Wu Yi recognized that the person who spoke was Cheng Yu, that day at the wedding of Liu Yan's Mansion in Chengdu, it was he who proposed to give Wu Amaranth to Liu Xin, Wu Yi is a very realistic person, Liu Yan is dead, Liu Mao also became a prisoner, so as soon as Cheng Yu spoke, he persuaded his sister, and now, Liu Xin proposed to let him take Wu Amaranth home, he was still a little reluctant, and when he heard Cheng Yu's persuasion, he was naturally in the middle of it, and hurriedly said: "Lord, Lord Cheng has something to talk about, and he will retire first." ”

Liu Xin nodded, watching him quickly catch up with the group of Yizhou officials in front of him, and then turned around and asked Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, it's okay for you to do what you say, why not." ”

Cheng Yu bowed and said: "Back to the lord, my subordinates once learned the art of face with a master, and judging from Miss Wu's face, she is really a noble person. ”

Liu Xin was not surprised, he didn't hear that Cheng Yu would meet each other in his impression, Liu Xin knew that the so-called Wu Amaranth had a noble appearance, which was nothing more than that she remarried Liu Bei in history, and was named the queen after Liu Bei became emperor, but Liu Xin didn't believe in these things, so he looked at Cheng Yu playfully and said: "Zhongde, since you know the art of face-to-face, then help me see how it is." ”

Cheng Yu lowered his head and arched his hand and said, "My subordinates don't dare to talk about it." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Out of your mouth, into my ears, there is no third person here, it doesn't hurt if you say it directly." ”

Cheng Yu said with a straight face: "The lord's face is strange, his subordinates are not good at learning and art, and they really can't participate in the research, but the lord has a faint king's spirit, and this king's spirit is different, I can't say what it is." ”

Liu Xin has always believed that ancient people often believed in the theory of fate due to their lack of understanding of things, and determined their future destiny through divination and face-to-face, but after listening to Cheng Yu's words, he couldn't help but be secretly taken aback, Cheng Yu said that the unique king's spirit should refer to his identity as the "king of stealing kings", if that is also a king, Cheng Yu can even see this, maybe he does have some special skills, Liu Xin thought so in his heart, but his face was silent, and said with a smile: " The first emperor once named me the king of Xiangyang, and then I resigned, what you said about the king's breath probably came from here, for fate, my understanding is, three points are destined, seven points rely on hard work, divination or face-to-face, just treat it as a pastime, just laugh, don't take it seriously. ”

Hearing Liu Xin say "three points are destined, and seven points depend on hard work", Cheng Yu couldn't help but be in awe, he really didn't follow the wrong person, and his heart for meritorious service was even more earnest, so he hurriedly bowed and said: "Back to the lord, there is still something to report to my subordinates." ”

It turned out that when he was in Chengdu, Cheng Yu saw that Wu Amaranth had a surprising appearance, so he asked Wu Yi, knowing that someone had also shown Wu Amaranth a face, and told Liu Yan that Wu Amaranth was a noble person, Liu Yan knew that after Liu Yan knew, he originally wanted to accept Wu Amaranth as a concubine, but he and Wu Amaranth's father were usually brothers, and because of their seniority, they had to let their son Liu Mao marry Wu Amaranth as his wife.

After many years of work as a phantom secret spy, Liu Xin also knew that Liu Yan was desperate to take the position of Yizhou Mu back then, just because some people saw that there was an emperor's spirit there, but in Liu Xin's eyes, these things were still a little illusory, Liu Yan did not become an emperor, but he threw away his surname first.

Looking at Cheng Yu, who was still struggling to persuade him, Liu Xin waved his hand undoubtedly, and said: "Zhongde, don't mention this matter again, although Liu Yan colluded with Dong Zhuo, he is also a member of the Han family, Liu Mao is of the same clan as me, how can I do something to rob his woman, in this way, the affairs of Liu Mao and Liu Zhang will be handed over to you, if you want to reunite their husband and wife, you have to arrange their lives." ”

Cheng Yu couldn't help but be disappointed, such a result might as well let Wu Yi take his sister home first, and then find a way later, but what Liu Xin had already decided, Cheng Yu couldn't persuade him anymore, so he had to retreat.

Liu Xin looked at his back, and didn't feel funny, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia are all a little ambitious, and they are bent on helping themselves to get to the top, but there is no need to find a woman with a good face to achieve the goal, besides, it is not easy to find a woman with a good face, Bian Yu in his family, in terms of face alone, it should not be worse than Wu Amaranth, not to mention that no matter how expensive a woman's face is, it is useless, Liu Mao seems to be a short-lived ghost in history, and he can't be used for a few days after marrying Wu Amaranth, and in the end, it is not in vain Liu Bei, and Liu Yan, Occupy Chengdu with the spirit of the emperor for so many years, all know that the retreat is successful, do not want to forge ahead, and finally was scared to death on the spot, in history in the troubled times really do great things, and a few are arranged by fate, not all through their own efforts to achieve the goal,

Thinking about these clearly, Liu Xin didn't take Wu Yuan's matter to heart, the first thing he had to do was to arrange the Yizhou officials who had been put into service, these officials were all retained, they were assigned to the counties of Jingzhou, familiar with the operation of the entire government affairs in Jingzhou, in Liu Xin's words, that is, let them go to the internship first, after all, Jingzhou's system has changed a lot compared with other places,

These officials were not worried about their future, because Liu Xin promised to let them return to Yizhou in a month, and Jingzhou's prosperous trade, developed economy, and affluent life made them feel deeply, in fact, due to the impact of the Yellow Turban Turmoil, the economic and social life of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, especially the northern states, was severely hit, and now the richest are the three southern states of Xu, Jing, and Yi.

