The Son of Heaven issued an edict to worship Liu Xiu as General Wei, a good countryman, and 1,500 households; Yuan Shao was a former general, the Marquis of Duting, and had 1,200 households; Yuan Shu was the rear general, the pavilion marquis, and the thousand households; Gongsun Chan is the general of the left, the pavilion marquis, 800 households; Huangfu Song is the right general, Tinghou, 500 households. The other generals who accompanied the expedition had their own rewards, because the imperial court had no money, so the money needed for the rewards of meritorious generals was tacitly raised by the Yuan family and Liu Xiu, which was also the result of the bargaining between the Son of Heaven and Yuan Kui.

In order to fill the gap left by the Northern Xinjiang after Liu Xiu was named General Wei, the Son of Heaven worshiped Zhao Yun as the general of the Northern Zhonglang, led the history of the state assassination, and took charge of the affairs of the Northern Xinjiang; Jia Xu is still a long history, increasing his rank by 300 stones; Han Sui and Lu Bu respectively changed from Changshi to Taishou.

The Son of Heaven issued another edict and posthumously presented Zhao Bao as the general of Zhenyuan, the Marquis of Zhen, and Yinzi as Lang.

After receiving the edict, Yuan Shao's subordinates returned to their own county, and Yuan Shao himself immediately returned to Luoyang to take up his post.

After the edict, the happiest thing was Yuan Shu, he didn't expect that he would also become a general, and this credit was given to him by Liu Xiu. As soon as he was happy, he happily rushed to Liu Xiu's mansion, and took the opportunity to congratulate Liu Xiu to express his gratitude to Liu Xiu. Although the rear general said that he didn't have any soldiers to bring, but he was majestic, Yuan Shao worked hard to earn a former general, and he earned a rear general after a casual battle, which shows that people still have luck.

"It's not just about luck, it's about having nobles to help." Yuan Shu squeezed his eyebrows and said: "For example, the general, although you are literary and martial arts, you are outstanding, but if it weren't for the Son of Heaven who took a fancy to you, the Queen Mother who took a fancy to you, and the eldest princess who took a fancy to you, you wouldn't have achieved such a great achievement today." ”

Liu Xiu nodded solemnly: "Actually, my noble person is first of all you Yuan Highway, if it weren't for the fight between you and me, the Son of Heaven wouldn't know how many ways I still have a fist." ”

Yuan Shu laughed: "General, do you remember that incident." Come on, I'll admit that I was the one who did it, but I also took a beating from you, so don't mention it in the future. ”

Liu Xiu also smiled.

"The general worshiped the general at a young age, and he fought with his own military exploits, which is rare in the 400-year history of my Han Dynasty, if the general's parents knew, they didn't know how happy they would be." Yuan Shu suddenly suppressed his smile and asked with concern: "By the way, has the general had any news about them in the past few years?" ”

Liu Xiu shook his head and sighed deliberately: "I found it, but I haven't found it." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it." Yuan Shu slapped his thigh and said sympathetically: "The general is now a well-known young talent in the world, if Ling Zun is alive, there is no reason why he can't hear the news, there has been no news for so long, I'm afraid it's ......."

Liu Xiu glanced at him in surprise, and said in his heart, why did this kid suddenly care about my family. He pondered for a moment: "My father has a habit of traveling far away, maybe he has gone too far, I don't know yet." He smiled and teased himself: "Besides, I was very naughty when I was young, and probably my father didn't expect that the person who is famous today is his son." ”

Yuan Shu laughed twice, but he didn't think so, the name of the heart is the same, the origin is the same, and they are all disciples of the great Confucian Lu Zhi, can there be such a coincidence in this world? It's been three or four years, and there is no news from his parents, and Liu Xiu doesn't seem to have any sadness, this situation is incomprehensible and worth studying.

Yuan Shu said goodbye and left, but Liu Xiu became alert, although Yuan Shu was indeed related to him when he was named a general, but Yuan Shu didn't seem to need to come forward to congratulate him, and when he asked about his parents, his expression was a little weird, he was a little bad today.

However, Liu Xiu soon lost his mind to care about this matter, and as the news of his worship as General Wei spread, many ministers rushed to congratulate. Although everyone knows that Liu Xiu's ability to worship General Wei so quickly is not only because of his military exploits, but also because of the favor of the Son of Heaven for him, this is also the reason why many people must pay attention to it.

