Secret spy is a very dangerous job, once it falls into the hands of the enemy, although the life is not guaranteed, and the death is often very miserable. However, after so many years of development, the phantom spy under Fu Zhi has accumulated a whole set of rules and regulations for stealing, spying, and collecting and transmitting information, and even if he is not afraid of making a mistake, he has a variety of ways to cover up the past. All secret spies have undergone strict training before being sent out to perform official duties, and after so many years, they have hardly suffered any losses, and no one in the outside world knows of the existence of such a force. Today, Phantom Secret Agents have spread throughout the entire territory of the Han Dynasty, and they can even be seen in the Western Regions and grasslands.

However, the situation in Xuzhou is a bit complicated now, whether it is Cao Cao's wanton killing in the East China Sea, Langya, and Pengcheng, or Zhenrong's nonsense in Guangling, killing people is indiscriminate, and chickens and dogs are not left. The city gate caught fire, affecting the pond fish, and even the Phantom Spy lurking there also suffered heavy casualties.

Despite this, none of the secret spies evacuated to a safe place without authorization, all thanks to the various systems implemented by Liu Xin. If they die in the line of duty or become disabled, their families and children will receive generous condolences and can basically ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing for life. If they leave their posts without permission or defect to the enemy, not only will they themselves be in danger of being hunted down and killed, but even their family members and children will be implicated. If the consequences are severe, their children may even be sold into slavery.

Not only did none of the spies flinch, on the contrary, all the spies lurking in Xuzhou were still very diligent in collecting all kinds of information in the troubled times, and trying to pass this information back to the Phantom Headquarters in Xiangyang.

After getting the information that Cao Cao was killing innocents indiscriminately, a few days later, he got the news that Zhen Rong was wantonly burning and killing and plundering in Guangling, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly made a detailed report to Liu Xin.

After listening to the frustrated report, Liu Xin muttered: "This Rong is indeed evil. Although many acts of injustice will kill us, we cannot wait. sent someone to inform Yu Tuo that if Zhen Rong ran away to Jiangnan, he would be mortgaged immediately, and the law would be corrected on the spot, and tens of thousands of victims of Guangling would be thanked. ”

"My lord, it is indeed shameful for him to kill indiscriminately, but these crimes of his were not committed under the rule of the lord, and if he came to defect, it seems that it is a little inappropriate to execute him and spread it. If the lord wants to pursue Zhenrong, why not let Gan Ning lead an army and horses into Guangling, capture it, and then send it down? ”

Liu Xin shook his head, pointed to the map of the territory of the Han Dynasty behind him, and said: "There is still Danyang between Guangling and Wu County, and you can only go through this section of the river. This is also the Yangzhou Navy has long been abandoned, otherwise Liu Miao would not have let us go back and forth so calmly, and the refugees in Xuzhou would not have moved to Wu County so easily. If you send troops to Guangling now, it will become a lone army, and it will be very difficult to reinforce and supply, and Guangling itself has been damaged by Zhenrong and has no ability to support itself. Besides, Liu's all-out efforts to build this naval army are to be of great use, and they can't be allowed to suffer senseless losses in these places. Liu is now under the order of the Empress Dowager and the regent, no matter where Zhenrong commits the crime, he has the right to deal with him, so why care about other people's opinions. ”

Fu Zhi nodded, and thought that those people of Xuzhou had finally fled to Guangling, but they were going to suffer such an unwarranted disaster, and couldn't help sighing: "It's just that in this way, I don't know how many people will die of cold and starvation." ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Tell Yu that the refugee camp in Wu County will be set up until next summer, and no matter what is lacking in materials, Liu will try his best to meet their needs." In addition, the navy was notified to strengthen the patrol of the river to ensure that the people of Xuzhou could escape the Yangtze River safely. ”

After giving this order, Liu Xin also sighed and said: "Gonghe, it is inevitable that there will be some people in this world who will be greedy, we can only try our best to do our part and be worthy of this conscience." A few days ago, I proposed to bring the entire Southern Xiongnu under the rule of the Han Dynasty, and you have some opinions in your hearts about this matter, but you haven't said it, right? ”

Fu Zhi smiled embarrassedly, he did have such thoughts at that time, but he was used to obeying Liu Xin's orders, so he didn't say it.

"It doesn't hurt to say what you think in the future, Liu is not a person who can't tolerate dissenting opinions." Liu Xin patted his frustrated shoulder and said with a smile, "Gong and you see, although the grassland tribes such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Wuheng often attack the border of the Han Dynasty, they only kill and injure hundreds of thousands of people in the Han Dynasty every time. And Cao Cao killed more than 100,000 innocent people in Xuzhou in one go, and even the little-known Zhenrong slaughtered tens of thousands of people. However, why do you have extreme hatred for those steppe tribes, and you can be more tolerant of Cao Cao and Zhenrong? ”

Frustrated that Liu Xin suddenly asked such a question, he was stunned for a moment, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "Lord Hui, the reason why subordinates and others have such thoughts is probably because those grassland peoples are all aliens. ”

