On January 28 of the third year of Jianning, the decisive battle of the lord of the Qiang people was about to begin, and the white horse and Qiang fought against the burning Qiang.

Before the start of the race, a carriage slowly drove into Luoyang, a little girl lifted the curtain of the carriage, looked at the crowded streets, and said excitedly, "Father, look, there are so many people!" ”

A man in his thirties in the carriage smiled, "This is natural, after all, this place is the capital of the Han Dynasty." ”

Then the man sighed and said, "Yan'er, this time my father was recruited by the emperor, and he will definitely make a difference, so my father may not be able to accompany Yu Er for a long time, don't blame my father!" ”

The little girl smiled and said, "What my father does is for the country and the people, how can Yan'er not know the severity?" ”

The man was relieved to hear this, although the child was only five years old, he was very sensible, and thinking of this, the man couldn't help but be grateful to his deceased wife.

At this time, several people dressed as noble sons passed by and talked about something.

The man listened attentively, and knew that he was talking about 'consumption and entertainment', the man frowned, and said secretly, "The gambling of the national ginseng is not a fortunate thing." ”

Since this is a decisive battle, and with the passage of time, although not to mention that all the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty are involved, they are not much different.

Therefore, at this time, the Han Dynasty reached a peak in talking about this matter, and although ordinary people did not participate, they also rushed to talk about it.

West of the city, the playing field.

Liu Hong sat on the seat on the city wall, and there was still a quarter of an hour before the start of the game, so Liu Hong called Cao Ying and whispered, "Ah Pu, how much can you make in this final battle?" ”

Cao Ying said respectfully, "Your Majesty, if the white horse Qiang wins, you can make 10 million, and if you burn Qiang Sheng, you can make 30 million." ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Liu Hong's eyes, and then he took out a piece of Jinyiwei's token from his sleeve and said, "Ah Gou, give this thing to Zhu Ao, the commander of Jinyiwei, what should he do, you know." ”

When Cao Ying heard this, his face turned righteous and said, "No"

Looking at the back of Cao Ying's departure, Liu Hong lightly glanced at the Lord of the White Horse Qiang who was talking and laughing, and said secretly, "Hmph, don't be happy too early, the court can make more money, how can I make less?" Whoever is the lord of the Qiang people can make my plan come true, and I don't have to be a real winner. ”

At this time, the city wall followed, Cao Ying looked left and right, and whispered to Zhu Aodao, "Please command the envoy to let the burn be Qiang Sheng." ”

Zhu Ao looked at the token in his hand and knew that this was what Liu Hong meant, so he whispered, "No." ”

Although Cao Ying knew that this promise was said to Liu Hong, Cao Ying still waved his hand again and again and said, "Don't dare, don't dare"

After a quarter of an hour, the match began, and as before, it was hand-to-hand combat, but the fighters on both sides were much more elite than the previous ones.

At the beginning of the fierce battle, Bai Maqiang had a slight upper hand.

However, the lord of the White Horse Qiang frowned when he saw this, and a general of the White Horse Qiang saw this, "Chief, what's wrong?" ”

"Something is wrong!" The Lord of the White Horse Qiang shook his head, then pointed to the field and continued, "You see, there is dilute feces where our war horses pass, and the speed of the war horses has also decreased. ”

Hearing this, Bai Maqiang's generals exclaimed, "Could it be that he has been plotted? ”

"Silence" the lord of the White Horse Qiang scolded, and when he saw the general covering his mouth, he then whispered, "I didn't expect Dangqiang to have such a ability, and he could do this before the game, it's really not to be underestimated!" ”

The generals of Bai Maqiang nodded when they heard this, they had also thought about it before, and they had also taken action, but all of them ended in failure.

Immediately, the general of Bai Maqiang whispered, "Chief, how is that good?" Isn't the position of the lord of the Qiang people going to be taken away by the burning of Qiang? ”

The leader of Baima Qiang smiled coldly, "He burned Dangqiang and was destined to be the lord of the Qiang people, but he may not have the life to return to the Qiang tribe." ”

At this moment, the form of the field suddenly changed, and Bai Ma Qiang's war horse couldn't speed up, so he could only watch the soldiers who burned Dangqiang continue to use their horse speed to improve their ability to collide, and finally Bai Ma Qiang was defeated.