General Wei's mansion was suddenly full of traffic, the door was like a city, Liu Xiu was overwhelmed, although he was tired, but there was also an unexpected joy, these officials were very generous in giving gifts, the least was a million, most of them were about 10 million, Liu Xiu found that his most headache was solved inadvertently.

Looking at the thick gift list, Liu Xiu smiled from ear to ear, "Who else hasn't come?" ”

The eldest princess and Wang Chu glanced at each other, and couldn't help but smile: "With so much money, you are still not satisfied?" ”

"Who thinks a lot of money." Liu Xiumei said with a smile: "You don't know, this time the soldiers are still short of a lot of money, I am worried about how to get it, I didn't expect His Majesty to give me a promotion, and this matter will be solved." ”

The eldest princess shook her head helplessly: "I really haven't seen anything like this, fighting for Your Majesty, and taking your own money to work for the army." ”

Liu Xiu smiled, hugged the eldest princess's shoulders and shook it: "Your Majesty, there is no way to do this, we are not only monarchs and ministers, but also relatives, rich and noble, and share weal and sorrow." If you can, you can help, and you should help. Besides, there are two noodle restaurants and your restaurant, and you're afraid that you won't have anything to eat? ”

"It's a good thing to share hardships, but I'm afraid that it won't be so easy to share wealth and wealth." The eldest princess looked at Liu Xiu worriedly, "It's good for you to be loyal to Your Majesty, but don't treat Your Majesty as a friend." He is the Son of Heaven after all. ”

"Thank you, Madame, for reminding me." Liu Xiu arched his hand with a hippie smile, and shook the bill again, "Check it quickly, and see if there are anyone who should have come but didn't come." ”

The eldest princess was speechless, so she had to go through the account books with Wang Chu to see if anyone else should come. Just watching, An Quan came in and reported: "Sikong Tang Zhen is here." As he spoke, he handed over a gift list.

Liu Xiu took the gift list and glanced at it, very surprised, Tang Zhen has always been a vassal of Yuan Kui, and has a good relationship with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, but he has never had anything to do with him, even if he wants to pat the son of heaven to congratulate him, just send a family member, how to come to the door in person, and give such a generous gift: 100 million money.

Liu Xiu is short of money, but this money is too much, he doesn't dare to accept it, if it is tens of millions of money, he may not even blink a blink and accept it directly, but the amount of 100 million yuan is too huge to be simply seen as a gift.

"Tang Zhen is Tang Heng's younger brother, although Tang Heng has been dead for more than 20 years, there are still many people in the palace who have been his subordinates, including Yuan Yu, who was trained by Tang Heng when he first entered the palace. After Tang Heng died, although the Tang family was not as good as before, there were many officials, especially in Yingchuan, he still had strength. Seeing Liu Xiu's hesitation, the eldest princess hurriedly introduced the situation of the Tang family to him, and suggested that Liu Xiu see Tang Zhen and find out the reason why he gave such a heavy gift.

Wang Chu also agreed with the eldest princess's opinion, it is common to change the court in the officialdom, and Tang Zhen may want to take this opportunity to have a relationship with Liu Xiula. Although this kind of person has a bad reputation, he has a very strong foundation, and even if he doesn't want to befriend him, at least he can't offend him.

Liu Xiu didn't dare to slack off, and personally greeted Tang Zhen and invited Tang Zhen to the court. The guest and the host sat down and said some polite words to each other, Tang Zhen congratulated Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu was humble again and again, and said that Lord Sikong was too polite to be.

After being polite, Tang Zhen pondered for a moment and said what she meant. He had seen Tang Yingzi in the palace and felt that Tang Yingzi was a little familiar, but Tang Yingzi himself couldn't tell where his hometown was, and he didn't dare to admit it, he heard that Liu Xiu had painted the scenery of Tang Yingzi's hometown, he wanted to come and see this painting, maybe he could see something from it.