These officials who have served in Yizhou are all from local scholar families, and Liu Yan has implemented a policy of heavy agriculture and suppressing business in Yizhou, these officials have a large amount of land in their families, and the tax policy implemented in Jingzhou will directly damage the interests of these officials, but Liu Xin is not worried about this, first of all, these officials have no military power, and they can't afford to make much trouble even if they rebel, besides, how can people not bow their heads under the low eaves, their life and death are in the hands of Liu Xin, how dare they not implement the policies formulated by Liu Xin, Secondly, after these officials stay in Jingzhou for a month, they must be able to see that Jingzhou's development has far exceeded that of Yizhou, who doesn't want their hometown to be good, Liu Xin has reason to believe that it won't be long before these Yizhou officials are willing to accept Jingzhou's set from the heart.

The next day, the envoys who went to recruit the four counties in the south of the country all sent back the news, the Taishou of these four counties were all young officials promoted by Liu Yan, and these people were the same as Zhu Bao back then, who were the most desperate for Liu Yan and refused to return.

The four counties of central and southern China are mixed with Han barbarians, of which the barbarians account for the majority, but the Taishou and officials at all levels are served by the Han people, these Han people are too shou in the local area and have absolute power, is a veritable overlord of the land, now Liu Yan is gone, they can't wait to get rid of Yizhou and establish themselves as kings, who is willing to obey Liu Xin's orders, and the land is sparsely populated, the road is difficult and difficult to travel, and they don't believe that Liu Xin's army can easily fight there,

In fact, Liu Xin has the ability to infiltrate the barbarians through the alliance of the three surnames, but he is now unable to use troops against the four counties in central and southern China.

In the past, he has always hoped to take the road of strengthening the army, so he has not expanded the size of the army, now in addition to the navy, his total strength is more than 180,000 people, but half of them are recruits who have been in the army for less than a year, in the era of cold weapons, the combat effectiveness of the undertrained recruits is to be greatly reduced, which can be seen from the performance of the recruits of the Fifth Army in the Battle of Luocheng,

And Liu Xin's biggest enemy now is Dong Zhuo, the troops he can mobilize can even reach 500,000 people, including more than 200,000 elite Xiliang iron cavalry, which does not include the nomadic cavalry of the Qiang and Southern Xiongnu that he may recruit, at the same time, due to the capture of Shu County, Liu Xin is facing the pressure of Dong Zhuo's group in three directions, although in history Dong Zhuo has been content to be his Taishi in Chang'an, until he was killed by Lu Bu after Wang Yun's serial plan, but now that Diao Chan is not in Wang Yun's mansion, the serial plan will definitely not be implemented, It is impossible for Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu to turn against each other for a while, and Liu Xin is not sure whether Dong Zhuo will take the initiative to attack Jingzhou, so he must strengthen the defense in these three directions, and deploy the first, second, and third armies in Shujun, Nanyang, and Yingchuan respectively.

In this way, the only troops that Liu Xin can use are the Fourth Army Corps and the incomplete Fifth Army Corps, and the strength of these two legions to guard against other princes is already a little stretched, let alone take the initiative to attack the four counties of Central and South China, of course, Liu Xin does not have to worry about the four counties of Central and South China now will counterattack his territory, after all, those few are too guarded to be respectful, and they have not jointly elected a leader, and they have to be restrained by the local barbarians,

Liu Xin now urgently needs to do what he needs to conscript, the society at that time is still an agrarian society, engaged in agricultural production accounted for the vast majority of the population, but the situation in Jingzhou is more special, due to the rapid development of commerce and handicrafts, the non-agricultural population is increasing, plus last year's surname recruited 100,000 recruits, and then recruit new soldiers in Jingzhou, it will inevitably affect next year's agricultural production, the people take food as the truth, Liu Xin knows best, agriculture is fundamental This point is unshakable, This is also the reason why Jingzhou's annual recruitment is carried out after the autumn harvest, so that it can be convenient for peasant families who have lost their labor to reasonably arrange the next year's farm work.

However, Liu Xin has already figured out that it is not enough to have one or two elite soldiers, but also needs a sufficient number of elite soldiers to ensure that his territory can get a stable and safe development environment, and at the same time free up his hands to slowly expand his sphere of influence, so the focus of this year's recruitment is on the four counties of Yingchuan, Qianwei, Shu County and Guanghan.

Originally, Liu Xin also wanted to plan the recruitment of troops, but after receiving the news that the four counties in central and southern China refused to return, he immediately issued a recruitment order.