The Son of Heaven held his breath, stretched out his hand to receive the emergency report, and his hand almost touched the military report, then stopped, and slowly retracted. He looked at the three blood-like cinnabars, blinked his eyes twice, and licked his lips subconsciously.

Jian Shuo was very surprised, he didn't know what was wrong with the Son of Heaven, he was looking forward to the military report of the state every day, why did he dare not take the military report of the state in front of him? He knelt there, looked at the Son of Heaven, and looked at the military newspaper, but he didn't know what to say.

Yuan Hui glanced at the Son of Heaven, a touch of contempt flashed in her eyes, she knelt on the ground, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please allow the concubines to do the work for Your Majesty." ”

The Son of Heaven's voice was dry and hoarse, "Okay...... Good. ”

Yuan Hui took the military report from Jian Shuo's hand, first checked the mud sealing on the surface, and then showed it to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the mud sealing is complete and clear." After getting the nod of the Son of Heaven, she knocked off the sealing mud on the case, took out a thin piece of paper in it, glanced at it first, and then showed joy: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Northern Xinjiang has won a great victory." ”

Before she finished speaking, the Son of Heaven reached out and grabbed it, quickly glanced at it, couldn't help laughing, stood up at once, and read it while walking in the room with the letter. The Son of Heaven took two steps and turned back, and Jian Shuo hurriedly rushed back to protect him.

"Your Majesty Xiu Fuqi, the captain of Changshui, led the minister: Since Xianbei entered the Kou, the ministers and the soldiers have been waiting for the Dan, worrying all night, drumming forward bravely, and fighting with their heels......" The Son of Heaven walked while reading softly, and the haiwen carefully written by Liu Biao was catchy, depicting the scene, such as in front of him, the ears seemed to be able to hear the golden drum in unison, and the soldiers were fighting under the banner of the Han Dynasty, chasing the death and chasing the north.

The Son of Heaven was full of blood, shouted happily, and watched it twice in succession, only then did he open his arms and look up to the sky and roar: "Win the battle-"

Two lines of hot tears rolled down his thin pale cheeks, and the Son of Heaven wantonly vented his suppressed emotions for nearly half a year, regardless of the presence of someone in front of him. Liu Xiu won, he can finally puff up his chest and go to the suburbs, and he can finally face those courtiers with confidence. His trust in Liu Xiu was not disappointed, and Liu Xiu earned face for him and supported him.

After a long time, he came back to his senses, and while walking out quickly, he said to Jian Shuo: "Quick, quickly tell the queen and the Wang family the news, so that they will be happy and happy." ”

Yuan Hui couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she saw that the Son of Heaven was just going out excitedly, and she didn't even look at her, but she still smiled calmly and sent the Son of Heaven away, and there was even some happiness on the corner of her mouth.

The Son of Heaven walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, turned his head and smiled at Yuan Hui: "Yuan Meiren, your brother Yuan Benchu also has merit, I ...... Reward them well. ”

Yuan Hui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

"Hahaha......" The Son of Heaven laughed and walked quickly, laughing loudly as he walked: "Won the battle, won the ......"

Yuan Hui sighed faintly, leaned on the door frame for a while, then put away the piano, picked up the remnants of the sheet music and read it for a while, and said softly: "Let's call it the victory song." ”

The news of the victory quickly spread throughout Luoyang, whether the officials liked it or not, they all rushed to the palace to congratulate the Son of Heaven, and many people rushed to the Taiji Taoist Hall to congratulate, Lu Zhi also received a lot of congratulations, for a while Luoyang was talking about this great victory thousands of miles away, which is also a good news that can make people feel a little excited. Dahan has had too much bad news over the years, and there is little and little good news.

The Son of Heaven was full of spirit, as if he had changed a person, he walked with the wind, his voice was loud, and his demeanor added a bit of a kingly appearance. In addition to a document of success, there was also a detailed strategy for merging the state in the recital sheet sent by Liu Xiu. He explained in detail to the Son of Heaven that the reason why he did not exterminate the Red Yue tribe was to force them to surrender. He believes that even if all the current troops in the state are gathered, they may not be able to completely cripple the Xianbei people and destroy a Hongyue tribe that has been disabled, and it will not be able to obtain the benefits of the real surname for the Han Dynasty, and another large tribe will soon replace it. In the case of initial results, it is necessary to start to divide the Xianbei people, and at the same time assimilate the Xiongnu, strengthen the strength of the annexed states, and prepare for the next big war.

