Liu Xin asked strangely, "Wife, what's wrong?" Aren't you welcome me back? ”

Ma Yun glanced at him angrily: "You have nothing to learn from Liu Bei to do Taoyuan righteousness." Do you also want to learn from his brothers as siblings, and his wives as clothes? The clothes are torn, but they can be sewn; Broken hands and feet, Encore continued? ”

"This big-eared thief, I annoy him the most, a belly of hypocrisy." Liu Xin shouted wronged, sat down beside her and said, "In my eyes, brothers are like centipede siblings, and wives are winter clothes." ”

Ma Yun "snorted": "You know the poor mouth." But he smiled early and snuggled in Liu Xin's arms.

Liu Xin grabbed her and said with a smile: "Then again, shouldn't you prepare a few more sets of these clothes?" ”

Hearing this, Ma Yun stomped his feet, Liu Xin screamed and fled like a rabbit, and Ma Yun's "giggles" and strange eyes came from behind him.

As the days passed, the drought in the north continued to intensify. "Man conquers the sky" is destined to be nothing more than a joke, the power of nature is ruthless, although the best efforts are made, but in that era of relying on the sky for food, the summer harvest in Hejian County is still greatly affected, the only thing to be thankful for is the dug well to ensure that people can store drinking water. The other counties were not so lucky, the summer grain harvest was almost gone, many villages had difficulty drinking water, a large number of displaced people appeared, and as the number of displaced people increased, the epidemic began to spread.

Zhang Jiao's long-awaited opportunity finally came, on the one hand, he organized the Taoist congregation to give soup porridge relief in the counties where the drought was severe, and people called him Zhang Dashan. On the other hand, according to several ancient recipes he found, Zhang Jiao collected medicinal materials, boiled them into juice, and bottled them, saying that they were holy water, and cured people's diseases.

The sick drank the holy water of Zhang Jiao, and some of them still died, while others were cured. According to Taiping Dao, the patient who was not cured was naturally because of his insincerity. As a result, many homeless people regarded Zhang Jiao as a god and went down to earth, and preached it from time to time, so that the number of people who came to Zhang Jiao every day to ask for medicine was hundreds, and there were dozens of people.

In this way, the people of the eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Hebei, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan, who did not know the name of the great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao, admired each other, and even abandoned their property, rushed to the door, and traveled around. So far, of the 36 parties that Zhang Jiao has privately set up, there are more than 10,000 people in Dafang and 6,000 or 7,000 people in Xiaofang. Zhang Jiao saw that there were many believers, and the hearts of the people were attached, so he secretly looted grain and grass, and played military horses, and when the time was ripe, he would raise the flag to rebel.

Although the local people in Hejian have no worries about food and clothing, the large number of displaced people who have poured in still arouses Liu Xin's great attention. Tian Feng and Fu Zhi were busy running around the counties all day long, and Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and others also led troops to various places to maintain order. Because of the drought, summer sowing has been impossible, and many young adults who are idle at home have also been mobilized. In addition to helping to maintain order, there is also a special person responsible for environmental sanitation in the settlements of displaced people. Liu Xin attaches great importance to epidemic prevention work, and all dead livestock and poultry are also burned and buried and covered with lime.

Since the river was almost dry, the people and livestock of Hejian County relied on wells dug in various places for drinking water, which prevented the water from being polluted and causing a widespread epidemic of diseases in the river. After dozens of days of continuous efforts, the situation in the river gradually stabilized.

Liu Xin, who was in the Taishou Mansion, did not let go of his heart, he was walking anxiously outside the door at the moment, and Ma Yun's heart-rending shouts came from time to time in the room, and every time it came, his heart had to be pinched.

Liu Xin's forehead was already oozing cold sweat, and finally a baby's cry of "wow" came from the room. A loud cry penetrated through the clouds, and the midwife walked out with a happy face and said, "Congratulations to my lord......

"How's Madame?" Liu Xin didn't wait for her to finish, and then asked in a hurry.

The midwife was stunned, she has been delivering babies for decades, and everyone's first sentence will ask "is it a man or a woman", but the first time she asked Mrs. Taishou was the first time she encountered it, and she couldn't help but look stunned and speechless.

Liu Xin saw that the midwife looked different, and suddenly became nervous, grabbed the midwife, picked her up, and shouted, "What happened to Madame?" ”

This adult has always been kind, and he has never seen him speak so loudly, and the midwife trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Madame, mother and son are safe, mother and child are safe......"

Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as her hand was released, the midwife fell to the ground, paralyzed, and couldn't get up.

Liu Xin saw Ma Yun lying on the bed, her face was pale and there was no ruddy as before. Liu Xin said softly: "Wife, you have worked hard. Ma Yun smiled happily at him. Liu Xin asked again: "Is it a boy or a girl?" ”

Ma Yunyou's face became redder and redder, and finally couldn't help yelling: "Why are you going, why are you only asking now!" Get out, I'm going to nurse my son. ”

It was only half a year before the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Liu Xin wanted to expand the size of the army, but the imperial court had regulations on the formation of soldiers and horses in each county, and if it was not done well, it would be suspected of rebellion. Liu Xin had no choice but to focus on the training and equipment of the army, and took advantage of the great drought to acquire a batch of horses one after another.

