Chapter 168: Buy up, don't buy down
Liu Xin couldn't believe his ears, is this still the Queen Mother, how could she say such a thing, Liu Xin was startled, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, don't get me wrong, Weichen will never dare to have the slightest malice." ”
Ma Yun also stepped forward, helped He Lian up, and said: "Queen Mother, what kind of nonsense have you heard, my husband is a good person, how can he do such an unbearable thing, he is entrusted by the first emperor to assist the new emperor, who knows ......"
Liu Xin also came to his senses, interrupted Ma Yun's words and asked, "Dare to ask the Queen Mother, how did the emperor die." ”
He Lian was diverted by their series of words, it seemed that Liu Xin was not as bad as rumored, so she dared to raise her head and take a sneak look, and sure enough, she saw that Liu Xin and his wife were all respectful, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the whole person seemed to have been drained of strength, and suddenly collapsed to the ground,
Tang Xian listened to Liu Xin's questioning, and couldn't help but think of the tragic scene of Liu Wei being strangled to death by several soldiers, and couldn't help screaming "ah", and muttered: "The emperor, the emperor, ah, the emperor was killed by them......"
Liu Xin and Ma Yun glanced at each other, shook their heads together, they didn't expect that one was the queen mother and the other was the queen of the abolished emperor, and they were a little nervous by Dong Zhuo, and finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter.
In this way, Liu Xin didn't dare to leave the two of them in the state pastor's mansion anymore, so he quickly ordered to find a large mansion nearby, asked someone to clean up, sent He Lian and Tang Xian over, and allocated many maids and slaves for their servants, according to Kuai Liang's meaning, these slaves should also be punished by the palace, but Liu Xin did not agree, he felt that this was too cruel,
He Lian also gradually woke up from fear, Liu Xin was not as terrible as Li Ru said, but she was not the slightest interested in Liu Xin's suggestion to raise troops to help Liu Bi avenge revenge, He Lian is now disheartened, she poisoned Wang Meiren at the beginning, although there was jealousy in it, but more because Wang Meiren also gave birth to a son, in order to keep her son's status, she was so ruthless, now, her son was strangled to death in front of her, and Wang Meiren's son still sat on the throne, and her sons died, What's the point of fighting again,
On the way from Luoyang, in addition to fear, she also thought a lot, especially in Jingzhou, seeing those ordinary people living carefree, He Lian has already regretted marrying into the palace at the beginning, if she is just an ordinary person, now her children and grandchildren are around her knees, how happy it should be, but now, her son is dead, her brother is dead, her brother is dead, even her mother was killed by Dong Zhuo, she is really alone now, she doesn't want to think about those things anymore, she just wants to live well,
Tang Xian is just a budding little girl, just thirteen years old this year, in fact, it is not surprising, Liu Wei was only fifteen years old when she died, Liu Xin saw that she was still young, so she proposed to send her back to Yingchuan's mother's house, but she was unwilling to live or die, she must be with the Queen Mother, and she had to follow her,
Liu Xin settled He Lian and Tang Xian, and all he could do was to take care of their lives, in addition to ensuring their daily needs, he also opened up a vegetable field in the backyard at He Lian's request.
He Lian now wants to live an ordinary life, she has no relatives, since Tang Xian refuses to go back to her parents' house, she treats Tang Xian as her daughter, that vegetable field is used by her to pass the boring time, every day ridges, loose soil, watering, fertilization, after a day's work, she can sleep more soundly at night, and there are many fewer nightmares,
Ma Yun will often take Bian Yu and Zhu Qian to He Lian's house to hang out, first, to chat with He Lian, to pass the time, and secondly, to let them feel He Lian's tragic experience, Ma Yun often watched some costume TV series in later generations, in these TV series, Gong Dou is an indispensable content,
He Lian is actually a victim of Gong Dou, although she appeared as a victor at the beginning, if He Lian didn't poison Wang Meiren, she would not have been snubbed by Liu Hong and kept a widow for seven years, no matter what, she is always the queen, her brother is a general, her status with Liu Wei, Wang Meiren is impossible to shake, Liu Xie has to shout a queen mother when he sees her, and Wang Meiren does not die, Liu Hong will not give up on himself so much, even if he is also desolate, but the body cannot collapse so quickly, is only thirty-four years old and returns to heaven, Liu Hong does not die, Liu Wei will slowly grow up under his wings, if Liu Wei succeeds to the throne in his twenties, the situation will be very different, just like dominoes, a palace fight brought this series of consequences,
Ma Yun knows that Liu Xin is now bent on competing for the world, maybe he can really succeed, if he succeeds, he and Bian Yu, Cai Yan, and Zhu Qian will all become Liu Xin's concubines, she doesn't want the good show of palace fighting to be staged on her sisters, Ma Yun just wants to take precautions, let Bian Yu and them feel the tragedy brought about by He Lian's palace fight,
After Liu Xin settled He Lian and Tang Xian, the first thing he did was to hold the groundbreaking ceremony of the Memorial Tower, in the first year of Zhongping, Liu Xin came to Xiangyang, first recovered Wancheng, and then cleared the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and then quelled the rebellion of Bei Yu and Su Dai, as well as the later campaign to attack the Jiangxia counties, as well as the most tragic battle of Ba County, there were dozens of battles, large and small, and the total number of dead soldiers reached more than 6,000 people, which will be used to place the spiritual seat of more than 6,000 soldiers. The government will also hold two public sacrifices every year during Qingming and the winter solstice.
