With the passage of time, the war in the south gradually stopped, and the situation tended to be stable, but the name of the Nanyang family disappeared in the long river of history.

At the end of October of the second year of Jianning, Xianbei re-invaded northern Xinjiang and was in an emergency, Liu Hong immediately ordered Ding Yuan, the captain of the shooting voice, to lead 30,000 shooting troops to the north to resist Xianbei.

In the same month, Jinan thieves rose up and attacked Dongpingling, and Wang Yun, the assassin of Qingzhou, led his troops to break it.

At the beginning of November of the second year of Jianning, Fu Yuguo sent an envoy to contribute.

Liu Hong looked at the information of his husband Yuguo in the side hall of the dormitory, and couldn't help frowning.

At this time, the country of Fuyu, strictly speaking, is the queen of Fuyu, and the lord of the country is the king of Futai, who ascended the throne in 167 AD, one year earlier than Liu Hong.

Fuyu is thousands of miles north of Xuanfu. It is connected to Goguryeo in the south, Lulou in the east, Xianbei in the west, and weak water in the north. The place is 2,000 miles, the grain is abundant, and there is a lot of surplus grain.

The intelligence specifically mentioned that before the envoy came to Han, the Xianbei army broke through several western border cities in Fuyu.

Seeing this, Liu Hong can probably guess the purpose of Fu Yuguo's envoy this time, probably to invite the Han to attack Xianbei with him.

If it was five years later, Liu Hong would have agreed without hesitation, but at this time Liu Hong could not agree, at this time, the Han Dynasty should focus on recovering his strength, and it was not yet the time of the Northern Expedition Xianbei, which was also the reason why Liu Hong frowned.

At this time, a small yellow door trotted all the way to the hall and said, "Your Majesty, Dahonglu Yuan Kui asks to see." ”

When Liu Hong heard this, he knew that he was coming for his husband Yu Guo, and then said, "Xuan!" ”

"No" Xiao Huangmen respectfully responded to the promise, and went down to summon him.

After a while, Yuan Kui took off his shoes and walked into the hall, and after walking a few steps, he bowed to the tunnel, "Yuan Kui, the minister, will meet Your Majesty." ”

"Flat, sit!" Liu Hong said lightly.

Yuan Kui bowed slightly again, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Then he knelt straight on the cushion prepared by the small yellow door on the side.

Liu Hong picked up the teacup on the desk, tasted the tea, and said, "Aiqing is here to make an envoy for the rest of the country?" ”

"Your Majesty, exactly." Yuan Kui arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Fu Yuguo came this time because he was affected by Xianbei Koubian and was difficult to resist, so he came to ask my Han to help." ”

When Liu Hong heard this, he couldn't help but think of the veteran who was far away in Youzhou, if he hadn't relied on the state soldiers and border soldiers to repel the Xianbei soldiers and horses in Youzhou, how could the Xianbei army attack Fuyuguo?

Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but be dissatisfied with the history of the Bingzhou assassination, the population of Bingzhou was even greater than that of Youzhou, and there were more soldiers and horses, and he was beaten by the Xianbei army every year to complain to the imperial court, so that the imperial court sent a large army to help every year.

However, Liu Hong also knew that this was not the time to hold him accountable, so he turned his mind around and thought for a while and said, "The Han and Fuyu have been friends since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Fuyu Kingdom pays tribute every year. ”

Yuan Kui was taken aback when he heard this, and said secretly, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Don't you know what the state of the treasury is like at this time? Several disasters in the past year have depleted the treasury, and two rebellions have been put down, and if the money and food of the rebellious families are not collected into the treasury, the money and food of the army will be cut off. ”

"At this time, I finally eased up, and I still wanted to help my husband Yu Guo? This doesn't clean the treasury! ”

Immediately, Yuan Kui's mind moved, and he understood what Liu Hong meant, so he said loudly, "Your Majesty, although this is the case, but at this time, the treasury is short of money and food, if you want to help Fu Yuguo, I am afraid that you will have to use 50,000 troops, and the grain and grass needed by 50,000 troops is really not a small amount!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Hong picked up the teacup and blocked the slightly upturned corners of his mouth, of course Liu Hong knew that there was a shortage of grain and grass in the treasury at this time, but the courtiers said that it was one thing not to help, and the emperor said that it was another thing not to help.