Liu Xiu will be suspicious, if Tang Zhen is telling the truth, it is understandable, although Tang Yingzi said that he picked it up, but the relationship with him is very close, not only that, she is also a little red in front of the queen mother and the queen, even the emperor's eldest son Liu Yan can't do without her, although He Guiren doesn't like her very much, but he doesn't dare to do anything with her, and she is related to the queen mother and the queen. But the problem is that you haven't decided yet, so you give such a generous gift? If not, then it will all be lost, you can't say that I admit my mistake, I have to get the money back.

"There is indeed such a painting, I asked people to take it for Tang Gong to see." Liu Xiu asked people to take the painting and spread it in front of Tang Zhen. Tang Zhen looked at it carefully for a while, then turned his head and asked, "Dare to ask the general, have you been to the place where the painting is written?" ”

Liu Xiu hesitated, he saw it from the ring, but he didn't want Tang Zhen to know about the existence of the ring, after all, this thing was a bit out of this era.

"What, what's the problem?" Liu Xiu asked lightly: "Is it like Tang Gong's hometown?" ”

Tang Zhen let out a long breath: "The mountains in the painting are indeed seven or eight points similar to the mountains and rivers near my house, but the mountains and rivers in this painting are a little different from the real ones after all, and I am not sure." ”

Liu Xiu was very surprised, you must know that landscape painting is not a photo after all, there is a big difference between it and the real landscape, and the similarity of seven or eight points is almost the similarity of sketching, is Tang Yingzi really Tang Zhen's family?

"There are missing children in Tang's family?"

"I don't have it at home." Tang Zhen shook her head, "However, my younger brother once had a daughter who went missing, and the time was seven or eight years ago, which is very similar to the time in Yingzi's memory. From this point of view, Yingzi is likely to be the slave girl I lost, but her appearance now is only a little shadow compared to when she was a child, I am not sure. ”

Liu Xiu was surprised and delighted, he always thought that Tang Yingzi was from the north, but he didn't expect it to be from the Yingchuan area, and her father may be Tang Zhen's younger brother Tang Mao, in other words, she is Tang Heng's daughter.

Liu Xiu suddenly thought of a question, according to the records of Lantai's secretary, the time when the ring disappeared from the palace was not long after Tang Heng left the palace, and Tang Heng also took care of Lantai, could it be that he took the ring without permission?

Liu Xiu immediately decided to hurry up and go to Yingchuan, it would be great if he could find Tang Yingzi's family, as for what her family had to do with the eunuchs, it didn't matter to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu sent Tang Zhen away, asked people to go to the palace to call Tang Yingzi back, and told her what Tang Zhen said, she was stunned at the time, and after a while, she jumped up excitedly, hugged Liu Xiu's neck and shook it vigorously: "Great, great, I'm going home." ”

"Come down, come down, your big brother's arm is not so good that he can't stand your tossing like this." The eldest princess patted her little buttocks, and it took a lot of effort to tear her off Liu Xiu's body.

Liu Xiu immediately entered the palace to ask the Son of Heaven for leave, and wanted to go to Yingchuan with the eldest princess, first, to check whether Tang Yingzi was Tang Mao's daughter, and at the same time, to see the business status of the eldest princess's fiefdom.

"I worship you as General Wei, you don't want to give advice to me, but you want to find relatives for Yingzi?" The Son of Heaven frowned, "Is her business important, or is my business important?" ”

"It's all important, it's all important." Liu Xiu's face was scolded, "Your Majesty, Yingchuan is the gateway to Luoyang, and the minister is also a field trip, so he knows it in his heart." Public and private, public and private. ”

"Public and private?" The Son of Heaven couldn't help but smile, "Since you have a private matter here, I won't give you the carriage and horse expenses, you can take care of yourself." ”

"Your Majesty, even if it's official business, the minister doesn't plan to ask Your Majesty." Liu Xiu shrank his neck, "The minister just plans to ask for it, and His Majesty won't give it." ”

The Son of Heaven's smile stiffened a little, and after a while, he sighed: "Haven't I done too much of this?" ”

Liu Xiu knew that he had uncovered the scar of the Son of Heaven, and secretly regretted it, so he quickly put away his smile and said, "Your Majesty, the so-called vicissitudes of the sea show the true character of a hero." Freezing three feet, not a cold, the accumulation of disadvantages of the Han Dynasty did not start from His Majesty, and the previous dynasties Yanjing failed to solve it, which caused His Majesty's embarrassing situation today. Your Majesty is working hard, and the ministers are obvious to all, so why should Your Majesty blame himself too much. ”

