimes showed resentment, and these people naturally felt that Ma Chao had died unjustly. But when he thought of King Chen, who killed his brother, he couldn't help but look depressed.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou has come down!" An old slave of the Ma clan stepped forward and whispered in Ma Dai's ear.

His eyes lit up, and Ma Dai quickly got up and wanted to go out to greet him. Here, Liu Jue and Yang Fu had already entered the hall with their front and back feet, swept around the situation in the hall, and sighed slightly.

Stopping the people who wanted to salute, Liu Jue first put on a serious face, stepped forward, bowed to Ma Chao's spiritual position, and then looked at the Ma family.

"Your Highness!" Ma Dai and Ma Xiu bowed out loud.

The two of them are still serving in the Zhou Palace. Liu Jue personally came to the door to worship the festival, which made them a little moved.

"Your Highness, brother, he died unjustly!" Matthew's eyes were red, and his tone was crying.

"Lone clear!" Liu Jue patted Ma Xiu on the shoulder and said in a calm voice: "Meng Qi's generation of famous generals died young, which really makes me sigh. However, the most deplorable person is lonely, such a hero, who did not die on the battlefield, and died under the military law of King Chen! ”

"I will definitely go to my cousin's father, correct Meng Qi's name, and seek justice for Meng Qi!" Liu Jue directly led his hatred to Liu Heng: "For the sake of a mere slave, you dare to kill such a general as Meng Qi!"

Hearing Liu Jue say this, the Ma brothers showed even more indignation. Ma Xiu blurted out and scolded angrily, but Ma Dai was calmer, raised his head and said to Liu Jue: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!" My brother's temperament is like a raging fire, and he is indeed inappropriate in his actions before the army, and he has violated military law. If His Royal Highness plays, I am afraid that people will be criticized. How can he be tired of His Royal Highness's reputation because of his brother? ”

Hearing this, Liu Jue glanced at Ma Dai with a little surprise. Then he waved his hand: "Meng Qi is under the lonely door, something happened, he should be responsible, and he is still lonely!"

In front of Ma Chao's widow, he touched the heads of the two children in his arms, and said solemnly: "Meng Qi is a lonely friend and sibling, in the future in Chang'an, if there is any trouble, you can find the orphan!"

"Your wife is raised by me", this is what Liu Yu probably expressed.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Hearing Liu Jue's promise, Ma Chao's widow immediately took her young son to worship and cried.

Before long, the general of the forbidden army, Pang De, arrived, with a serious expression and deep sorrow in his eyes. stepped forward and kowtowed three times to Ma Chao's spiritual position. As a veteran of the Ma family, now that Ma Chao is gone, his heart is also uncomfortable. There is a heart of revenge, but there is no power of revenge, and it is in vain.

It wasn't until he felt Liu Jue's gaze that he turned around and saluted.

"Congratulations, Your Highness!" On top of the king who returned to the house, after a period of silence, Yang Fu bowed his hand to Liu Jue.

"What's the joy of?" Liu Jue seemed to be thinking about something, and after a long while, he asked out loud.

"The generals of the Ma clan are all in the presence of His Highness!"

"Ma Mengqi is indeed a generation of heroes, but after all these years, he has not completely surrendered to His Royal Highness. Now that Ma Chao has died at the hands of King Chen, as long as he gives a little grace, he can win the heart of the Ma brothers. Yang Fu said slowly: "The Ma brothers are all from Jiangmen, although they are not as good as Ma Chao, they are also usable generals." Ma Dai, in particular, is calm and upright, cautious in behavior, and can be reused. That Pound, Shi Zhao Guoyi, has a reputation that has been heard of His Majesty, and this sincerity can help you! ”

Liu Jue finally showed a faint smile on his face, lifted the curtain and looked out of the car, and said a little distractedly: "Ma Chao has to be a jue and a Pingbo!" ”

"Exactly!" Yang Fu replied respectfully.

"Ask for a reward for him, let Ma Chao's eldest son be the lord! You can buy some more goods and send them to Mafu! Liu Jue instructed lightly: "Also, let it go, Ma Chao is Gu's best friend, his orphan, no one must disturb and bully him, otherwise, he will be the enemy of Lone!" ”

"This ...... Over there with Chen's Mansion? Yang Fu asked tentatively.

"Brother Chen, you should be bullying those barbarians in the Western Regions!" Liu Jue said contemptuously.

Yang Fu also showed a relaxed smile.

However, one night later, Liu Yu went to Liu Yuan, asked for Ma Chao's name to be corrected, put forward a series of appeasement needs, and personally participated in Liu Heng by the way. King Zhou personally stepped out, which made the court's condemnation of King Chen's western expedition intensified.

This time, Liu Yuan finally stopped being silent, and directly sent an edict to severely reprimand Liu Yu and confined him to the mansion for half a month. said "King Chen's matter, wait until he returns to deal with it", the emperor's attitude, all the courtiers immediately understood, and they didn't dare to enter useless words anymore. And Liu Rui was ready to stop a long time ago, and the turmoil stopped.

