While he was hesitating, several guards had already rushed over and said loudly: "A few of you quickly turn back, the lord is invited." ”

Sun Ce and the others looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine Liu Xin was selling in this gourd, or if he had brought any unfavorable news to them just now, but it had reached this point, and they had no way back, so they had to go back to the hall with the guards.

But seeing Liu Xin sitting on the top with a happy face, he was talking to Fu Zhu about something, when he saw them coming in, he stood up and said: "General Cheng, General Huang, you don't have to go to Exian County with Sun Ce, I will arrange for someone else to go with them." ”

Cheng Pu was alert and asked puzzledly, "What does the lord mean by this?" ”

Liu Xin saw his doubts, and said with a smile: "This matter is a long story, come, you sit down first, since I learned that your family was lost in Lujiang City, I have been sending people to negotiate with Yuan Shu, hoping to redeem your family, Yuan Shu felt that the strange goods were to live in, listed many harsh conditions, and the negotiations have been concluded until today, I have asked people to pick them up, and they will be able to return to Xiangyang in three days." ”

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai didn't feel the tears, and asked in a choked voice: "What the lord said is true, our family members are still alive." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said: "Well, don't worry, I have been putting pressure on Yuan Shu, and he didn't dare to embarrass your family too much, but he just put them under house arrest and did no harm, they are all safe and sound now." ”

Sun Ce was also very excited when he heard the news, and said repeatedly: "Uncle Cheng, Uncle Huang, congratulations." ”

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai shook Liu Xin to the ground and said gratefully: "The lord can rescue the family members of the last general, and he is as kind to the last general as a mountain. ”

Liu Xin pulled the two of them up from the ground, and said: "You and I are all a family, both are fighting for the revival of the Han family, and it is Liu's duty to rescue your family, in my place, there is only absolute trust, there is no deception, all the families of civil and military officials are free, and no one is needed to be a hostage, and you don't want to break my rules, you first have a good rest here for a few days, and then go to Changsha to take office together." ”

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were still in a difficult mood, they knew that the news must have been brought back by Frustration, so they turned his hand to thank him, and asked: "I don't know what conditions the lord agreed to Yuan Shu before he was willing to let us go back to our family." ”

Frustrated with a sigh, he said: "This condition is not low, the lord gave Yuan Shu 500,000 stones of grain, 200,000 taels of silver, and 30,000 sets of clothes and armor, all of which were paid by the lord himself, and he didn't spend a penny in the treasury, not only that, but the lord was also promised to live in peace with Yuan Shu within three years, which was exchanged for your family." ”

Sun Ce, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai were all taken aback when they heard that it was such a condition, and looked at Liu Xin in a daze, speechless, but Liu Xin just smiled faintly and said: "Money is something outside the body, you don't bring it when you are born, you don't take it away when you die, what's the use of me asking for so much money, it is the biggest role to be able to save your family, but the public is the public, the private is the private, every penny in the treasury is the people's fat and people's ointment of the people of Jingyi, taken from the people, should be used for the people, and you are not the people of Jingyi, Liu wants to rescue your family, but he never dares to use the money in the treasury, in order to raise funds, he has delayed until now, and I hope you can understand. ”

Sun Ce and the others listened to Liu Xin's words, their minds were blank, they really didn't know what to say, Liu Xin saw their appearance, and knew that from now on, they would definitely follow themselves with all their hearts, and they would never have any different hearts, but they didn't expect that the Sun Wu Group, which had won three points of the world in history, would be easily disintegrated by themselves in this way.

Liu Xin sighed in his heart, but it was inconvenient to express it, so he just waved his hand and said: "Sun Ce, what are you still doing here, go and pick up your mother, I am ready for everyone and horses, General Cheng, General Huang, you should also go down and rest quickly, and you can meet your family with enough energy." ”

Frustrated and waited for Sun Ce and them to leave, and then said to Liu Xin: "The lord is kind-hearted, and finally convinced them, but he will not use troops against Yuan Shu within three years, this condition is too ......, alas, ......"

Liu Xin patted the frustrated shoulder, and said with a smile: "Gong He, not only will I not use troops against Yuan Shu for three years, but I will try not to use a single soldier in the past two years, so we will practice our internal skills behind closed doors, and when we grow stronger, I will be the first to eat Dong Zhuo." ”

This time redeemed from Yuan Shu, in addition to the families of Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zhu Zhi, as well as Sun Jian's younger brother Sun Jing was also released by Yuan Shu, Han Dang was dead and had no children, Liu Xin let his widow live with Wu Shu and Wu Xian, and Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi were sent to serve under Cai Mao, the Taishou of Xiangyang, to facilitate the care of Wu Shu and them, and Sun Ce reported to the new barracks,

Wu Shu and Wu Xian, in order to thank Liu Xin for their righteousness, repaid their family with virtue, and specially named Sun Jian's posthumous daughter Sun Ren, saying that they would never forget Liu Xin's kindness, and when he heard about it, Liu Xin sighed, he knew that this little girl must be the famous Sun Shangxiang, for Sun Shangxiang's real name, there are many controversies in history, and there are also those who think that her name is Sun Ren, but there is a lack of historical data support, and I didn't expect that the name Sun Ren came because of himself,

With the hype of the newspapers, the task of recruiting troops was soon completed, and more than 110,000 new recruits were added, and Liu Xin's confidence was hardened, although these recruits could not really go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but it was more than enough to guard the pass city, although there were not many war horses, but there were 300,000 troops, plus various tactics and equipment specially developed to deal with cavalry, and there was no need to worry about Dong Zhuo's changes.