The Son of Heaven silently smiled bitterly twice, turned around and paced two steps. "Zhang Jiao wrote that he wanted to clear Haoqiang and regain the field, and many people were worried that this would be too drastic and reproduce the situation encountered when Emperor Guangwu did it. I also know that you tend to take your time, but now that the situation is urgent, I can't wait any longer. It is like a startled horse going downhill, although the forced parking may overturn the car, but if it does not stop, it will definitely be a car crash and a death, but it is just a moment of late death. I thought that instead of waiting to die, I should give it a go. ”

Liu Xiu listened quietly, he knew the mind of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven had recently redeployed the military around Luoyang, adjusted the Taishou of various counties, and assassinated the history of various states, and he was already preparing for a rainy day. It's just that he doesn't approve of the Son of Heaven's way of braking, if he is allowed to do it, he will popularize the experience of merging states, of course, this is relatively slow, if you want to see results, you can't do it in ten or twenty years.

"It's okay for you to go to Yingchuan to have a look, although Liu Yu is old, but his methods are too relaxed, I am worried that he may not be able to control the situation. Now that the state is on the right track, you can simply get out of the state and help me take care of Gyeonggi. ”

"The minister dares to die without his life." Liu Xiu bowed down and accepted the order. Although others came out of Bingzhou, the personnel of Bingzhou did not move, Zhao Yun succeeded as the general of Beizhong Lang, and he was not much different from himself there. The Son of Heaven appointed him as the general of Wei, not only commanding the four generals in the front and back, but also the forbidden army near Luoyang, including the Northern Army, Baguan and Liyang Battalions, were nominally under his command, which could not be said to be distrustful of him. As for the implicit restraint in this arrangement, it is also understandable, no emperor can trust a courtier without reservation, especially a very sensitive surname like the Son of Heaven, it is not easy to do this.

…… From Luoyang into Yingchuan to pass through Songshan, Songshan is also called Songgao Mountain, used to be called Chonggao Mountain, it was just changed during the great drought in Xiping five years, the big pheasant of that year was held in Songgao Mountain, but the mountain god didn't seem to buy it, and it didn't rain after the big pheasant.

Although there has been no major drought in the past two years, but it is not easy to talk about the wind and rain, earthquakes are particularly frequent, two months ago there was an earthquake in Jiuquanbiao, locust plagues and the like are not uncommon, in general, the people's livelihood is difficult, coupled with the big war at the beginning of the year, not only the people are having a hard time, even the rich people are a little nervous, as someone said: the landlord's family has no surplus grain.

Hearing that Liu Xiu was coming to Yingchuan, Dong Zhuo, the Taishou of Yingchuan, sent Niu Li Dao to greet him. When he arrived in Yangzhai, Dong Zhuo personally came to greet him and accompanied Liu Xiu and the eldest princess to the eldest princess's fiefdom first. The eldest princess lives in Luoyang most of the time, and Fengyi rarely comes, so this time it is a rare opportunity to come with Liu Xiu. After inspecting the harvest of the fiefdom together, they met with the families and tenants who managed the fiefdom, and exempted some taxes and debts for some people who really had difficulties in life.

"The general is really generous." Dong Zhuo said half-jokingly: "There is a debt owed to the people of Bingzhou, but the debt of the Yangzhai people is exempted here, and the people of Bingzhou are afraid that they will be unhappy when they hear it." ”

"I'm poor and generous." Liu Xiu laughed, "There are a lot of debts in Bingzhou, and there are just some small favors and small wisdom, which can be drawn." However, Fujun suffered a loss this time, and he was transferred from Hedong Taishou to Yingchuan Taishou, which means that he was not promoted. ”

Dong Zhuo waved his hand: "The general said that he laughed, I followed the general on the expedition this time, and was almost killed by Tanshi Huai, it is not bad if I am not demoted, where is there any credit at all." Yingchuan is too guarded, and it also makes me feel a little literate, and they all say that Yingchuan is talented, and it is not easy for me, a rough man, to be here to be a guard. ”

"It's not easy to get a little bit of culture?" Liu Xiu's eyes rolled, "Otherwise, let's build a academy together, I'll pay for it, you will manage it, and invite a few great Confucians to teach." ”