Seeing this, Liu Hong showed a smile on his face, and then got up and said loudly, "Burning Dangqiang is worthy of being the strongest tribe of the Qiang people, sealing the Qiang leader as the captain of the Qiang Guard, in charge of Qiang affairs, the leader of the White Horse Qiang, assisting the leader of Burning Dangqiang to take charge of the affairs of the Qiang tribe." ”

The leader of Burn Dangqiang and the leader of Baima Qiang heard the words and did their promises.

Seeing this, Liu Hong continued, "The matter of the Qiang tribe is very important, so after two days, let's leave!" ”

"No"

At this time, a small yellow door walked into Li Hao's ear and said a few words, and Li Hao hurriedly said to Liu Hong, "Your Majesty, Mr. Cai Yong is waiting in the palace at this moment. ”

Liu Hong nodded when he heard this, and then left first with the busy state affairs, and before leaving, he ordered the great Honglu Yuan Kui to have a banquet to burn the lord of Dangqiang and Baima Qiang.

Liu Hong, who came to the side hall of the dormitory, saw Cai Yong kneeling on the cushion at a glance, and Li Hao said in a timely voice, "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

Hearing this, Cai Yong got up from the cushion, bowed to Liu Hong, and made a big salute, "Grass people Cai Yong, please see Your Majesty." ”

"Excuse me, sit." Liu Hong waved his hand.

Cai Yong sat down with thanks when he heard this.

Liu Hong took a sip of tea, and then said, "I have heard of Bo Jiao's calligraphy and painting for a long time, I don't know if I can see it today?" ”

Cai Yong bowed slightly when he heard this, "The grass people don't dare to be praised by His Majesty, but Your Majesty wants to watch, and the grass people are willing to sacrifice ugliness for Your Majesty to straighten out." ”

Liu Hong heard the words and said, "Come here, pen and ink waiting." ”

"No"

Li Hao hurriedly ordered someone to carry the table and prepared pen and ink.

While the little yellow door was grinding, Cai Yong closed his eyes and waited, it was obvious that Cai Yong was thinking about the article he had written.

Liu Hong had a headache when he looked at the scene in front of him, this Cai Yong is a defender, but also an old-fashioned one, and some of Liu Hong's reforms are obviously dissatisfied with Cai Yong.

At this moment, Cai Yong moved, and after a short time, Cai Yong finished an article.

Immediately Li Hao took the article to Liu Hong, Liu Hong couldn't help but applaud when he saw this word, this word is like a literati written by a literati, more like a general wrote, it is not an exaggeration to say that this word is magnificent.

But as soon as he saw this content, Liu Hong suddenly had a headache, it was full of criticisms of 'consumption and entertainment', Liu Hong couldn't help but think, "Just this one thing, I actually wrote such a long article, this is really outstanding!" ”

Immediately, Liu Hong rubbed his head and said, "Uncle, do you know how much money my Han has a fixed expenditure a year?" ”

Cai Yong was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "The grass people don't know. ”

"My Han only needs 1 million stone a year, that is, 60 million yuan, plus 100 million yuan for the army's expenses, which means that the Han needs to spend 160 million yuan a year. Bo Jiao, do you know how much the imperial court's tax is in a year? ”

Cai Yong said again: "The grass people don't know. ”

"In recent years, my Han Dynasty has been plagued by natural disasters [***], and the tax revenue of the last year was only 50 million yuan, that is to say, the tax of the Han Dynasty could not even meet the expenditure of the court officials, if it were not for me to set up the East Factory and sell paper and tea, the Han Dynasty would have collapsed long ago, and I, the emperor, would have stepped down a long time ago, where is there still Bo Jiao who said that 'consumption and entertainment' is right or wrong?"