The Son of Heaven is in a good mood at the moment, and he can basically agree to Liu Xiu's request, but he can't have the final say alone, at least he has to talk to Sangong. The three dukes thought about things much more carefully than him, and the first thing they thought of was how to reward. There were nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Han army who participated in the war, and there were also 20,000 or 30,000 Huns.

Next is the question of the meritorious officers, especially Liu Xiu, he is now a captain of Changshui, how should this officer be promoted, is he going to continue to be a captain of Changshui, since the Son of Heaven wants him to be in charge of the military of the state, then it is definitely not a matter for him to be a captain of Changshui all the time, so if he is not a captain of Changshui, what should the Changshui battalion do? Withdraw to Luoyang, or stay in Bingzhou?

Situ Yang Ci immediately proposed that the financial endowment of the state is not enough to support military spending, if it is to be transferred from other places, where should it be transferred, the nearest is Jizhou, but Jizhou is now unable to support Youzhou, and if it supports the annexation of the state, Jizhou will collapse. If it is transferred from Yuzhou and Jingzhou, it is a long way away, and the cost is also very amazing, and more importantly, the wealth of these places is transferred to the state, so what should Luoyang do? Dahan's wealth is already beyond his means, and coupled with such a mess of merging states, the gap is even greater.

Sikong Tang Zhen also raised a question, in Tuntian, Bingzhou, who is responsible for the water conservancy required by Tuntian, is it Sikong Mansion, or is it raised by Liu Xiu himself?

The spirit of the Son of Heaven was quickly tormented by their problems, and in frustration, he became irritable and irritable, and he yelled at the three princes, usually you all say that Shangshutai has encroached on your rights, but now when I talk to you about things, instead of going to Shangshutai, you put all the problems on my head, there are a lot of problems, and there is no solution, is this you doing things, or I am doing things?

The three princes looked at each other, isn't this studying the problem, how to do things without money?

The Son of Heaven was very angry, shook his hand, stopped studying with them, and directly found Zhang Jiao. Zhang Jiao was opposed by too many ministers because of his sharp edge, and the Son of Heaven's practice of the room did not achieve the effect of full spiritual energy as he said, but there was a phenomenon of false loss, the Queen Mother was very unhappy, so she asked the Son of Heaven to drive him out of the palace. The Son of Heaven was reluctant for a while, so he arranged for him to go to the ancestral hall of the palace to worship Huang Lao and Futu, which can be regarded as a professional counterpart.

Zhang Jiao concentrated on studying the "Taiping Sutra" here, and felt that he had suddenly entered a new world, and the loss of being excluded was also left behind, and every day in addition to the usual arrangement, he was figuring out the truth in this book, and many questions that he originally felt difficult suddenly had new answers, and the theoretical level of governing the country was greatly improved.

After listening to the inquiry of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Jiao did not show any righteous indignation, he just said lightly: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost." And those who are blinded by greed have violated the way of heaven and can only go to destruction in the end. ”

The Son of Heaven seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and his slightly puffy eyes were opened, looking at Zhang Jiao blankly.

"Your Majesty, the three princes and nine kings in the court, which one is not a family with a lot of money? They are all thieves who robbed His Majesty's wealth, how could they contribute to His Majesty's efforts and level the powerful and powerful. Can they do what is not good for them? ”

The Son of Heaven felt the same way, nodded helplessly, and clenched his fists hard.

"They used His Majesty's officials to accumulate wealth, and even snatched money from His Majesty's money bag, but when His Majesty needed money to help the people's livelihood, they pretended to be deaf and dumb. Your Majesty, you can't tolerate it anymore, if it goes on like this, the foundation of the Han Dynasty will be in jeopardy. ”

The Son of Heaven let go of his fingers, slowly clenched it again, and repeated it several times before he suddenly said, "You go to be the Jinan Xiang." ”

Zhang Jiao bowed and bowed: "Only!" ”

……

In April of the seventh year of Xiping, Liu Xiu stood by the river, looking at the clear river water, and was full of emotion. Two thousand years later, he once came here, it was a cultural relics collection activity under the cover of sightseeing, but at that time the Hetao was already in the north of the desert, the yellow sand was full of sky, only large and small ditches remained, the river water was turbid, although it was not as exaggerated as a bowl of water and half a bowl of sand, but it was very different from the clear river in front of him.