"Will it work?" Dong Zhuo was a little suspicious, "The people of Yingchuan are very arrogant, and they have always looked down on us warriors. ”

"Try it, how do you know if you don't try." Liu Xiu smiled: "Yingchuan not only has a family of gate valves, but also many people who can't afford to go to school, so we will target these people." ”

Dong Zhuo was very moved, if he could build an academy, just like Jinyang Academy, he might be able to get closer to those celebrities. Speaking of which, when it comes to Yingchuan, Liu Xiu's first impression is Yingchuan Academy, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is very powerful, and it is Yingchuan Academy at every turn, but after meeting Xi Zhicai and Xun You, he knew that although there are many celebrities in Yingchuan, there is no Yingchuan Academy.

In fact, the Han Dynasty did not have the name of the academy at all, according to history, the name of the academy first appeared in the classics in the Tang Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's private school is usually called Jingshe, more is to teach in the husband's house, not even a name.

The educational institutions of the Han Dynasty are divided into two kinds of official and private schools, the official schools are Taixue, county schools, county schools, etc., Taixue is funded by the imperial court, and county schools and county schools are funded by the local government. Yingchuan is not bad for money, but because there are too many celebrities and scholars, private learning is very prosperous, whether it is to learn real knowledge, or want to find a famous teacher as a backer, the vast majority of students are willing to enter private learning, and do not want to go to the county school, plus the gentleman of the county school is very low, few really learned gentlemen are willing to come, teachers and students are very limited, and private learning is dwarfed by comparison.

Liu Xiu proposed to suggest that Yingchuan Academy recruit those who did not have the way to study under the Great Confucian Sect, of course, it was a different way, but if you can't find a powerful gentleman to teach, then even if you have money, it will be in vain.

"Who will teach?" Dong Zhuo asked with concern.

"I'll do this, and I believe there are still people who really work hard to learn." Liu Xiu smiled slightly, "You pay attention to how many people want to study but can't read, if we build a academy and invite a gentleman, but there are no students, it will be a big shame." ”

"I'll arrange for someone to do it right away." Dong Zhuo was excited. "Although Yingchuan is rich, there are many people who can't afford to read, even a wealthy family like the Guo family, some tribes are also very ruined, and a few days ago there was a child named Guo Jia who wanted to exaggerate his age to come to the house to make a living."

"Who?" Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows, Guo Jia, this name is not familiar, it is like thunder.

"Guo Jia, a child who is only eleven years old, wants to pretend to be thirteen years old, and I see through it at a glance." Dong Zhuo shook his head, "Actually, I also want to reward him with a bowl of rice to eat, but he is thin and small, I am worried that it will hurt him, so I have to refuse." ”

Liu Xiu was excited, and secretly sighed at the strength of his foresight, and quietly said that he was short of a clever child to be a scholar, and asked Dong Zhuo to call that child to take a look, if it was okay, it could be regarded as a good deed.

Dong Zhuo didn't know why, and while asking people to find him, he praised Liu Xiu for his love and accumulation of yin virtue, and he would definitely shadow his descendants in the future. Liu Xiuxin said, I am not accumulating yin virtue, for the sake of my descendants, I am accumulating yang virtue, for myself. He didn't break it, and continued to discuss the situation in Yingchuan with Dong Zhuo, especially mentioning the matter that the Son of Heaven wanted to spend time.

Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment, and shook his head again and again: "This matter is a headache, those Haoqiang are not vegetarians, they are forced to be anxious, and they will rebel directly." They are familiar with the terrain, some people are rich, and there are many eyes and ears in the government, and we outsiders really can't handle them. Especially in the Yangcheng area, once there is a wind and grass, he hides in the mountains, where can we find it? Most of the officials in the house are locals, and they dare not believe them, but they can't disbelieve it. Even if the fate is not dead, but if we keep fighting for injustice, we are just a dead ghost, and the dismissal of officials is still light, maybe we can be planted as a bandit, and we don't even know how to die. After a few terms, the Son of Heaven was tired, so he had to give up Dutian and announce an amnesty. ”

Liu Xiu also sighed, he didn't remind the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven had been fooled by Zhang Jiao, and he couldn't listen to it at all.

(To be continued)