Liu Yuan did not refuse much to Liu Yu's invitation, and issued an edict to comfort Ma's orphans, which can be regarded as giving an explanation for Ma Chao's death. Similarly, Liu Yuan also remembered such a small person as Wang Shuang, and also gave him a compensation, giving Tao Yangbo and his son to attack him.

Liu Jue was grounded for half a month, put down government affairs, and cultivated his sentiments with peace of mind. Secretly, seeing Liu Jue being reprimanded, the hearts of the Ma brothers were completely subdued by King Zhou.

In this turmoil, Zheng Wang Liu Cheng did not participate, in addition to his always low-key, he was also very busy, and did not have the time to participate in this meaningless battle that annoyed Liu Yuan.

Under Liu Yuan's strict order, the progress of Tuntian's restructuring has accelerated. After everything is on the right track, the Tuntian affairs will be divided into the Ministry of Engineering, and the new Tuntian Department will be established. And Liu Yuan gave Liu Cheng another task, the census.

In the past three years, there was a land inventory, which was not easy to do, and ordinary people were fine, but it was not easy to forcibly let the Hu Han clan register all their land with the government. In the end, there was some effect, and the tax revenue on the acres of land was clearly evidence-based. But there is still a lot of hidden land in the summer, Liu Cheng knows it, Liu Yuan also knows it, and the effect will be terminated when it is achieved.

Now, Liu Yuan has to conduct a population inventory again, which is not much less difficult than the land inventory. But Liu Cheng is so "hard-working" and took it without hesitation.

......

In the north city of Chang'an, businessmen gathered, the flow of people was like a tide, from the beginning of the opening of the market, the noise and noise did not stop. As Liu Xia gradually gained a foothold in Guanzhong, the prosperity of Chang'an became much more real, and it no longer seemed as illusory as before.

Liu Yuan has a rare leisure, wandering around the palace, now he is not easy to go to a distant place, and there is no problem in visiting this imperial capital. In the whole Chang'an, in addition to the magnificent palace, the most prosperous place is the North City.

Hengmen Avenue runs straight to the north and south, and is four or five miles long. Under the escort of a group of guards, from south to north, I want to walk all over. Looking around, very interested.

Followed by two young boys and girls, all looking around with surprise on their faces, although this city is not as magnificent as the palace, but it is better than lively, not as serious and dull as the palace. As the princess who was raised in the deep palace since childhood, the two seem to feel the kind of thing called "freedom".

Following Liu Yuan were Liu Yuan's sixth prince, Liu Lang, and his third daughter, Princess Liu Qi of Anling. This time, I was fortunate to be called out of the palace by Liu Yuan on a whim.

For those young children, Liu Yuan has neglected them for so many years. It wasn't until the second princess Liu Aya and Lu Zhili that Lan Yu sent someone to inform him. Liu Aya was named Princess Pingling, and she was already married off by Liu Yuan last year.

At the beginning, maybe he wanted to make up for the Wu family, and discussed with Wu Yue, Princess Wannian couldn't do it, how about Princess Pingling marrying Wu Cheng. Unexpectedly, Wu Yue didn't appreciate it and refused directly. This made Liu Yuan angry, and he felt that Wuyue, the old-fashioned school, the older he gets, the less he understands current affairs. After that, he directly found a reason to dismiss the general, so that he was completely idle at home.

As soon as Liu Yuan's heart came up, he directly gave Liu Aya a "blind date", and the children of Chang'an were chosen by her. Beforehand, Lan Yu told him several times to pay more attention to the sons of the families of Xu Bu, Fugu, Helan, Wan Qi, Qiu Lin and other families, obviously wanting to help Liu Ju through marriage.

But to Lan Yu's surprise and even Liu Yuan's surprise, Liu Aya, who had been cowardly and obedient since childhood, only glanced at each other and made up her mind. She chose the grandson of Anping Hou Cui Lie, Cui Hao.

Looking at the joy in Liu Lang and Liu Aya's eyes, Liu Yuan's heart was also infected. In the past, it has always been Liu Shu who accompanied him like this and brought him joy.

As for his own heirs, except for the older ones, Liu Yuan doesn't know much about the rest. Speaking of the love between father and son, it is pitiful, counting more than a dozen princes and princesses, Liu Yuan does not have so much energy to take care of everyone.

In the early days, in order to cultivate an heir and cultivate the arms and assistants who fight the world and secure the world, Liu Yuan was reluctant to raise his son in the deep palace. Kings like Liu Heng were all slowly cultivated by Liu Yuan.

In the current situation, Liu Yuan felt that it was also a good choice to raise his sons in the deep palace. For example, Liu Lang on his side is also thirteen or fourteen years old, and he still has nothing to do.

Thinking about his elder brothers, at this age, they have already gone to the battlefield with Liu Yuan. If in a few years, the young son will grow up, and there will be a few more heroes of dragons and tigers......

Liu Lang is at this age, maybe he can be given a country, Liu Yuan suddenly thought in his mind.