Nowadays, patches of desert have not yet been seen, and to see the real desert scenery, you have to go to the north of Yinshan.

This is Mo Nan, after the weather warms up, the grassland returns to green, flowers are in full bloom, here is a veritable small Jiangnan.

The water was still cold, but the wind and snow could not contain the excitement that the cat had been accumulating for several months, and he ran barefoot on the shallows, and the crisp laughter came far away on the silent and windless river beach. A few days ago, the iron wolf rushed back and told Fengxue that after receiving Liu Xiu's warning, Split Wind used the excuse that Daddy Wind was not in good health, and returned to Ding Ling with the soldiers of the Niutou tribe.

The Niutou tribe was safe, and the wind and snow seemed to have severed the connection with Danhan Mountain all of a sudden, and the whole person relaxed and bloomed with unprecedented vitality.

There are many tents on both sides of the riverbank, like mushrooms blooming on the withered yellow grass on both sides that have not yet turned green. It was the night dwelling of the officials and the common people, who were busy measuring the land, and they were supposed to live in the city, but now that time was tight, they lived on the river beach in order to save time. The tent is the spoils of the captured Xianbei people, Liu Xiu fought a few battles, although there were not many killings, but there were a lot of captures, especially after the army that pursued the Hongyue tribe all the way, basically picked up the baggage all the way, and now most of them are used as facilities to settle the tun people, and those captured cattle and sheep were also distributed to the tuntian, which is one of the sources of their livelihood before the harvest.

Wang Yun put on his long robe and stood behind Liu Xiu with his hands in his hands, after a hard battle, his whole person became much calmer. As the commander of the Prefecture Assassin's Office, he was mainly responsible for the affairs of the Tuntian in Wuyuan and Shuofang, and he was in a very happy mood today when he accompanied Liu Xiu to inspect the land that could be cultivated on both sides of the strait. Tuntian here can not only reduce the pressure on Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, but also save a lot of transportation costs, which is beneficial to both public and private interests.

"Zishi, I may have to stay in this area for a long time in the future, and the time to stay in Jinyang is very limited, and you have to bear more on the affairs of the Assassin Mansion." Liu Xiu put his hands behind his back and gently shook the horsewhip, like a pony wagging its tail. As he walked, he said to Wang Yun, "I want to hear your plan for the assassination on your behalf." ”

Wang Yun didn't show any excitement, on the contrary, he was a little unhappy. It is a self-evident habit that Liu Xiu does not have to undertake the military tasks of merging the state, and most of the affairs of the state assassination mansion are also handled by him. Liu Xiu did not give him more rights, but instead put forward a request: in the six articles of the assassination history, it was originally aimed at Taishou-level officials and local heroes, and the geographical environment of the prefecture is special, the population is also small, and the situation in the townships where local heroes and forces are rampant is far less serious than that in the inland counties, but it cannot be said that there is none. I don't dare to expect to be rich and poor all at once, but I hope that in the next few years, the gap between the rich and the poor between the powerful and the common people will become smaller and smaller, not wider. The strong and powerful cannot be harmed at the expense of the interests of the people.

Wang Yun understood that although Liu Xiu was very gentle in doing this, his determination to weaken the local heroes was not weak, and this was actually competing for wealth with all the state-level powers, but not with a knife. What made Wang Yun even more embarrassed was that this actually pushed him to the cusp, and he Wang Yun had to face the counterattack and scolding of the powerful people in the state.

And his Wang family is the biggest powerful man in Bingzhou.

Wang Yun hesitated for a long time before accepting this task, and he almost agreed to Liu Xiu's recommendation to be a captain of the Changshui Battalion in the Northern Army, but in the end he still accepted Liu Xiu's trust. The first is that he feels that he wants to complete this task, and the second is that he is afraid that he will quit, Liu Xiu will change to a simpler and more brutal person, and directly use killing to solve the problem.