The distribution of the newspaper, along with the business of Dahan Qianzhuang has also improved, Dahan Qianzhuang has now controlled the economic lifeline of the fifteen counties under Liu Xin's jurisdiction, and the silver ticket is the most popular hard currency in these fifteen counties, and now the Dahan Qianzhuang not only issues silver bills, but also begins to mint silver ingots, gold ingots, and copper coins, which has begun to take shape as a central bank. The number of silver tickets issued also increased.

At this time, the princes around the country recruited a large number of troops, in order to meet the needs of money and grain, most of them began to cast copper coins by themselves, but due to the different composition of copper ore, the technical level is not the same, the copper coins cast are very different, and there are more cutting corners, the copper coins are more and more light, in fact, in Liu Hong's time, the official unified casting of copper coins has been less than five baht, and now, Dong Zhuo is even more wantonly minting a kind of unwritten small money, the weight is not even three baht,

In this case, Dahan money village was also forced to start their own minting copper coins to meet the needs of local commercial circulation, Ma Yun named this copper money "Zhongping Tongbao", in order to distinguish it from the five baht money circulating at that time, this copper money adopts a new process, casting exquisitely, the text is clear, it is difficult for outsiders to imitate, plus the weight of this copper money is full of five baht, it is very popular with the people, in Xiangyang and other fifteen counties, large transactions mainly use silver tickets or gold and silver, and Zhongping Tongbao has become the only common currency for relatively small transactions, Not only that, in other places, in addition to the use of gold and silver in private transactions, people are also more willing to accept Zhongping Tongbao as a transaction currency.

As the economic strength became stronger and stronger, Liu Xin began to carry out the reform of the civil service system, and in September, Liu Xin really established the cabinet and the six ministries, Fu Zhu, Kuai Liang, and Guo Jia were appointed as cabinet scholars, Tian Feng was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Han Opera was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Cai Yong was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Cheng Yu was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Soldiers, Kuai Yue was appointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Xiang Lang was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Works.

Liu Xin's original intention to set up the cabinet was to prevent excessive concentration of power, in Liu Xin's view, every dynasty in Chinese history has always gradually changed from prosperity to decline, all related to the emperor's power is too great, the emperor can do as he pleases, without any supervision and control, once the newly enthroned emperor is no longer wise and martial, he will annihilate the evil rampant, and the country will begin to decline, Liu Xin's goal is to seize the whole world, of course, but also to think more about the future social development, he has explored how to control the imperial power,

In the future, all major matters need to be discussed by the cabinet and form preliminary opinions, and then reported to Liu Xin for decision, and some smaller matters, the cabinet can directly decide, and then report to Liu Xin afterwards.

After the establishment of the cabinet, whether he can really limit the imperial power, Liu Xin has no bottom in his heart, and he is frustrated that they will still ask him to report big and small, but, on the whole, he is still much more relaxed than in the past.

Since being stabbed by Han Dang, it has been two months, Liu Xin's arm has been able to move freely, but there is a long scar left on the upper left arm, and Cai Jue has been carefully cared for by everyone, the splint tied to the arm and leg has been removed, the bruise on the face has also dissipated, and she has returned to her former appearance, although Hua Tuo said that she can go down to the ground and move her limbs, but Cai Jue has been lying in bed for so long after all, and she has a lot of psychological burden, and the injured leg just refuses to step down.

No matter how busy Liu Xin is now, he will take the time to visit Cai Jue, and today is no exception, Liu Xin just walked to the door, and heard the noise in the room, he frowned unconsciously, isn't this going to affect the patient's rest, Liu Xin pushed the door in, but saw Ma Yun, Bian Yu, and Cai Yan all surrounding Cai Jue's bedside, Cai Jue sat on the edge of the bed, one foot stood on the ground, and the other foot didn't dare to stretch out.

Ma Yun and the others encouraged in unison: "Don't be afraid, be brave, go, go." ”

Liu Xin immediately understood what they were doing, Cai Jue had been lying on the bed for more than two months, now the bones have been connected, and they need to be moved, otherwise it is easy to affect the muscles of the legs, besides, now the weather is getting colder, if you don't recover as soon as possible, it will be more troublesome in the future, Liu Xin took three steps and two steps, walked to the head of the bed, held Cai Jue's shoulders, and said: "Jue'er, don't be afraid, take two steps down to the ground, let's only take two steps today, you have to walk quickly and normally, I am still waiting to marry you, do you know, I've been suffocated for the past two months. ”