This wicked man, Liu Hong is not willing to do it, what does the courtier do? is the one who carries the black pot, Liu Hong is still very satisfied with Yuan Kui's upper path.

But when he thought of the grain and grass in the treasury, Liu Hong couldn't help but be depressed, although Liu Hong made a lot of money by roasting tea and making paper, but it was useless to have money!

Money can't make food high! At this time, in the treasury and Liu Hong's inner treasury, the money was extremely considerable, but the grain and grass were pitiful.

In order to prevent people from starving to death among the people, Liu Hong reduced taxes more or less in various states, and only Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Yizhou were not exempted.

In other words, if there is any more rebellion at this time, Liu Hong will even use the relief food from the treasury when the army goes out.

This really made Liu Hong realize the pain of having money and nowhere to spend.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help but think of a sentence on Jinyiwei's intelligence: "Fu Yuguo has abundant grains and a lot of surplus grain." ”

So, Liu Hong's face was slightly excited, and he said, "Aiqing, do you know the specific situation of her husband Yu Guo?" ”

Yuan Kui was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty, the minister only knows a little about the outline. ”

"Then Aiqing knows that there is a lot of surplus food in the country?"

As soon as Yuan Kui heard this, he immediately understood, it turned out that he wanted to buy food from Fuyu Kingdom!

Immediately, Yuan Kui said, "I don't know how much." However, the minister can ask. ”

Liu Hong thought to himself when he heard this, and thought: Since you want to help, then I will send 50,000 troops to help, help! The main attack is naturally the rest of the country.

Immediately, Liu Hong said, "Aiqing can inform her husband Yu Guo to come to the envoy, saying that the Han Dynasty is in short supply of grain and grass, and if you want to send troops, you need to pay for grain and grass, and my Han now has a lot of food, so I ask him to sell some grain and grass." If so, my Han can send 50,000 troops to help. ”

Yuan Kui pondered for a moment when he heard this, then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, how much grain and grass should I buy?" ”

"This matter can be discussed with Si Nongqing Qiao Xuan, and then reported to the cabinet."

"No, the minister resigns."

After Yuan Kui left, Liu Hong got up and paced back and forth in the main hall, thinking to himself, "Although it is really unwise to send troops at this time, after all, it can be exchanged for the grain and grass that the Han urgently needs at this time, and it is just to help, and it has not lost much strength, and it is all right." ”

Thinking of this, Liu Hong raised his head and said loudly: "Li Hao intends to move Dong Zhuo to the captain of South Vietnam, go to the military department, and transfer 50,000 soldiers and horses from the military department to form the South Vietnamese army. The Wushuang Army was temporarily commanded by the right general Zhang Huan. ”

"No"

After the decree, Liu Hong stood in front of the map of the Han Dynasty and thought about something, at this time, all the states of the Han Dynasty had implemented the conscription system, but only Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Sili implemented the system of changing soldiers and horses.

After a while, Liu Hong exhaled a breath of turbidity and said softly, "It will take a long time for the Han to rise again!" ”

"Your Majesty, Song Guiren asks to see you." Li Hao said softly.

Li Hao knew that Liu Hong was not allowed to be disturbed when he was watching and thinking. But there are exceptions, and this Song Ling'er is an exception.

Sure enough, Liu Hong didn't have the slightest displeasure when he heard that it was Song Ling'er, but said with a smile, "Please come in." ”

"No" Li Hao saluted respectfully, and then went down to speak.

While walking, Li Hao couldn't help but guess: "What is this Song nobleman's ability?" It makes His Majesty love it so much, if the minister's request to see disturbs His Majesty's thinking, His Majesty doesn't say anything, but frowns. And Song Guiren asked to see, His Majesty actually replied with a smile, what a good skill! ”