Wang Yun believes that killing is the most direct way to solve the problem, but if the knife is in someone else's hand, and the person to be killed is his Wang family, then things are a little wrong.

Of course, the knife can only be grasped in his own hands, this is Wang Yun's usual creed.

"I am willing to serve you." Wang Yun followed behind unhurriedly and told Liu Xiu in detail about some of the plans he had come up with. Liu Xiu listened, but didn't make too many comments, just asked some questions, and after listening to Wang Yun's explanation, he didn't ask more.

More than a dozen war horses galloped in the distance, and the vigilant guard battalion slowly surrounded him, Liu Xiu glanced at it intently, and said with a smile: "The messenger of the Son of Heaven is here, Zishi, let's sort it out and prepare to receive the edict." ”

Wang Yun also smiled, it had been almost three months since the war report was sent up, and Luoyang's edict was finally long overdue.

Liu Xiu suddenly shouted: "Wenhe? ”

Jia Xu turned over and dismounted, strode up to meet him, shook his arms with Liu Xiu, and laughed. The two talked a few words, and Jia Xu smiled and said, "My lord, I want to stay for a while this time, I will announce the edict first, and then we will talk slowly." ”

"Okay, okay." Liu Xiu was very happy and hurriedly knelt down to receive the edict.

The Son of Heaven moved Liu Xiu to be the general of Beizhong Lang, and held the military of Liangyou Sanzhou, including Zhang Ze, the captain of Huqiang, Tian Yan, the general of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, Xia Yu and the new captain of the Liaodong subordinate state, Gongsun Zhan, all of which were under his control, and the marquis of the capital pavilion was sealed, and he was rewarded with 100 catties of gold, 1,000 horses of silk, and several pieces of royal utensils.

Moved Zhao Yun to the long history of the Liao general, and the main Liao camp. Moved to Han for the long history of Yunzhong, Xingtai guarded, led a thousand cavalry, and was stationed in Beiyu. Qian Lu Bu was the long history of Shuofang, and he was too guarded, leading thousands of cavalry and stationed in Shuofang. All belong to Liu Xiu's moderation.

Lieutenant Shui of Yuan Shaoxing, who led 1,500 cavalry, immediately returned to Luoyang.

Other meritorious personnel have their own rewards, but the number is very limited.

Liu Xiu received the edict, and he didn't understand it very well, but he didn't say anything, and ordered the news to be sent to Zhao Yun and the others immediately, and then set up a seat on the river beach, let people set up a fire, and put a few fish from the river to roast them freshly to parry Jia Xu and his party.

"My lord, you're a little shabby."

"The Son of Heaven is more shabby than me." Liu Xiu smiled, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile while watching Hao Zhao and the others set up a fire to warm wine: "Luoyang has been very lively recently, right?" ”

"Lively." Jia Xu nodded, but there was no smile on his face. He told Liu Xiu that after the army set out last year, Luoyang began to quarrel over this matter. Later, the Yuan family bribed the queen mother with a lot of money, Yuan Hui entered the palace, and soon got the favor of the Son of Heaven. This great victory, Yuan Shao was meritorious, and the Son of Heaven finally relented and asked him to be the captain of Changshui, but it is estimated that it will not be long before he will be the official captain of Changshui.

Liu Xiu is most curious about this, the Son of Heaven is the most disgusted with the Yuan family, how could he suddenly be so good to the Yuan family. Yuan Shao was the most promoted of the four Sima lieutenants, and the Son of Heaven used to let him take over the Changshui Lieutenant because he didn't want Yuan Shao to control the Changshui Battalion, why did he drop them all now? Could it be because of Yuan Hui's woman?

"I don't know why." Jia Xu glanced at Liu Xiu, "But the Son of Heaven has been with Yuan Meiren a lot recently, and this is something that everyone in the palace knows, even Queen Song and He Guiren are inferior." ”

Liu Xiu frowned, he had seen Yuan Hui, that girl inherited the excellent tradition of the Yuan family's good skin, and she was indeed good-looking, but her temper was not small, could she please the Son of Heaven with a surname like her, or was the Son of Heaven himself a guy with masochistic tendencies? Thinking about He Guiren's temper, it seems that it is not impossible.