Liu Xin bowed his head and said: "Gonghe, you didn't lie, most of you think so." In fact, Liu also thought so in the past. When the barbarian army was formed, Liu also held the idea that they were not of my race, and their hearts would be different, and equipped them with the worst equipment, but he still let them rush to the forefront of the battle. However, the performance of the barbarian army did not disappoint Liu. Now that I think about it, Liu's thoughts at that time were very wrong. ”

Frustrated and surprised: "Didn't the lord already reorganize the barbarian legion into the seventh legion, increase the establishment, and the soldiers have also changed from all barbarians to both barbarians and Han Chinese, and the equipment is the same as that of the regular army. What's wrong with the lord? ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Liu is not talking about the Seventh Legion, but the idea of 'not my race, its heart must be different' is fundamentally wrong. ”

Frustrated, he said: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, since ancient times, everyone thinks so, how can it be wrong?" ”

Liu Xin said lightly: "It's really wrong. Liu thinks about it now, whether it is a barbarian or a Xiongnu, you regard him as a foreign race, and when he is an enemy, then he will definitely be a foreign race and an enemy. Only by not treating him as a foreign race, and treating him like a man of our great people, can he become our friend and become one of us. ”

Fu Zhu was taken aback by Liu Xin's bold idea, and hurriedly said, "How is this possible?" The lord wants to bring that grassland under the rule of the Han Dynasty to solve the land of horse breeding, but it is understandable, but once he really regards those barbarians as his own people, I am afraid that if it is not good, it will lead wolves into the house, and I hope the lord will think twice! ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "My Han is a big country in China, can I still not have the heart of embracing the four seas?" Gonghe, you don't have to worry, Liu believes that it won't be long before the Huns will be like barbarians, proud of being a big Han people! ”

Frustrated was also infected by Liu Xin's arrogance, and his face also showed excitement, and he was about to say something more, when he suddenly saw the soldiers outside the door walk in, and arched his hand and said, "Lord Qi, the third lady asks to see you." ”

Except for Ma Yun, Liu Xin's other women will not be concerned with political affairs, let alone come to this study. Now, Cai Yan suddenly came here unusually, presumably because he had some important housework to discuss with Liu Xin, but it was inconvenient for him to stay any longer, so he quickly got up and said, "My subordinates will retire first." ”

Liu Xin was also very surprised, waved his hand, asked Fu Zhi to retreat, and when he looked out of the door again, it was Cai Yan and Minchan who walked in one after the other, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Zhao Ji, why did you come here?" Did something matter? ”

Minchan hurriedly said a blessing and said, "Back to my lord, it was the people's daughter who begged the third lady to come." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "Liu doesn't know how to eat people, if Miss Minchan has something to say to Liu, just come over directly, so why bother to pull Zhao Ji?" ”

Cai Yan said with a smile: "Even if there is no Minchan, the concubine herself wants to come and have a look." ”

Minchan knew that Ma Yun once had a clear rule that the study was heavy, and the women in the house could not go casually, so she was worried that Liu Xin would misunderstand Cai Yan because of this, so she hurriedly said: "My lord, that's the case." Last time, the adults said that although the dance of the folk girls is good, it is not accompanied by silk and bamboo. After the folk girl went back, she specially begged the three ladies to practice together for a few days. The third lady stroked the piano, and the folk girls danced, and when the ladies saw them today, they all ......"

Liu Xin raised her hand slightly and said, "Miss Minchan, you didn't come here today to show Liu Mou, right?" Liu thanked the girl for her kindness, but Liu has been busy with official business recently, and when he is free, he made a special trip to the back to enjoy the girl's dance, and hoped that the girl would not be blamed. ”

Although there have been no major wars recently, the refugees in Xuzhou and the Xiongnu tribes on the grassland have made Liu Xin feel at ease, and he really doesn't have much mood to enjoy any songs and dances.

Minchan suddenly lowered her head and muttered: "The folk girl practices dance to dedicate it to adults, if adults like it......"

Her voice became smaller and smaller, and even Liu Xin, who had excellent ear power, finally couldn't hear what she said behind her, and was pondering what she meant, when she suddenly heard her voice louder again, and said: "The folk girl heard that there are some Xiongnu women from the grassland here, who can sing and dance, and the folk girl wants to ask them about the dance of the grassland, and I hope that the adult will approve it." ”

Liu Xin deliberately selected these twelve Hun girls, neither to ask them to be maids, nor to be dancing girls, not to covet their beauty, but to give Hu Chuquan a more personal feeling. These girls are all good-looking, good at singing and dancing, and most of them are noble, and Laniel is one of the five daughters of the tribal chief.

Because of this, although these Xiongnu girls also lived in the state pastoral mansion, Liu Xin did not arrange them in the backyard, but set aside the flower hall on the right side of the study for them to live in.

Now, the purpose of shocking Huchuquan has been achieved, and it will be useless for these Hun girls to stay in the mansion, Liu Xin is thinking about whether to release them, or to reward them to which of his subordinates, hearing Minchan say this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "What's so difficult about this, Liu agreed." By the way, Akihime, you didn't want to learn something from them when you came here, did you? ”