Liu Xin also awarded the title of "martyr" to all the fallen soldiers, their families are "martyrs", they can receive generous pensions, and they will receive special preferential treatment from the government in terms of taxes and other aspects in the future.
From Cai Yong's doting on Cai Yi, Liu Xin can see how much people in this era attach importance to the succession of ancestors, so he made a provision that martyrs with children will be raised by the government Chengren; If they have no children, choose one from the children of their brothers and sisters to pass under their name, or select an orphan from the orphanage to pass under their name, because Liu Xin knows that there will be many battles waiting for them, and once they will succeed, there will be countless soldiers who will throw their heads and spill their blood in the future, and he has the responsibility to let the soldiers be able to kill the enemy with peace of mind.
Liu Xin also made special provisions to take care of the disabled soldiers, in addition to receiving a pension once when they were discharged from the army, they can also receive a certain amount of subsidies every month in the future, and those engaged in production can also be exempted from half of the tax, so that they will not have nothing to live because of their disabilities.
The implementation of these preferential policies requires strong economic power to back, except for Liu Xin, the other princes really do not have the strength to adopt the same policy, there is money and easy to do, this sentence is not false at all,
Because of the money, Liu Xin decided to rapidly expand the army, the land of Jingzhou was lively again, each county has set up a recruitment office, when Liu Xin first arrived in Jingzhou, the implementation of the policy of conscription, and now Jingzhou, being a soldier is a more promising profession, every winter when the agricultural slack, the recruitment office of each county, the young people who sign up will line up in a long line, becoming a local scene,
In the past few years, the number of recruits was very limited, but this year is different, Liu Xin broke down the target of recruiting 100,000 soldiers into each county, not only including the nine counties of Jingxiang, but also the newly occupied counties of Qike and Ba County.
After receiving the order to recruit soldiers, all counties acted quickly, and this matter will be carried out every year, but there are more people recruited this year, and Tian Feng and Tian Feng are actively mobilizing all kinds of materials to ensure that the newly recruited soldiers can be well arranged, and the military training center of Wenpin will definitely not be able to accommodate 100,000 recruits, and the five major army corps will undertake certain training tasks.
Liu Xin was not idle, he changed into civilian clothes and personally went to various recruitment points to make secret visits, after all, the number of recruits this year is very huge, if there are too few people who sign up, he must adjust the policy in time, there will be countless battles waiting for him from next year, these recruits will not necessarily be sent to the battlefield next year, but the loss of the war is amazing, they will be used as an important reserve force, so this year's 100,000 recruits must be guaranteed,
According to Liu Xin's estimates, such a large-scale recruitment indicates that there will be a big war, and during the war, many people will try to evade military service, and there will definitely be no more people to recruit than in previous years, who knows, he has not seen the alley of the recruitment office, the long queue has turned into the alley next door, Liu Xin was very surprised, and decided to go to the recruitment office to see what the situation is, he does not want the following officials to complete the task, forcing the people to join the army as soldiers,
Liu Xin hurriedly grabbed a young man in the team and asked, "You came to apply, are you voluntary?" ”
The people around looked at Liu Xin like a monster, and the young man said: "It's not voluntary, we are all neurotics, so we got up so early in the morning to line up." ”
Liu Xin was even more incomprehensible and said: "There are a lot of places recruited this year, is it necessary to be so nervous." ”
Everyone immediately booed, and an older middle-aged man stood next to the team, obviously accompanying his son to apply, looked at Liu Xin twice, and said: "Young man, you don't understand, so many people are recruited this year, and they will definitely not be recruited again next year, and they will not even be recruited the year after tomorrow, if you can't be selected this time, maybe you won't be selected in this life, can you not be nervous, I see that you are tall, like a good piece of material, hurry up and line up at the back, maybe it's still too late." ”
Liu Xin suddenly realized, and couldn't help shaking his head, it turned out to be like this, this is also an alternative way to buy up or down, how can the Han people have this bad problem,
At this time, there was a sudden fierce quarrel in front,