"How's the Queen?"

"All is well." Jia Xu was still calm, he thought about it, and said: "However, I heard that the Song family found someone to see the fetal appearance, saying that it might be a princess, not a prince." ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, his brows couldn't help frowning, he thought about it and smiled: "Is this accurate?" Can you tell a man and a woman through the belly? ”

Jia Xu also smiled: "I don't know, I think it's suspicious." When my mother was pregnant with me, some people said that it was a girl, but on the day I was born, my Ah Weng was gambling outside and didn't come back. When I got home in the evening, I was so happy that I knew it was a son, and the next day I went to smash the hexagram stall of the Xiangshi. ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help but laugh. In his previous life, he also encountered many such things, anyway, the hit rate was half to half, there were accurate, naturally there were inaccurate, anyway, he didn't believe it much.

"How is Wenhe's official doing?" Liu Xiu quipped.

"Not good." Jia Xu said bluntly: "Yuan Shu is now my Shangguan, which is even more uncomfortable than his father Yuan Feng being my Shangguan, and I am estimated to have done it as a tiger servant." ”

"Now you regret that you didn't go to work in the local area, right?"

"No regrets." Jia Xu smiled weirdly: "Most of the people who were stuffed into the Three Dukes' Mansion were later awarded foreign positions, but in the last year at the end of last year, many people were found to be greedy for ink, and the Son of Heaven was very angry. ”

Liu Xiu was very surprised, when those people had just entered the official career, they were working hard to serve the king, why did they become greedy and degenerate so quickly? You're going to have to mess around for a few years before you reach out. was grabbed so quickly, the face of the Son of Heaven is really not good-looking, these people are nominally protégés of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Xiu looked at Jia Xu and smiled proudly, and pushed him angrily: "If you have something to say, don't sell it." ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly: "Do you still remember Cui Zizhen's discussion about the county magistrate in "Political Commentary"? ”

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized. Most of those scholars are scholars with average family backgrounds, and the county magistrate's Yulu is very thin, it is estimated that those of them who have no background will not be arranged to the big county, and can only go to those poor and remote places, and the Yulu is not enough to support themselves, so greed for ink has become the only choice.

No wonder Jia Xu was reluctant to release at the beginning, it turned out that he had already seen the hidden crisis here. This insidious guy is really a master of life-saving, and the friends of the dead Dao are not dead and poor. Then he can't get along in the palace now, and he wants me here again?

"Yes, as far as I know, only adults can guarantee that they will not be in arrears." Jia Xu was not polite, and said straight to the point: "And I know that adults want to make great achievements in Bingzhou, and I have some places where I can use my strength." ”

"That's right, I don't have a long history here, are you willing to do it?" Liu Xiu deliberately ridiculed him: "This is a martial profession." ”

"A martial artist is a martial artist, as long as you can pay money on time." Jia Xu scratched his head indifferently: "My lord, can I bring my family here?" ”

"Welcome." Liu Xianzhong was in his arms, but he immediately felt that something was wrong, Jia Xu was so anxious to bring his family to Northern Xinjiang, could it be that he smelled something ominous again.

Jia Xu rolled his eyes, twisted his beard under his cheeks, and said an irrelevant word. "My lord, Zhang Jiao has become a Jinan minister."

Liu Xiu was inexplicable: "Didn't he do a good job as a doctor of Guanglu, how could he release Jinan Xiang." ”

Jia Xu tilted his mouth and shook his head: "He is very isolated in the court, and the only person who is really willing to listen to him is probably the Son of Heaven alone." Everyone else sees him as a madman, how can he stay in Luoyang? It's better to go to the place and show your hands. ”

Liu Xiu gasped, and Jia Xu smiled disapprelicly, "My lord, I said a long time ago, it depends on the will of heaven." Now it seems that the will of heaven is obviously not what the adults hope, since the adults have arrived in the state, they should seize the time and firmly control the state as soon as possible, maybe the state is the mainstay of the Han Dynasty, and the state is not chaotic, and things may take a slight turn. Rebirth in the bath is not an option. My lord, your choice of Suzaku as the battle flag is providential. ”

(To be continued)