The displaced people have been centrally resettled, but they only have porridge for three meals a day, which can only ensure that they will not starve to death, and it is impossible to eat enough. Looking at the homeless people who were getting weaker and weaker, Tian Feng came up with an idea - to provide relief through work, and he organized the young and middle-aged people among the homeless people and invested them in repairing the city walls in various counties. Because Hejian is an inner county, many years of peaceful life, most of the county city walls have fallen into disrepair, and many places have been dilapidated.

This is indeed a good idea, which not only solves the situation of the homeless people with nothing to do, but also allows some of the homeless people to have enough to eat. After listening to Tian Feng's suggestion, Liu Xin immediately ordered the implementation.

At the same time, the recital that was reported to the imperial court for disaster relief was also piled up in front of Liu Hong like snowflakes. Disaster relief costs money, which is simply difficult for Liu Hong, who has a lot of money. Liu Hong's instructions were to strictly order the counties to raise their own money and grain, relieve the victims, and be supervised by the governors of the prefectures, and the only thing the imperial court did was to halve the tax this year, which had made Liu Hong feel distressed for several days.

When the county guards received the order, they couldn't laugh or cry, and if there was no grain harvest this year, the imperial court not only did not allocate a penny, but also collected half of the tax. So the Taishou showed their powers, some apportioned to the big households, and some forcibly took from the people, which made them complain, which made it more convenient for the Taiping Dao to act.

The situation in Hejian is much better, after all, the people still have a part of the harvest this year, and Liu Xin exempted the people's taxes, and all the parts handed over to the imperial court are paid by the county government, but in this way, the part of last year's tax increase will be all consumed this year.

In autumn, the precipitation has gradually increased, and the drought has been significantly alleviated in various places, but the people have missed the opportunity to plow, and this year is destined to be no harvest, and many people do not know whether they will survive this winter. Fortunately, there is a Taishou Liu Xin in Hejian County to organize the release of grain, and there are also Taiping Dao organizations in other places to release grain, and there are not too many people who starve to death. The difference is that as long as the displaced people participate in the cash-for-work in the river, the whole family can be fed, while the rest of the people can only guarantee that they will not starve to death.

However, as the drought has eased, many displaced people have begun to return to their hometowns, after all, most Chinese have the idea that their homeland is difficult to leave. Hejian County has also been much quieter recently, and the government offices of other counties have finally begun to open warehouses to release grain. In Hejian County, people praise the merits of Liu Xin, but in other places, people praise the benevolence of Zhang Jiao, a "great sage and good teacher, Taiping Taoist", and many people serve the name of Zhang Jiao, a great sage and good teacher, at home. These two people, one is the Taishou of Jizhou Hejian, and the other is from Julu County, Jizhou. As a result, Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou, who was in charge of supervising local duties, gave a piece of music to praise the merits of these two people.

This unprecedented drought finally passed, and Liu Hong's mood also improved, and when he saw Han Fu's recital, he instructed his ministers to discuss and plan to praise him.

After Situ Yang Ci found out, he put on this chapter and said: "Hejian Taishou Liu Xin has not been in office for a long time, and it is commendable to be able to sympathize with the people, but it is only a matter of duty. As for Zhang Jiao and others confusing the people, it will be a trouble, but now that his power has spread, if he immediately orders the prefecture and county to arrest and crusade, I am afraid that he will rebel immediately. The minister asked the emperor to appoint him as the assassin of a state, return his disciples to their hometowns, and wait until his henchmen dispersed and Zhang Jiao was alone, and then sent officials to arrest him, effortlessly! ”

Yang Ci's strategy is actually quite powerful, if Liu Hong adopts it, it is difficult to say whether the Yellow Turban Uprising can break out. His idea was to first use a thorn to envelop Zhang Jiao to show the court's reward for him, and the people would naturally say good things about the court when they heard about it. If Zhang Jiao rebelled at this time, the beautiful image in front of him would naturally be destroyed. If he is not in a hurry to rebel, as long as he becomes an official, there will always be a way to find him wrong, and then he can be arrested justifiably. If Liu Xin sees this recital, he will definitely think of the story of Tai Bai Xing deceiving Sun Wukong to go to heaven.

But Yang Ci did this very unfairly to Liu Xin, there are so many disaster-stricken counties in the world, only Hejian County has done the best, but it cannot be praised. In fact, this is because Yang Ci heard that Liu Xin and Zhang Rang have a good relationship, and the two sides often have contacts, and Liu Xin is classified as a eunuch party.

Liu Hong saw that Yang Ci's recital was very different from what he thought, so he put it aside for a long time and refused to use it. Yang Ci felt ashamed for a while, so he called himself sick and begged.

A few days later, another official Liu Tao said: "Zhang Jiao's conspiracy is not a day or two, there are rumors in all directions, saying that Zhang Jiao and others secretly entered the Beijing Division, peeped into the government, and wanted to misbehave, and the states and counties were taboo with each other, and did not dare to report to the court. ”